Scottish Pirates?

**Riverkilt** · 3rd June 12, 10:38 PM

Or, some of the nasty vendors that prey on newbies and whose deeds have been written about on this forum could be called modern pirates of a sort...

**Nick the DSM** · 4th June 12, 08:53 AM

Edward Teach was English.

Red Leg Greaves as mentioned. Andrew Barton was another.

**Tobus** · 4th June 12, 11:34 AM

Originally Posted by Zardoz

There was "Red Legs" Greaves, a Scottish buccaneer active in the Caribbean during the 1670s. Folks are always saying his nickname came from getting sunburned legs from wearing a kilt, but it's more likely based the slur 'redlegs' sometimes used to refer to poor whites that lived on colonial Barbados.

That's how I understand it as well. He was not born in Scotland, though; he was born in Barbados to Scottish parents who had been sent there as slaves. He was born a slave. So I'm not sure he counts as a Scottish pirate. The name "Red Legs" was a common moniker in the Caribbean for people of Irish or Scottish ancestry.

**Bigkahuna** · 8th June 12, 09:56 PM

John Paul Jones was considered a pirate, depending on whose side you were on.

**LitTrog** · 8th June 12, 10:14 PM

Originally Posted by Bigkahuna

John Paul Jones was considered a pirate, depending on whose side you were on.

What?!

He made other sounds, but he was primarily a bassist, right? He may have borrowed techniques, but to call him a pirate is a little bit overboard.

In this matter, I'm on Zeppelin's side.

**Brian Boru** · 13th June 12, 09:51 AM

**Johnny Selkie** · 16th June 12, 09:19 AM

Originally Posted by Riverkilt

Could one call Somerled and the Vikings that became Clan Donald early pirates of a sort?

yeah I also think he was a pirate to a certain degree. Here's another fellow who can be regarded as a pirate, the "ultimate viking" Sweyn Asleifarson http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/his...eyn/index.html.

**TheOfficialBren** · 17th November 12, 05:43 PM

Originally Posted by Riverkilt

Or, some of the nasty vendors that prey on newbies and whose deeds have been written about on this forum could be called modern pirates of a sort...

Lmao! Classic, Riverkilt! That's one for the archives.
:-)

**sailortats** · 17th November 12, 07:12 PM

as someone who has worked on both sailing vessels and modern day ships I can assure you that kilts are not something one would want to wear shipboard. On the ships of old you would be climbing the rigging every time the wind shifted. It would not be a pretty sight if you were kilted. On modern ships going up and down ladders from one deck to another would present the same problem. There is always someone below you looking up.
That being said I do wear my kilt frequently when I am working on the SS Jeremiah O'Brien as a docent. However I try to remain on the main deck so as not to have to climb any ladders. However, some of our ladders do have a modesty screen underneath to accommodate our lady visitors.