Show SAILORS HOLD ODD BELIEFS saltwater salt water mariners marinero Ma cling with tenacity 1 to many superstitions at which landsman laughs nearly nil all ships carry a horseshoe usually it Is nailed somewhere in the stern the borse horseshoe shOe has been a fetish with sailors eer since nelson nailed one to the mast of the victory sailors have many superstitions A sailor ulio ho lucars a baby babas as caul feels liim self immune from death by drowning and after a long trip the sailor who ali first st sights land will have a good voyage home jack becomes decidedly I 1 Y uneasy it if he hears land lulater lingo on the ocean therefore if ever you are arc a passenger er dont let him hear nou ou refer to the deck of a ea cabin bin as the floor the companion as the stairs or the al alleyway leyy as the lobby or passage it Is bad form and unlucky whistling at sea atlis up evil winds A cuttlefish swimming on top of the waves also be tokens a sooim A squall may be expected when hen an albatross alights on the deck or when a seagull flies between the foremast and the but it if the seagull flies between the mainmast and the mizzen mast fair winds will prevail cats are considered unlucky to have on board ship up to the last twenty years most sailors wore earrings tor for luck no sailor will shoot at birds for fear of destruction of his ship it Is unlucky to kill a petrel these birds called by sailors mother carels careys chickens a corruption of mater cara mother dearest are the sal sailors lors friends they give warning of an approaching storm legend ling has it that ench each of these birds bears the boul of a dead sea beams ninn n london times a member or of the house stood to the end groggy but dogged ogee wa the word on which he finally wen down he thought it meant something like ouch and he define it nor spell it wills willis years at ads ade had taught him much among other things how to spell 1 ogee he bowled poindexter out and stood alone gus gug J baiger in the cincinnati times star |