Mature Canadian–You are right, this paternal grandmother was a landlubber! She left Scotland when she was 13 for the states and didn’t think too much of the ocean crossing.
It seems the morning grey sky would benefit the sailors as well and yes, I have heard the Red sky at night, sailor’s delight as well as the red morning, warning. I enjoy hearing axioms of times past as you must too.
I did have an Uncle back in the late 1700’s, and 1800’s that sailed a merchant vessel–He liked Barbados (sp?)so well he stayed there for 18 years before returning to Massachusetts. Would have liked to have known more of that story–the whys and wherefores!!!
Mature Canadian–You are right, this paternal grandmother was a landlubber! She left Scotland when she was 13 for the states and didn’t think too much of the ocean crossing.
It seems the morning grey sky would benefit the sailors as well and yes, I have heard the Red sky at night, sailor’s delight as well as the red morning, warning. I enjoy hearing axioms of times past as you must too.
I did have an Uncle back in the late 1700’s, and 1800’s that sailed a merchant vessel–He liked Barbados (sp?)so well he stayed there for 18 years before returning to Massachusetts. Would have liked to have known more of that story–the whys and wherefores!!!