Longtail (rat)
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title:
Longtail (rat)
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On the Isle of Man, longtail is a euphemism used to denote a rat, as a relatively modern superstition has arisen that it is considered bad luck to mention this word. The origins of this superstition date to sea-taboos, where certain words and practices were not mentioned aboard ship, for fear of attracting bad luck. The Manx Gaelic author Edward Faragher recorded in his work 'Skeealyn 'sy Ghailck' that during his time working on fishing boats in the 19th century "It was forbidden to name a hare
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Slang for 'rat'
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longtail_(rat)
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2024-03-04T21:32:53Z
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