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Do you know this about sailors ? Please answer in yes or No :-)?

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Tatooed Sailors

In the 18th century it was common for a sailor to be given 24 or more lashes for being drunk on duty. Old hands advised newcomers to get a crucifix tatooed on their back. Not only would the bosun's mate flinch from laying his whip onto the face of Christ, but the lash itself, it was believed, would cringe away.

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  1. NO.    this is news  to me.


  2. no i never heard about it.

  3. No.

  4. no

  5. Didn't know that--pretty smart.

  6. No, never knew that.

  7. It's O.K.Not very interesting.

  8. No, interesting.

  9. No, did not know this...til now!

  10. No, Very intresting

  11. If you're sailing on a Christian ship, it wouldn't be such a bad idea. It probably wouldn't do you any good on a heathen bucket.

  12. NO i did not know

  13. No, first I've heard of it.
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