olves nominated partners, is played only with the nine card and higher, apart from the two of spades - called the "Benny" - (making 25 cards in all) and uses the eight and seven cards as a score board. The winner is the first team to score 15.

Songs and marches

There are several songs that are commonly associated with the Royal Navy including "Heart of Oak" (the official quick march) and "Rule, Britannia!"

See also

Trafalgar Night: On 21 October each year the commissioned officers of the Royal Navy celebrate the victory at the Battle of Trafalgar by holding a dinner in the officer's mess.

References

External links
 Royal Navy Life and Customs in World War 2
 Officer/Rating Relationships in the Royal Navy 1941-1972 by Lt Cdr G Mason RN Rtd

Category:Royal Navy traditions

Amanda Johnston

Amanda Johnston (born 1977) is an African-American poet. She was born in East St. Louis, Illinois, and currently resides in Round Rock/Austin, Texas.
 
A Cave Canem Fellow and a Affrilachian Poet, Johnston is both a poet and performer.

Johnston is the founding editor of Torch:  a journal dedicated to poetry, prose, and short stories by African American Women.

Awards 

2005: Austin International Poetry Festival Christina Sergeyevna Award
2004: Kentucky Foundation for Women Artist Enrichment Grant
2003: Kentucky Foundation for Women Artist Enrichment Grant

Publications 

2008 "Sparky Considers God's Hands" Cave Canem XI 2007 Anthology 
2008 “Orange” The Journal of Affrilachian Arts & Culture
2008 “Making Brown” Pluck!: The Journal of Affrilachian Arts & Culture
2007 "A Burden of Flame: An interivew with Amanda Johnston" Callaloo, Vol. 30, Number 4 
2007 “Suburban Cows” New Literati
2007 “Pity” New Literati
2007 “Over Breakfast” His Rib, Penmanship Publishing
2007 “History Lesson” His Rib, Penmanship Publishing
2007 “Bowing in the Church of Beauty” The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South, Georgia Press 
2006 “Bowing in the Church of Beauty” Sorin Oak Review
2006 “Origami” Sorin Oak Review