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Thread #163587   Message #4009552
Posted By: GUEST
19-Sep-19 - 06:23 AM
Thread Name: What sea shanties did Blackbeard know?
Subject: International Talk Like a Pirate Day \ Blackbeard
The presentation is as if they're pitching it at fourteen year olds
&
I don't think there is any music
but there might be something here for Blackbeard & pirate fans in this BBC radio programme for 'Talk Like a Pirate Day'.

- pirate compensation code ...
six hundred pieces of eight for loss of a right arm
four hundred pieces of eight for loss of a left arm

- And there's a good bit about "a night with Venus, a life with Mercury" -syphilis, the urethral syringe (https://www.qaronline.org/conservation/artifacts/tools-and-instruments/urethral-syringe) & mercury poisoning.

"Timbers are shivering as Greg Jenner digs down on the legendary pirate, Blackbeard.
Why did Blackbeard blockade a small town while scratching himself in frustration?
How many wives is too many wives?
And what exactly did he put in his beard?

He’s joined by historian and piracy expert Dr Rebecca Simon and comedian Stu Goldsmith, host of the fantastic Comedian’s Comedian podcast."

This episode was produced by Dan Morelle, scripted by Greg Jenner and researched by Emma Nagouse.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07n8syy 

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btw
International Talk Like a Pirate Day
19th September
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Talk_Like_a_Pirate_Day