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Weyland’s Whey July 13th “Sounds Like Salem” Part Two Column

Weyland’s Whey July 13th “Sounds Like Salem” Part Two Column

“Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.”  –Sarah Orne Jewett

Sounds Like Salem, Part Two: Here There Be Pirates”

Salem is most famous for witches, real and imagined, past and present, sure.  But there were pirates here too.  Lots of ’em.  And plenty roamed the North Shore during the Golden Age of Pirates (1650s to the 1730s).

Guys like Black Sam Bellamy, who captured over fifty ships in the course of his career, including famous slave ship Whydah Galla.  Black Sam was one of the youngest and richest pirates ever, nicknamed the “Prince of Pirates”.  He and his crew perished in a nor’easter off the Coast of Cape Cod in 1717.  Local legends say that Black Sam’s ex-girlfriend Maria Hallett turned to witchcraft after their breakup and conjured up the fatal storm.  Her nickname was “the Witch of Wellfleet”, for obvious reasons. (This is why I don’t teach Sparkle any spell work.  Prudence pays!)

Sources: Last year’s Salem jaunt, realpiratessalem.com

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La Petite Poodles

Spa Treatments & Exotic Cuts for Dogs

by De Anna

Secaucus NJ area

862-247-6789

We know De Anna!  So do our fur kids Delinquent and Morsel!

Palmer House Inn

81 Palmer Ave

Falmouth by the Sea, MA 02540

508-548-1230

www.palmerhouseinn.com

Great staff!  Friendly service!  Awesome rooms! Run by Tom and Billy and Brodie the dog!!

4 1/2 broomsticks.

Battles Auto Center

Full-service garage.  Pre-owned vehicles for sale.  They’re family owned (the center, not the cars) and operated.  Sparkle and I have used them ourselves and they do not disappoint!

14 Depot Ave

Falmouth, MA 02540

(508) 548-1301

4 1/2 brooms.

Flying Bridge Restaurant

Magnificent food! Long bar! Fast and hospitable service!  Sparkle and I were there three times in a row!!!  Ask for Brian the waiter!

5 brooms.

 

“Todos es magia.”

 

Bio

Weyland Smith is a wytch, columnist and ultracrepidarian extraordinaire! (Look it up, it’s appropriate.)  His wisdom and expertise can be praised at [email protected]