When two boats come in contact, it means that their owners will meet and have mutual interests some time during their lives.
If one boat crosses another’s path, it denotes that their owners will do the same.
If two boats come together and continue to sail about side by side, their owners will in some way pass much of their lives together.
When a boat clings closely to the sides of the tub, refusing to sail out into the centre, it shows that its owner will be a stay-at-home.
Touching often at the side of the tub is indicative of short voyages; and extended travel is predicted when a boat seldom touches the tub.
It depends a good deal upon the fancy and imagination of those testing their fate how the antics of the little fleet are interpreted, and the meanings given to the movements of the boats create no end of fun.
“Three Luggies.”[C]
“In order, on the clean hearth-stane,
The luggies three are ranged,