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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Breton folklore holds that storm petrels are the spirits of sea-captains who mistreated their crew, doomed to spend...

Breton folklore holds that storm petrels are the spirits of sea-captains who mistreated their crew, doomed to spend eternity flying over the sea, and they are also held to be the souls of drowned sailors. A sailing superstition holds that the appearance of a storm petrel foretells bad weather. Intelligence circles have adopted the term Storm Petrel to define those who warn others about coming "storms," such as impending direct action or revolution.

2 comments:

  1. hmmm I read this last night, and then again this morning. I like the imagery that it conjures.

    too bad stormpetrel.com is taken.

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