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Step 1
Decide what your pirate name will be. Have fun with it until you find your perfect pirate title. This is all fun and games anyway.
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Step 2
Think like a Pirate or at least learn some basic words. Aye, avast and arrr are all basic words that will get you started.
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Step 3
Read “Treasure Island” by Robert Louis Stevenson. You will learn about treachery and adventure on the high seas. “Treasure Island” was first published in 1883 by Cassell & Company, Limited, London.
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Step 4
Design your own pirate flag. There are many examples of different pirate flags. Make yours unique based on your particular pirate interests.
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Step 5
Plan a treasure hunt. Few things in life are more fun than coming up with a map and directions for your landlubber friends. Let them search for the treasure you hide for them.
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Step 6
Make a pirate drink. Help your pirate trainees become the pirates they were meant to be with something citrusy to prevent scurvy.
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Step 7
Carry gold coins. Gold-covered chocolate coins will work perfectly.
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Step 8
Practice swashbuckling. This is different for every person and includes swaggering.
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Step 9
Teach your friends and family a few facts about pirates. Pirates were not nice people. There is plenty of information out there about pirates, both past and present. Explain that “Talk Like a Pirate Day” is just for fun.
