Main Story: The following was a conversation between myself and the informant. The topic was on nautical traditions. I will be labeled as MH and the informant will be CP. MH: So what is it about the phrase “the captain will go down with its ship” ? It is always said in movies and books,… Continue Reading »
Main Story: The following is a conversation between the informant and myself. The informant will be CP and I will be MH. CP: Before a ship’s maiden voyage, a woman has to christen the ship. MH: What does that mean? CP: The tradition of christening or blessing a ship before its first voyage started centuries… Continue Reading »
Main piece: This one is a little interesting just because there’s so much controversy about what it really means. So, there’s something about whistling on a boat. Either it’s bad luck because it insults the wind, or it’s good luck cuz it calls on more wind. Of course, on a sailing ship wind is what… Continue Reading »
The informant told me about the following custom when I asked her about her family customs regarding food and eating. “When we’re eating fish in my house, after we finish a big fish, after we finish the top layer, we cannot flip the fish. We have to eat from the side that we placed it… Continue Reading »
The joke: “So there’s two people on a boat. And they have three cigarettes, but they don’t have a lighter, or any way to light them, right? So one of them looks to the other and is like ‘What do we do? There’s three cigarettes?’ So the other one takes one and throws it overboard…. Continue Reading »