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Tattoo designs - B >> Bluebirds

Bluebird Tattoos - The bluebird is a nautical tattoo with a long maritime history going back more than a century. Some people believe that the bluebird is actually supposed to represent a swift.

After a long, often dangerous journey at sea, the sighting of land birds, which the blue bird (or swift/swallow) represents, was seen as good luck. When a sailor had logged 5,000 miles at sea he would get a bluebird on one side of his chest. After logging 10,000 miles he would get a second bluebird tattooed on the other side! A pair of bluebirds is the sign of the well traveled.

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Tattoo designs - B >> Bluebirds

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