Because of the dangers faced by sailors and fishermen, there are countless superstitions around safety and luck on the sea. While most no longer apply, we do wonder if some of them still linger in the back of some sailors’ minds...

In this episode, Ellie takes us through some signs of good luck, bad luck, and even omens of death for sailors and pirates.

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