Deseret Evening News | 1906-07-14 | Page 25 | The Superstitions of Sailor Men

The Superstitions of Sailor Men All N Ion are If superstitious and the legends of oC the sea ar an legion I ranging III from phantom to n cir i lights light suddenly gleaming from and f y a the Illustrated That Thai many of 0 these le k Bends nd ate are n ancient may ma be lw proved by the th fact ad that tea set H are it de dt dent nt by Homer and while willie according to 10 Virgil they tile plundered AeneaN Aeneas during his hili voyage VO to 10 Italy The beautiful etrene too t are ar of ot classic orl ort tin gin Weird Indeed tie are tt the tales lilt of 0 haunt hullt hauntIng Ing I spectre II fit to send nd one on ones nerves nere a t ai i after a hearty supper cupper well suited for time stories torl There are art four tour Goblins of Nees U not but bul sell elt water spirit who ho appear twice a year fear only In mid midwinter midwinter winter but bul bring bad lurk luck In a I very short hort time to the hl from fm which they are Rrt We WI l e must mention the h dreaded Ghost of or the th Cape Cap that UM u used III to be bf en n In a halo of or loud cloud and Ind mist over Good flood nod Hope Hupt and Ind nd also Atoo A o the silent allent lit litman man of Wexford Wf lIford harbor Use the wandering soul lOul of 01 the Ih Dutch 1 t who lot lost hi his smack mack on hi his bla way wa to Dublin some ome three centuries ago ao Ghostly apparition are not 01 however the only ones one lo to be feared at 1 lea In Inthe I Inthe the caa a of SI 11 t Elmo Ore fire U these 1 ap ape take tk the shape hape III of ot spectral lights light suddenly gleaming from yardarms yard yardarm yardarm arm arms or mastheads It was va known kIlO by bJ byam am lent navigators navigator a we u Castor and Pal lol lux the bit ben I omen If INn doubts dolt but buta a of It danger If IC seen single e Jerk Jack hat ha h u II score core of ot well known many of oC which ore of oft very ery t r long de descent it uch such an as II the th of rat figurehead the blessing of 01 ships end and the tho th nf of the line And It ii will Mill t bo br remembered t that the IIII Prince and Prior Princess of or I Wale WI both loth paid pahl to t III In tf oM 0 Neptune while on their t to