Clergymen
The dislike of sailors to clergymen on board ship arises from
an association with the history of Jonah. Sailors call them a kittle
cargo, or kittlish cargo, meaning dangerous. Probably the
disastrous voyage of St. Paul confirmed the prejudice.
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