<P> Cólman mac Beognai has set sail to come here, and is now in great danger in the surging tides of the whirlpool of Corryvreckan . Sitting in the prow, he lifts up his hands to heaven and blesses the turbulent, terrible seas . Yet the Lord terrifies him in this way, not so that the ship in which he sits should be overwhelmed and wrecked by the waves, but rather to rouse him to pray more fervently that he may sail through the peril and reach us here . </P> <P> One of the earliest uses in English of the Scandinavian word (malström or malstrøm) was by Edgar Allan Poe in his short story "A Descent into the Maelström" (1841). In turn, the Nordic word is derived from the Dutch maelstrom, modern spelling maalstroom, from malen (to grind) and stroom (stream), to form the meaning grinding current or literally "mill - stream", in the sense of milling (grinding) grain . </P> <Ul> <Li> Whirlpools </Li> <Li> <P> A whirlpool in a glass of water </P> </Li> <Li> <P> The Niagara Whirlpool </P> </Li> <Li> <P> A small whirlpool in Tionesta Creek in the Allegheny National Forest </P> </Li> <Li> <P> A whirlpool in a small pond </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Tide whirlpool in Rooi - Els, Western Cape </P> </Li> <Li> <P> A man - made whirlpool in the Water Garden within Alnwick Garden </P> </Li> </Ul> <Li> <P> A whirlpool in a glass of water </P> </Li>

Where does the water in a whirlpool go