A swallow on the neck, or back of hand?

 

I've seen that, on a programme on Discovery. It's some kind of religious cult, and the person that sees the tattoo is instantly cursed.

Steve.

 

it tends to be a prison tattoo could be wrong tho

 

stevencotton: your funny.

 

It's Monday morning, I'm warming myself up

Steve.

 

Maybe it is the opposite of someone who has 'spit' the dog tatooed somewhere.... More commonly found on women I am led to believe....

 

I always thought it was a swallow and it had to do with the merchant navy, could be wrong??

Dave

 

Seamen and Swallow see the connection

 

I thought it was a thieving / criminal thing...

MB

 

I'd heard from a guy I knew in the Army that it meant they had "fast hands" ie they were a good boxer. No idea if it's true, mind!

Rik, if you know someone with them, mebbe you could insult him and see how many punches he lands per second?

 

Been a seaman, also a boxer and had not heard of this. Seamen get tattoos when thet are pLssed and can end up with anything that seemed smart at the time. I had 2 anchors tattooed on my legs. What a ****. Mind you, that was after about 12 bottles of Tiger beer and I was 16 at the time.
One of our mates got his girlfriends name tattooed on his neck - where a necklace would hang. Yes he got a Dear John letter about a month later.
Alasdair

 

A swallow is to signify youve done 'bird' (been in prison) according to some unsavoury characters i know...

One per visit for some peeps.

 

I still remember the story in the paper about the bloke who had "Man U - league champions 1989" (or whatever year) tattood before the season ended. A freak mathematical result ended up with them coming second.

 

I think it was a borstall (spl) thing. My late Father had a swallow on his hand and he did a bit of shovel in borstall and beyond.