Sixpence for the Wind: A Knot of Nautical FolkloreAn introduction to the field of sealore, the collected wisdom and superstition of seafarers. |
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Nonexistent | 11 |
6 | 37 |
7 | 43 |
8 | 51 |
9 | 59 |
10 | 67 |
11 | 73 |
14 | 93 |
15 | 99 |
16 | 107 |
17 | 114 |
18 | 120 |
19 | 127 |
20 | 133 |
Bibliography | 141 |
Common terms and phrases
18th century 19th century adventure Africa Alexander Selkirk American Ancaeus Anne Bonny Arctic ashore Atlantic battle became Bermuda Triangle boat British built bully Cape Horn captain captured Cellardyke clipper coast command creature crew crimps Cutty Sark deck devil-fish died Dordon Drake drink drowned Dundee east exploration feet fishing fleet folklore French gale Golden Hinde Greek Greig Grenville hull hunted island John killed known Lady Lovibond land legend Leith lifeboat lived mariners maritime Mary Celeste mast mate Mediterranean merchant mermaid monster nautical naval navigators Neptune ocean officers Pacific passage Pentland Firth Perhaps Phoenicians pinnace pirate Poon Lim port possibly pressed rescued ropes round Royal Navy rudder sailed Scottish seafaring sealore seamen Semmes shark ship ship's shipwreck shore sight Sixpence South spars storm story survivors Thermopylae things took unlucky vessel voyage waves whale wife wind women wreck