The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

A MAN WAS ONCE ON BOARD A SHIP DURING A TERRIFIC STORM.
HE WAS BEING TOSSED ABOUT VIOLENTLY AND WAS EXCEEDINGLY
AFRAID. SUDDENLY, HE YELLED FIERCELY INTO THE TEETH OF
THE STORM "YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME, I AM THE CAPTAIN
OF MY SOUL." HE WAS THEN LESS FEARFUL AND WEATHERED
THE STORM. EVERYMAN IS IN CONTROL OF HIS OWN ETERNAL
FATE.

Submitter comment: AT THE TIME I DID NOT ASK WHERE MRS. MC KEE HAD HEARD
THE TALE BUT SHE TOLD IT ALMOST REVEREANTLY AND
THOROUGHLY BELIEVED IN IT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 06-00-1964