tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post1134057684680571657..comments2024-03-16T04:59:09.172-08:00Comments on Pauline's Pirates & Privateers: Booty: Good Luck CharmPaulinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11730716060906158244noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post-86692319203003355402011-12-31T12:37:07.334-09:002011-12-31T12:37:07.334-09:00Good points both, Undine. Women have a bad rep as...Good points both, Undine. Women have a bad rep as far as sailor's superstitions but, if history is any indication, that is more of a Victorian issue than anything else. Many warrant officers also brought their wives and children along in men-of-war prior to the mid-19th century.<br /><br />The Templar connection may have more to it than one would assume with regard to the equal armed cross. Especially when one considers that many of them were sailors as well as soldiers (along with the Knights of Malta who also used an equal armed cross as a symbol during the Crusades). More research there, I think.Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11730716060906158244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post-77798714668610729212011-12-31T05:09:48.616-09:002011-12-31T05:09:48.616-09:00Some very interesting details, thanks. I've h...Some very interesting details, thanks. I've heard of many instances of captains taking their wives and children with them on their voyages. The historians I've read all assume this was just to "keep the family together," but perhaps they were deliberately trying to bring good fortune, as well. (Not that that helped poor Capt. Briggs of the "Mary Celeste"...)<br /><br />I also find it curious that equal-armed crosses would be considered unlucky. I wonder if that's because they were associated with the ill-fated Templars?Undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post-69604839210146745242011-12-30T15:04:26.050-09:002011-12-30T15:04:26.050-09:00I can't think of a sailor that would argue wit...I can't think of a sailor that would argue with you there.Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11730716060906158244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876794033107456809.post-91169435423240359272011-12-30T14:55:01.044-09:002011-12-30T14:55:01.044-09:00Ahoy, Pauline! As I like to say, I'd rather be...Ahoy, Pauline! As I like to say, I'd rather be lucky than good...Timmy!https://www.blogger.com/profile/09902641426229272672noreply@blogger.com