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Sailors' superstitions (never bring a banana on a boat) (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] arctanthrope@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago

In 18th century New England, rolling clouds and roaring waves were thought as bad omens, so sailing on days under such conditions was considered inadvisable.

that seems less like a superstition and more like an observation