"Do they ask me what pleasure I find on the sea? - Why, absence from land is a pleasure to me: A hamper of porter, and plenty of grog, A friend, when too sleepy, to give me a jog, A coop that will always some poultry afford, Some bottles of gin, and no parson on board, A crew that is brisk when it happens to blow, One compass on deck and another below, A girl, with more sense than the girl at the head, To read me a novel, or make up me bed -- The man that has these, has a treasure in store That millions possess not who live upon shore."

Philip Freneau

Whistling, cutting nails and trimming beards at sea will cause storms.

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