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akashiverHere's an unverified anecdote from a nautical dictionary that is horrible enough to repeat:
"Ship of Fools... in15C Germany there were real Narrenschiffs (ships of fools). These most unusual ships were riverboats used to imprison the insane and thus clear city streets of them. Ships of fools plied up and down the Rhine carrying their cargoes of madmen, who were thought to have lost their souls and were supposed to sail back and forth until they became sane again. However,most of them died aboard these hellish ships, which had no destination but death."
"Ship of Fools... in15C Germany there were real Narrenschiffs (ships of fools). These most unusual ships were riverboats used to imprison the insane and thus clear city streets of them. Ships of fools plied up and down the Rhine carrying their cargoes of madmen, who were thought to have lost their souls and were supposed to sail back and forth until they became sane again. However,most of them died aboard these hellish ships, which had no destination but death."
