Never say p*g : the book of sailors' superstitions / R. Bruce Macdonald.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Macdonald, R. Bruce, 1962- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Seafaring life.

Genre:

Folklore.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (123 pages)

Place of Publication:

Madeira Park, British Columbia : Harbour Publishing Co. Ltd., [2022]

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.

Contents:

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

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

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"

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 &amp

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

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

T

Tailor / Dressmaker

Tattoos

Third Vessel

Thirteen

Thread

Toasting

Touch Wood

Towing

Traveller's Tree

Turf

Turtles

U

Umbrellas

Unlucky Ship

W

Walking Sticks

Walnut Wood

Waterspouts

Waves

Webbed Feet

Wedding Ring

Whale's Breath

Wheel

Whistling

Wind

Wind Knots

Windog

Windshield Wipers

Wine

Women

Words

Wren

Endnotes

References

About the Author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Macdonald, R. Bruce Never Say P*g

ISBN:

9781550179804