Virginia Chandler
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Category: Plunderin with Bootstrap Ginny
Pyrate Lore
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Saturday, May 24th, 2025, there was a pyrate invasion of Charleston. Bootstrap Ginny was right in the middle of it with her loyal and very well dressed first mate, Knotty Kevin. Not unlike Blackbeard’s infamous blockade in 1718, (307 years ago if you’re counting), this invasion was serious pyrate business. First, there were (as you…
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Pyrates and chests are almost synonymous. Almost. There are some fairly well-known pyrate chests, and those are the ones I’ve been plunderin’ lately. Namely, the mysterious chest of Billy Bones of Treasure Island fame; Blackbeard’s medicine chest adventure in Charles Towne; the infamous chest of Captain William Kidd; and the chest of Captain Thomas Tew.…
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Pyrates and chests are almost synonymous. Almost. There are some fairly well-known pyrate chests, and those are the ones I’ve been plunderin’ lately. Namely, the mysterious chest of Billy Bones of Treasure Island fame; Blackbeard’s medicine chest adventure in Charles Towne; the infamous chest of Captain William Kidd; and the chest of Captain Thomas Tew.…
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Pyrates and chests are almost synonymous. Almost. There are some fairly well-known pyrate chests, and those are the ones I’ve been plunderin’ lately. Namely, the mysterious chest of Billy Bones of Treasure Island fame; Blackbeard’s medicine chest adventure in Charles Towne; the infamous chest of Captain William Kidd; and the chest of Captain Thomas Tew.…
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Pyrates and sea chests are almost synonymous. Almost. There are some fairly well-known pyrate chests, and those are the ones I’ve been plunderin’ lately. Namely, the mysterious chest of Billy Bones of Treasure Island fame; Blackbeard’s medicine chest adventure in Charles Towne; the infamous chest of Captain William Kidd; and the chest of Captain Thomas…
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Yes, Bootstrap Ginny, pyrates loved to smoke. An excavation on the Caribbean Island of Barcadares revealed that “…Pipes (made) make up 36 percent of the artifacts found at the pirate site, compared with 22 percent at the Ridge Complex and 16 percent at Port St. George.” https://www.livescience.com/15866-caribbean-pirates-archaeology.html Pipes and cigars were the preferred methods of…
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Buried pyrate treasure is, I’ve been told repeatedly, a myth. But, it’s a persistent myth, isn’t it? For me, the more that I’m told that pyrates did NOT bury treasure, the more my pyrate-sense (similar to Spidey-sense), tells me that they did. Am I just perpetuating my own pyrate-get-rich fantasy? Am I just a stubborn,…
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Ahoy, mateys! I was out plunderin’ the other day and came across something that was unexpected: The many…more than I thought…uses of gunpowder. Get yourself some grog; here we go! You probably know that gunpowder was used to make a pyrate ship’s guns, muskets, and flintlock pistols go boom. But do you know how much…
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My pyrate crew recently invaded…erm…took an extended visit to Mexico Beach, Florida. Great times were had (with minimal aggressive negotiations), and while there, I managed to locate and seize what is now my favorite tunic…erm…t shirt. Sidenote: I really am excited and in love with my Sea Dog t shirt, but I feel obligated to…
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Treasure! ARRR! When I began plunderin’ for the Fenwick Pyrate it was in pursuit of an alleged pyrate ghost, pyrate treasure, and a secret pyrate tunnel. Alas, the plunderin’ did not reveal any of those things. Well, there’s a tunnel and maybe a pyrate. In 1692, British privateer Robert Fenwick arrived in Charles Town on…
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