| Description |
1 online resource (123 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
"The nautical reference book you never knew you needed: a compendium of all superstitions maritime and marine. Learn your A-B-Seas of sailors' guiding magic and mythos--and why you should never stir your tea with a knife, lest you invite trouble and strife. Ever wondered why the skipper gave you a hairy eyeball when you stepped aboard the ship with your left foot? Or why a brolly or a bumbershoot--for the newly seasoned sailor, an umbrella--will bring trouble aboard? Find out all this and more in Never Say P*g, the never-seen-before collection of maritime superstitions ranging from the East Coast to the Great Lakes of Canada, the Inuit to the First Nations Peoples of the Pacific Northwest. From A: why killing an albatross is bad luck, but seeing one is good luck--to B: why bananas are so feared that some sailors only refer to them as "that curved yellow fruit"--to C: clapping aboard a ship will bring thunder--you'll be fluent in sailing superstitions in no time! From sailor and author R. Bruce Macdonald--who swears he didn't know not to stir his tea with a knife--comes an indispensable guide to the ways in which we ward off bad luck at sea and attempt to keep ourselves safe by shaping fate through signs and symbols. The original "marine insurance" for sailors, superstitions offered a semblance of control amidst a dangerous and volatile life aboard, at the mercy of the weather, the crew, the ship--even pirates. Ultimately, this encyclopedia reveals that superstitions have always been with us to comfort, to charm and to ease fears. Learn them all as you sail the high seas!"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Intro -- Title Page -- Half Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- A -- Adaro -- Albatross -- Aran Sweater -- Ash Tree -- B -- Backstay -- Bags of Wind -- Bait -- Ballast -- Bananas -- Banned Words -- Baptising -- Basket -- Basin -- Bathing -- Bees -- Bells -- Bible -- Birds -- Birth -- Black Socks -- Black Valise -- Black Walnut -- Blasphemy -- Blessing of the Fleet -- Blood -- Blue -- Bluebirds -- Blue Cravat -- Bluenose -- Boat Delivery -- Boots -- Bowls -- Brandy -- Bread -- Bread Upside Down -- Brooms -- Brothers -- Bucket -- C |
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Candle -- Cans -- Cats -- Caul -- Children -- Christening -- Christmas -- Clapping -- Clergy -- Coal -- Coins -- Coins on Fishing Boats -- Coins under the Mast -- Cold Iron -- Collar-touching -- Coral -- Cramp Rings -- Crew Change -- Cross -- Cross-eyed -- Crow -- Cutty Sark -- D -- Davy Jones -- Davy Jones's Locker -- Death Aboard -- Debt -- Denaming / Renaming a Boat -- Destination -- Dew -- Dogwood -- Dolphin -- Don't Look Back -- Drake's Drum -- Dreams -- Drinking -- Drown -- Drowning -- E -- Earrings -- Egg -- Eggshells -- Evil Eye -- F -- Farewell -- Fata Morgana -- Feet -- Fiddler's Green |
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Figurehead -- Fish -- Fish Hook -- Fish Scales -- Fishing -- Fishing Nets -- Fishing Rod -- Flag -- Flogging -- Flowers -- Fly -- Fruitwood -- G -- Garlic -- Ghosts -- Ghost Dog -- Ghostly Sailor -- Ghost Ship -- Glasses -- Goat -- Good Luck Charms -- Greasy Luck -- Green -- H -- Hair -- Harpy -- Harrison Lake -- Hats -- Hat Overboard -- Hatch -- Hawseholes -- Holy Water -- Horseshoe -- Hot Cross Bun -- I -- Inuit -- J -- Jenny Haniver -- Jonah -- K -- Klabautermann -- Kelpie -- Kingfisher -- Knife -- Kraken -- L -- Ladder -- Lady's Tree -- Launch Water -- Launching -- Lawyer -- Letter "O." |
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Leviathan -- Lights -- Line Crossing -- M -- Manta Rays -- Mermaids and Mermen -- Michigan Mitten -- Mishibijiw / Mishipeshu -- Mittens -- Moon -- Moonlight -- Moon Line -- Mop -- Mugs -- N -- Nails -- Narwhal -- Non-Sailing Days -- Noose -- North Star -- Nudity -- O -- Oak -- Oil -- Orca -- Oyster Dredging -- P -- Painter -- Patron Saints & Deities -- Peridot -- Personal Grooming -- Pig -- Pineapple -- Pins -- Plants -- Playing Cards -- Pointing -- Pom-pom -- Pouring from a Bottle -- Prostitute -- Puck -- Q -- Qalupalik -- R -- Rabbit -- Rainbow -- Rats -- Redhead -- Red Ribbon -- Red Sky |
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Remora -- Rescuing -- Right Foot -- Rings -- Rooster -- Rope Circle -- Rowan Tree -- Runes -- S -- Salmon -- Salt -- Salting In -- Salutes -- Saluting the Quarterdeck -- Scratching the Mast -- Seabirds -- Sea Chest -- Seahorse -- Seas All -- Sedna -- Selkies -- Sewing -- Shark -- Shavings -- Ships in Bottles -- Shipbuilding -- Shoes -- Shrouds -- Sirens -- Snakes -- Sneezing -- Socks -- South Bay Bessie -- Sou'wester -- Speaking -- Spiders -- Spitting -- Starboard Side -- Stars -- Steering -- Stirring -- Stolen -- Stone -- Stones -- Sulphur -- Sun -- Swallows and Curlews -- Swearing -- Sweeping |
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Sailors -- Folklore.
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Seafaring life -- Folklore.
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Sailing -- Folklore.
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Superstition.
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Superstitions.
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Sailing. (OCoLC)fst01103513
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Sailors. (OCoLC)fst01103543
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Seafaring life. (OCoLC)fst01110214
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Superstition. (OCoLC)fst01139022
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| Genre/Form |
Folklore. (OCoLC)fst01423784
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| Added Title |
Book of sailors' superstitions |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Macdonald, R. Bruce, 1962- Never say p*g. Madeira Park, British Columbia : Harbour Publishing, 2022 1550179799 9781550179798 (OCoLC)1288328622 |
| ISBN |
1550179802 electronic book |
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9781550179804 electronic book |
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