The Maine coast is dotted with rocks, small islands, and a wide variety of "obstructions to navigation." Sometimes, their names are interestingly suggestive, like Cuckold's Light, or descriptive of what they can do to a vessel tossed up on them, like the Needles. The Needles lay close to the town where I lived and played …
The Feast of Saint Nicholas
Saint Nicholas of Myra is the patron saint of children, sailors, thieves, Bankers ( wait, that seems to be real close to thieves), pawnbrokers, scholars, travelers, perfumers, and a multitude of others.

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