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In the cold night right before the New Years, the light of a ghost ship can be seen outside the shores of Rhode Island. The terrible fate of The Palatine still haunts the sea. 
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The Palatine Light and the Ghost Ship Behind it

In the cold night right before the New Years, the light of a ghost ship can be seen outside the shores of Rhode Island known as The Palatine Light. The terrible fate of the wrecked ship still haunts the sea. 

Ships on the beach in black and white with clouds on the sky
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Sailors Superstitions

Perhaps none are more superstitious than the sailors. Or at least, what the old sailors used to be. Rolling clouds or roaring waves means little to us on land, but in the 18th century New England, it meant bad luck. Some of them are plain ridiculous, like having an umbrella on the ship means bad luck, or even saying the word horse because it can mean death.