Cutty-sark (witch) about scantily-clad females. The popularity of this poem was such that the phrase "Well done, Cutty-sark!" entered the English language via Scots as an exclamation similar to "Bravo!" Literary allusions to the original Cutty-sark abound. In "Ulysses", James Joyce writes: "Laughing witches in red cutty sarks ride through the air on broom sticks" (p. 695). Cutty-sark (witch) "Cutty sark" is 18th-century Scots for "short chemise" or "short undergarment". Hyphenated, Cutty-sark was a nickname given to the witch Nannie Dee, a fictional character created by Robert Burns in his "Tam o' Shanter", after the garment she wore. The figurehead of the
Sir Lancelot (clipper) Sir Lancelot (clipper) Sir Lancelot was a clipper ship which sailed in the China trade and the India-Mauritius trade. Built in 1865 by Robert Steele & Company, Greenock, "Sir Lancelot" was "a beautiful tea clipper" called the "Yacht of the Indian Ocean". There is some discussion as to whether "Sir Lancelot" was an exact sister ship of Ariel, but it is clear that the two ships were very similar. "Sir Lancelot" was typical of all of Steele's ships, celebrated for their beauty of model, perfection of build, and superb finish. In the poem "By the Old Pagoda Anchorage," she is