{"id":1366,"date":"2017-07-28T14:32:43","date_gmt":"2017-07-28T14:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lifebylarabee.com\/?p=1366"},"modified":"2022-07-24T18:40:35","modified_gmt":"2022-07-24T18:40:35","slug":"the-pirates-curse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifebylarabee.com\/index.php\/2017\/07\/28\/the-pirates-curse\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pirate&#8217;s Curse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">To live a pirate and a smuggler\u2019s life meant a dangerous path to eventual doom.\u00a0 A constant fight with other pirates and smugglers along with the crown seeking your head.\u00a0 All this for a hoard of treasure that had to be hidden and the secret of its hiding death to all who would choose to seek it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">There is a garden in Charleston South Carolina that is in the courtyard of an old Inn.\u00a0 It is said to have been visited by many pirates who would meet and make deals with what they smuggled from their attacks upon the merchant ships. It is said Blackbeard frequented the inn to do business with other pirates and smugglers. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">The garden itself is enclosed with a fountain with a pirate\u2019s face that is green from age and stares from a fountain. It is a warning to all of those that might be near what will happen to you if you give up any secrets you may hear. The pain shows up on the image of the pirate trapped in the bricked-in fountain, that he be an example to all who enter the courtyard. The secrets must be kept avoiding being trapped in the wall for eternity with the pirate\u2019s curse. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">All ye who enter here, speak not of the secrets ye hear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Let no coward tell who be here by name. Let no blood be drawn here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">We barter and make plans for the sale of booty for profit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Here we be brothers\u2019 smugglers and pirates all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I<span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">f ye tell of treasures and secrets, a pirate\u2019s curse be upon ye,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">For ye will be trapped in the garden wall for eternity.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To live a pirate and a smuggler\u2019s life meant a dangerous path to eventual doom.\u00a0 A constant fight with other pirates and smugglers along with the crown seeking your head.\u00a0 All this for a hoard of treasure that had to be hidden and the secret of its hiding death to all who would choose to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[694],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stay-active"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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