See, we are currently finding a number of people involving themselves at our local Renaissance faires wearing the stereotypical "Pirate" garb, which is a much later time frame.
As my father (the final owner of the long-lived family parrot, handed down from his grandfather; which grandfather BTW ran away to sea to as a cabin boy and came back after one voyage swearing he'd never be a sailor again), says:
"Did you ever think about what the back of Long John Silver's coat looked like?"
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