Mimi Foxmorton Posted March 4, 2006 Posted March 4, 2006 www.snopes.com/lost/sixpence Secret pirate code set int' a nursery rhyme.... Fancy that..... Ye be learnin' somethin' new every day..... Here's t' readin'...... Fair Winds..... ~Foxmorton
Silkie McDonough Posted March 4, 2006 Posted March 4, 2006 I think you this is the link: http://www.snopes.com/lost/sixpence.htm however upon further reading http://www.snopes.com/humor/mediagoofs/sixpence.asp
Mimi Foxmorton Posted March 4, 2006 Author Posted March 4, 2006 Aye, well then, Silkie....twere not th' first time I be disappointed by a Pirate Legend.......... Ye've a sharp eye an' I apologize fer jumpin' the cannon... as it were...... Drinks from me purse..... Fair Winds.... ~Foxmorton
Silkie McDonough Posted March 7, 2006 Posted March 7, 2006 tis' notin, m' suprised I caught it'. tank ya fer d'pint. I was hoping it was true also, although I have also heard that many nursery rhymes were used as a way of passing news in the past, never could figure any of it out. That was probably an urban legend also.
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