NO GOLD UNDER MASTS
Rigger Says Ship was Built in Dundee. London, Marsh 4. Fourteen riggers waited expectantly when the Port of London crane Titan lifted the masts of Discovery I. For generations shipwrights have placed gold under the masts of sailers, to ensure luck. When theSmaste are taken out, the gold belongs, by tradition, to the head rigger. Ten sovereigns were found when the masts of the Thermopylae were removed. Red Jacket carried a piece of solid gold weighing 21b under the mainmast.
As each of the three masts of Discovery I. rose, 28 eyes peered into the vacant space. They saw a button, a half-penny, and a penny stamp. The head rigger remarked, resignedly: “This ship was built in DumfSM"
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 386, 18 March 1937, Page 3
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