If on a voyage a woman gave birth to a child it was usually between the ship's cannons for privacy: hence the term, "son of a gun." The ships bell was reversed for the use as a Christening Font.
Ukuba kubekho umfazi othe wazala umntwana oko kwasenzeka phakathi kwenkanunu yenqanawa: yiyo lo nto kukho igama elithi, "unyana wompu" (sun of a gun). Intsimbi yenqanawa yayigcinelwa ukusetyenziswa njengeSitya samanzi obuKrestu.