National Speak like a Pirate Day

ahoy me mate! ti's national speak like a pirate day. i was first introduced to this holiday last year, when the newspaper had a short, four or five sentence blurb on it. in spirit of the holiday, i thought i would spread some possibly interesting facts. first off, if you'd like a list of some wonderful pirate words, go here. nextly, some interesting facts on some actual pirates.

Blackbeard: there actually was a pirate named Blackbeard. he was a pirate in the Caribbean sea in the 18th century. he got his name because he would light cigars, candles, and other things that would burn, and he put them in his beard, hat, hair, and sometimes clothing.

Davy Jones: there actually was no pirate named Davy Jones. it was a term for a devil sea. Davy Jones locker is the name for the bottom of the sea, and pirates who drowned were said to be at rest in his locker.

Barbarossa or Redbeard: he and his two brothers were a Turkish pirates, and they sailed the Mediterranean during early to mid 1500's. one of the brothers, through alliance with the ottoman empire, became sultan, helping out their piracy