194: Sailor Superstitions

Spirits: Mythology, Legends, & Folklore

Multitude

Myths, Folklore, Society & Culture, Alcohol, Legends, Learning, Urbanlegends, Mythology, Comedy, History, Education, Gods, Educational, Drunkhistory

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Avast! What’s that on the horizon? Unlucky bananas, gold hoop earrings, and sons of guns; it must be sailor superstitions! Trim the sails and come on this voyage with us as we suss out the origins of legends taught to every sailor.

Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of death, drowning, misogyny, boating accidents/capsizing, labor violations, funerals/burials, objectification of women, starvation, scurvy, corporal punishment, pregnancy/birth, storms/lightning, and suffocation.

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About Us

Spirits was created by Julia Schifini, Amanda McLoughlin and Eric Schneider. We are founding members of Multitude, an independent podcast collective and production studio. Our music is "Danger Storm" by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome the spirits podcast, a boosy dive into mythology, legends, and folklore.
0:04.0	Every week we pour a drink and learn about a new story from around the world.
0:07.2	I'm Amanda and I'm Julia.
0:08.9	And this is episode 194, sailor superstitions. Oh, hell yeah.
0:14.0	I have a great story as to why we did this one, but you have to wait until we get into the
0:17.0	episode to find that out.
0:18.4	I loved this episode and I have been thinking about it in the stormy days since we've recorded it.
0:23.6	Yes, it has been a bit of a stormy couple of days, but honestly I kind of like it.
0:28.7	It's better than being hot all the time.
0:31.5	So true. And do you know Julia Julia who are always the perfect temperature?
0:35.2	Is it our new patrons? Our new patrons Jordan, Zara, Daisy and Alyssa. Welcome and thank you so so much for your support. You join the ranks of our
0:44.6	distinguished supporting producer-level patrons, Philip, Alicia, Deborah
0:48.6	Hanna, Jen, Jessica, Geegan, Landon, Megan Linger, Megan Moon,
0:52.4	Molly, Mr. Fulk,
0:53.7	Neil, Nicky, Phil Fresh, Polly, Sarah, and Skyla.
0:57.0	And Amanda, do you know who always has a frozen margarita in hand?
1:00.1	Sometimes they're virgin.
1:01.2	I don't judge.
1:02.1	Is it our legend level patrons,
1:03.7	Audra Avonlea, Chelsea,
1:05.6	Donald, Drew, Eden, Francis,
1:07.3	Jack Marie, Josie, Lada,
	...

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