On 25 Mar 2007, at 09:48, S J Hambleton wrote:
> his may seem a little superstitious but I was always of the
> understanding that to re-name a boat was considered bad luck?
>
> I was talking to a colleague t'other day and they said that there was
> an
> old ritual that involved burning a paper boat as part of a renaming
> ceremony to appease the "God of boat renaming badluckness".Apparently
> the ceremony was used by canal folk many decades ago if a commercial
> boat was renamed, i.e. if it changed owners and they needed to make
> the
> alteration for business reasons.
>
> Is this correct or just another waterborne myth?
>
First time I'd heard of the last bit. May well have been the practice
somewhere, but none of these traditions are other than local, usually.
AIUI, changing the boat's name *changes* its luck, not necessarily for
the worse.
Cheers
Bruce
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