Unfavorable days for going to sea
It turns out that the pirates had their own calendar of unfavorable days. Most often, it was associated with when you can not go to sea. So, the sea robbers did everything not to start another raid on Thursday or Friday, and leaving the land on Sunday was completely unrealistic. There was also one religious holiday, which in no case could be celebrated at sea. We are talking, oddly enough, about Easter. Moreover, as a confirmation of the last superstition, a popular legend was cited that told about the pirate Reed: according to legend, he went on a raid in search of prey on Easter Sunday, and after that, neither he, nor the ship, nor the crew, no one else ever saw him.

Banning one last look at the shore
It turns out that the pirates had their own modification of the famous superstition "Returning is a bad omen." It followed from it that after the ship departs for the next raid from the pier, it was strictly forbidden to look back at the shore. It was believed that if you break this ban, then the whole trip will turn into a failure.

The status of a woman in piracy
The woman was indeed a curse on board, but not every one. Perhaps it is difficult to find a more famous superstition of sea robbers, which was as common among sailors as the prohibition of women on board. If the representative of the beautiful half of humanity still ended up on the ship, then the one who allowed this should have been immediately executed. However, in some way, a woman was present on board: firstly, most often pirates called their ships just by female names, and secondly, it was the statue of a naked woman that was placed on the ship as a bow decoration, since they believed that she would be able to calm the storm raging at sea.

Pirate Earring
An earring for a pirate had a whole range of functions, including signs. Many people know that a gold earring in the ear is an indispensable element of the appearance of an experienced sea robber. But the number of her appointments is really surprising: in addition to the traditional version that the sailor who passed Cape Horn was celebrated in this way in the golden era of piracy, there were a lot of superstitions about it. For example, it was believed that gold improves eyesight, and the earring was endowed with the ability of a talisman that protects the wearer from seasickness or death due to drowning. But even when the pirate ended his earthly journey, the earring played its own role: it served as payment for his funeral. It worked like this: if he dies as a result of a shipwreck, and his body was washed ashore, then the one who discovered him and buried him according to Christian custom has the right to take the deceased’s golden earring for his labors.

Forbidden word
Sometimes a fight between pirates is the result of an omen. It is unlikely that anyone can imagine that often a fight between two pirates could be the result of a single spoken word that should not be uttered. And all because the rule was observed on board the ship: under no circumstances, after going to sea, it was impossible to say the word "drowned", as this could bring trouble to all members of the team. However, apparently, the pirates were well aware that the word is not a sparrow, and sometimes it still escaped. And in order to remove the negative impact of this forbidden word from the team, it was necessary to bleed the offender. It was then that the pirates decided to simply break the nose of the last one.

Fear of cormorants
You can still think about the fact that pirates may have peculiar phobias. But it will be simply unrealistic to guess about the object of this fear. After all, it is very difficult to imagine that the fearless thunderstorms of the seas were afraid of. cormorants, and they were afraid of panic. So it was believed that if at least one bird descends from the sky to the deck of the ship and flaps its wings, then this could mean the imminent death of one of the crew members. Well, a whole flock of cormorants was a real curse - in this case, misfortunes and death could await the entire crew.

Aura of bananas
Who would have thought that for a pirate the most terrible cargo that cannot be taken with you under any circumstances would look exactly like a box of bananas. However, this strange superstition was one of the most popular among the fearless sea robbers. It was believed that this tropical fruit has such an aura or just notoriety that ships with it on board most often sink. It is difficult to say whether the pirates kept statistics of ships that crashed because of bananas in the hold, but the negative plume was so strong that this sign was strictly observed.