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User Name	Thread Name	Subject	Posted
Lighter	Origins: Valparaiso / Paddy Lay Back (58* d)	RE: Origins: Valparaiso / Paddy Lay Back	01 Sep 23
Gibb, unless an enlightening text of one or the other turns up before 1869, I'd say we can't know. But there's no doubt that "Mains'l Haul" was well known at sea in the late 19th century, which was part of the OP's question. (As was "Rounding the Horn." Heh-heh.)

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