Where Did Those Old Sayings and Rituals Come From?

[DuckforcoveR]

I actually learned one without even trying. I watched "The Heart of the Sea" a month or so back with the Mrs., long story short - Moby Dick's roots.

So they are whale hunting and when they see the whales surface they yell "there she blows!".

I guess it's a common sense thing for many, but I never knew where it came from (it was always a pirate thing for me).

There She Blows Matey!