In a kind of shameless history of the Moor family - of which I am a fragment
in descent - there is a paragraph of a story - in one of those history of
family accounts - of John Moor on his way to Boston in 1640 in which the
ship is accosted by pirates. At the end of the first third of this paragraph
- as the pirates board - John Moor hands off his silver to his servant. Who
by the second third of the paragraph has joined the pirates and sailed away.
In the final third of the paragraph, the servant is apprehended in Boston -
maybe a year later - and thereupon hung publicly.
Well, someone had to represent the Right, n'est-ce pas? I won't tell you
what those kinds of Scots would have done to the French in a minute (that's
other than, naturally, mangling that fine language!)
Buenas Noches all (the Spanish, of course, comes from the Spanish home of
the Moors, or so I am told). Actually I've started taking Spanish - night
class - a great time. The teacher is a riot, indeed some years ago - telling
us the story last night - about how she arrived via a Coyote to cross the
border (Coyotes being modern pirates of sorts). Wonderful how everything
connects.
Stephen V
> 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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