I, however, had an ancestor who was a pirate ....
A South Welsh buccaneer who organised a swearing match for sole possession
of the gold they'd captured, and, as of course he'd been confident of doing,
won outright. My uncle showed me a stone barn down on the Gower coast, which
the chap is supposed to have built with his ill-gotten gains.
Judy, there's a poem about him in my little book of Welsh family poems.
joanna
> Robin and Stephen,
>
> Hey, Pirate-loving guys! THE pirate, Edward Teach, known as "Blackbeard"
> made his comfy pirate-home nearby my home, his near the string of islands
> called Outer Banks in North Carolina, an island known as Ocracoke.
>
> For the most fun website about him, google "BlackBeard Lives" and then on
> its homepage click on "Day 6: Ocracoke" for the nitty grit on his North
> Carolina days.
>
> I feel Da Beard's presence now, bcuz it's Majorly ThunderRainBursting all
> 'round----just as all y'all were sharing pirate tales!!!! YOIKS!
>
> Judy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robin Hamilton" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 8:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [POETRYETC] Shiver my timbers
>
>
>>> And my news says Scotland is the most dangerous country in the world.
>>> The school of Hard Knox - must be, laddee!
>>
>> Ouch -- I read that too, Stephen. Japan comes out best. (0.01 to
>> Scotland's 2.5%)
>>
>> Didn't surprise me much, having grown up there, that Glasgow scored high
>> on
>> the GBH stakes, but I was a bit taken aback that the UN rates the *whole*
>> of
>> Scotland, with England not far behind, as Danger Territory.
>>
>> (Where does Wales figure?)
>>
>> Makes you think, that does, but.
>>
>> (I tried to get back to the relevant UN report, but apparently the
>> current
>> one isn't on-line yet.)
>>
>> Robin
>>
>>>
>>> Stephen V
>>>
>>> > "Ah'r, Jim lad."
>>> >
>>> > From +Treasure Island+, where the Black Spot originated.
>>
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