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Thread #135927   Message #3993541
Posted By: Dave the Gnome
23-May-19 - 04:42 AM
Thread Name: How to wish good luck to a sailor?
Subject: RE: How to wish good luck to a sailor?
Never noticed this post before. I have a "Pusser's Rum" mug which has a few Royal Navy traditional toasts printed on it -

Monday: Our ships at sea
Tuesday: Our men
Wednesday: Ourselves (as no one else is likely to concern themselves with our welfare)
Thursday: A bloody war and a quick promotion
Friday: A willing soul and sea room
Saturday: Sweethearts and Wives, may they never meet
Sunday: Absent friends and those at sea

But the standing toast that pleased the most was

The wind that blows, the ship that goes
And the lass that loves a sailor.


Out of interest, it is a tin mug, white enameled with a blue rim. The toasts are on the back, the Pusser's Rum Label (including the phrase "Nelson's Blood" is on the front and inside there is a string of bunting with the words -

England expects that every man will do his duty

Acquired half full of Pusser's Rum at a Lancaster Maritime festival and now one of my prize possessions :-)