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Why Is The Pirate Flag Called The Jolly Roger

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The Jolly Roger flag was the surprise flag used in an attack.
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In the late 1500s, French pirates (buccaneers) kept two battle flags on deck, one plain red and one plain black. Before a 'MORE'?
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It may be a corruption of the French jolie rouge, for "pretty red," in a reference to the red flags flown by some pirates.
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"In World War II it became common practice for the submarines of the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy to fly the Jolly Roger on completion of a successful combat mission where some action had taken place, but as an indicator of bravado ...
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Here is a reference +3 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jolly_Roger
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Johnson specifically cites two pirates as having named their flag "Jolly Roger" in 1721 Origins of the term The name "Jolly Roger" goes back at least to Charles Johnson's A General History of the Pyrates, published in Britain in 1724. Johns...
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The skull and crossbones motif of the Jolly Roger first appeared around 1700. It was created by French Pirate Emanuel Wynne.
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The name "Jolly Roger" is thought to have come from joli rouge (pretty red), a wry French description of the bloody banner flown by early privateers. The flags were meant to strike mortal terror in the hearts of the pirate's intended victim...
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The name "Jolly Roger" goes back at least to Charles Johnson's A General History of the Pyrates, published in 1724. Johnson specifically cites two pirates as having named their flag "Jolly Roger": Bartholomew Roberts in June, 1721[1] and Fr...
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Depends what you mean by 'Jolly Roger'. Most people think of the skull and crossbones signifying a pirate ship. This image is quite wrong. The original pirate flag was pure red, symbolizing blood. and was meant to instill fear into any unfo...
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yes when he invades he does it about every 2 hours certain times of the year for instance he is this month
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The Pirate Flag, Skull and Crossbones was made to scare the Merchants into surrendering without a fight.
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Pirate Jolly Roger Flag" Every pirate captain worth his salt flies a Jolly Roger: a flag designed to identify a ship's crew as pirates. Generally black and bearing some variation of the classic white skull and crossbones emblem, a Jolly Rog...
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The 'Jolly Roger' is used to refer to the archetypical white-on-black skull-and-crossbones flag. In a stricter sense it MORE?
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The Jolly Roger, Old Roger, or just plain Skull and Crossbones is the definitive symbol of the pyrate.
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Originally many pirate flags existed, all called the Jolly Roger. It was the name that signified the ship’s crew members were indeed pirates. The most popular shows a skull and crossbones. The Jolly Roger's roots can be traced to 1721 in Ca...
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