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Reassurance isn't a bad word to describe the sailor's superstition about swallows. To be more precise it would be succour and a belief that having one tattooed on your body will assure your safe return to your home.
Swallows have a long history with humankind and their superstitions. They have been seen as harbingers of summer, revered as the creature that stole fire from the gods and gave it to man, and that it is dangerously unlucky to kill one.
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