Despite the fact that the pirates were brave people, but like any sailors, they believed in a lot of superstitions.
The life of a pirate was short, which means that they had to somehow try to prolong it and not anger the otherworldly forces at the same time.
The pirates tried not to go to sea on Thursdays and Fridays. If time allowed, the best day to sail was Sunday. Pirates tried to meet Easter on the shore. It was a very bad omen to go sailing on Easter. The pirates had a legend about Captain Reed. He laughed in the face of God and sailed away on Holy Easter. He has not been seen since.
Often there was a gold earring in the pirate's ear. This decoration had an important function. The most popular version says that sailors wore this earring so that if death catches up in a foreign land, it will be a payment for a human funeral. There is a version that the earring was worn in honor of the passage of Cape Horn. Another reason for wearing earrings is believed to be the belief of sailors of that time that gold improves eyesight.
When the ship left the pier, the pirate was not supposed to look at the shore. Women on board were not favored. If someone violated the charter and brought a woman, then both were executed at once. But they tried to call the ships by female names, and on the nose they installed statues of goddesses who could curb the sea element.
As such, the black mark did not exist in the pirate environment. Rather, it is literary fiction. But what is known for certain that the one who was badly guilty was handed a playing card with an ace of spades, which meant that the person had little time to correct the mistake.
The pirates were terribly afraid of the cormorants. A bird that sat on the ship said that one of the crew would soon die. And if a whole flock of cormorants sits on the ship, then this is to hunger or an epidemic. The pirates were attentive to their shoes, it was impossible for the shoes to lie with their soles up. This could lead to the overturn of the ship and its sinking.
On board the pirate ship, it was impossible to pronounce the word "drowned", it was a great disaster. But it was possible to atone for the fault, for this it was necessary to bleed. Usually the talker was simply smashed.
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Many sailors carried a broken knife with them. It was believed to be a powerful defense. Especially often sailors took such a piece when going ashore. Most pirate souls were taken not by sea battles, but by drunken fights in port taverns.
Interestingly, the pirates believed that bananas were bad news. And therefore it was forbidden to carry them on ships. For some reason, it was believed that most of all ships laden with bananas sink.
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