Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 2827006, member: 66&quot;]I&#039;m not aware of them nailing coins to the masts, but it is common practice to place coins below the mast when it is being set in place.&nbsp; Today it is done for luck but the practice goes back to the ancient Greeks.&nbsp; Burial customs then were to place a coin in the deceased persons mouth as payment to Charon to ferry the soul over the river Styx (I may be mixing up my Greek and Roman mythology names here) to the underworld.&nbsp; If you couldn&#039;t pay your fare your soul was condemned to wander the river bank for eternity and never enter the underworld.&nbsp; Well naturally a sailor lost at sea had no one to do that for him, so the coins under the mast were to pay Charon for passage for the souls of anyone lost when the ship went down.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in