Red Maria

I had a veery good turn out Aproz 30 people) for my Buccaneering 101 class, even though it was at 9:30 am on a Saturday. Both of Casabal's black powder workshops (beginning & adavnce) were excellent and the sword class was taught by competant people (even thoug I would love to have had Monterey Jack teaching. Maybe an adavance class next time?) The Historical Rouges Tavern meet-up was a blast and I had a fun time portraying Anne Bonney. The only downside was Saturday afternoon after the workshops there really nothing for adults (there had teepeee building etc. for the kids) to do between 4pm and when dinner (free for those who taught) was to be served at 6pm. So the many of us opted for for an early dinner off site instead. There is talk of next time to have some adult activities for the October LORE. Maybe even a rum tasting! All in all a goodtimes was had by all. :)

The Cutthroats of Corona Golden Age of Piracy Faire will be June 24-25 in Corona, CA. Last year it was in late August with tempetures of 108-104 degrees fahrenheit , hence the name Corona Hell. It is hoped that it will cooler in June than August but Corona is semi-arid desert so it may not be. Still hope springs eternal. :)

Can't remember , can't remember..... Men have feet?!

What happened to the sailor's jacket pattern Kass? The link doesn't show it anymore.

Just so you know there is already a thread on this over at Pirate Pop.

Silkie I have mild carpal tunnnel (yes you can actually have a mild form of it) in my right hand and I play fiddle. Through yoga and fencing I have managed to avoid NASIDs and surgery. I have friends that were not so lucky so I understand your pain. OTOH I find trying to play dubeck a pain. So I guess it's matter of just what kind of pressure is on the wrist. Good luck on you instrumental endevours! :)

For the workshop I'll be in pirate lite. For the Tavern on Sunday I'll be in garb as Anne Bonney. So a bit of both.

I do recall from my Ren. Faire days that a kitchen slut was the lowest rank of servant in a household. If remeber correctly the term appears in A Comedy of Errors.

A mariner's miscellany / Peter H. Spectre Dobbs Ferry, NY : Sheridan House, 2005. ISBN 1574091956 (alk. paper) Loads of nautical lore.

I have no idea. There will proably be basic attacks and parrys. Hopefully safety rules will be taught. I really hope that you could teach it maybe next year. You might try and contact them to get the ball rolling. Maybe do a workshop in the LA area next year too. If I do teach this class again I'll let everyone know. :)

IMy ellow PRP Belladonna and I will be teaching "Buccaneering 101 History & Culture of Pirates". I see a Swords & Cutlass class is being offered in the afternoon on Saturday. I don't recognize any of the names but their listed as being part of Brethern of the Coast. Sorry Jack you ma be too late to teach a course. Hoever it can't help to contact them for the future. You at least I know! :)

For me it's Pyrat Rum XO Reserve. http://www.bevmo.com/productinfo.asp?sku=0...99&area=spirits And afterwards you got a period looking bottle to boot!

I don't recall any boots. I guess I wan't looking at his feet.

According to Captain Kidd and the War Against the Pirates by Robert C. Ritchie Robert Culliford, the bane of Captain Kidd's existance was openly gay and even had a 'grand consort' by the name of John Swann. (see page 124). Ritchie gives instances of homosexual ity among pirates on pages 123-124.

Dave Moore mentioned this too. Interesting choice for Blackbeard in James Purfoy. He fits the description of Blackbeard more from the only eyewitness acount of BB being "tall and spar". Purfoy was great in Rome as Marc Anthony. I still remeber that scene of him in a courtyard butt naked and full frontal! Now there's a healthy lad :)

From my friend Dave Morre who's on the QAR Project: LACKBEARD'S MYSTERY SHIP (March 20th at 10 p.m. ET/PT) >> >> >> The Queen Anne's Revenge, the flagship commandeered by the legendary pirate Blackbeard, raided British supply routes to and from America >> until it ran aground in 1718, soon after Blackbeard had agreed to >> give up piracy in exchange for a pardon. But did the ship really run >> aground, or was this another of Blackboard's notorious schemes? Are >> the remains of the ship discovered off Beaufort, North Carolina >> really Blackbeard's vessel?

Here's what I got: You scored as Moya (Farscape). You are surrounded by muppets. But that is okay because they are your friends and have shown many times that they can be trusted. Now if only you could stop being bothered about wormholes. Moya (Farscape) 94% Babylon 5 (Babylon 5) 88% Serenity (Firefly) 81% Millennium Falcon (Star Wars) 75% Deep Space Nine (Star Trek) 69% Nebuchadnezzar (The Matrix) 63% Enterprise D (Star Trek) 63% Andromeda Ascendant (Andromeda) 56% SG-1 (Stargate) 56% FBI's X-Files Division (The X-Files) 50% Galactica (Battlestar: Galactica) 38% Bebop (Cowboy Bebop)

A Stew. Look here: http://www.scouser.com/recipe/index.html Also a minor misspelling it should be lobscouce

Think it maybe Labscouce.

Ahoy Lass!..W'd luv ta have ye aboard again, 'specially since RR departure to points East be loomin' on the horizon...Here's the booking number, and if'n that don't work(they could be full, but methinks not), email me and we'll make it work!...p.s. good on ya for the history gig! Book your space on board, call toll Free: 1-866-446-5969 I'll try and call tomorrow. BTW would you be up to me torturing err... I mean my play my fiddle aboard? I have about 3-4 tunes that I've pretty much down and I could use a captive err.. I mean a ready audience.

The book I mentioned does have chapters on the 17th - 18th c. Unfortunately that part of the Library is off limits as it is being rewired (It's been 3 weeeks already). My supervisor got kicked out of her office trying to retrieve something! As soon as I can get down there I'll get the book and check.

Foxe bear in mind when a seaman crosses the equator for the first time he has to pay homage to King Neptune ( and do something embarassing ) There's a whole book on the subject here at the Library titled Crossing the line : tales of the ceremony during four centuries by Harry Mileer Lyndenberg. Pagan superstitions die hard. They may get changed around a bitas in the crossing ceremony but old Neptune still rears his head now and then. As to seaman not eating ish, as I said in an earlier post the Royal Navy issued fishing equipment so that the men could fish when it was appropiate. In all the books I have read on the subject no seaman turned down fresh fish!

Yes they were cut up coins. More spefically Spanish dollar de ocho reales which were worth 8 silver reales. Currency being based back then on weight rather today's 'face value' a coin could be cut up and used to buy things. Also when divving up booty in order to make share equal coins were often cut up. Sometimes by half a reale, sometime by a quarter of a reale and sometimes by a eight of a reale. An eight of a reale was refered to as a bit. Hence 2 bits making phyically a quarter of a reale. One more thing. Holes were oftn punched in the coins so they could be strung and tie aound the neck or some other place that was secure on the body. When America came to choose it's name for it's currency it chose the Spanish dollar over the British pound and with it it's nomenclature for it's diviosn. That's why we have half dollars and quarters (2 bits persisted as a slang term). Even when paper oney came into use the old terms stayed. I was to have a set of a reale, a half reale a reale in quarters and in eights. It was a good teaching tool at evnets about pirate booty and 17th-18th cnetury currency. The pouch I had it infell off my belt and I haven't seen it since. I hope replcae it some day :)

You're a bit fuzzy Foxe. Was the photographer a wee bit into his/her cups?

I could possibly make the 11-12. March 4-5 I'm teaching a workshop on pirate history.