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Updated 09/19/2008 11:18 PM

International Talk Like a Pirate Day

By: Web Staff

International Talk Like a Pirate Day
CLAY, N.Y. -- There was a lot of swash buckling going on in Clay on Friday night. The festivities at Cooligan's Restaurant in Pirate's Cove were part of "International Talk Like a Pirate Day."

Organizers for the event say it's easy to take part. All you have to do is talk like a pirate.

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"I figure I find a guy with a pirate bar, I find me pirate friends and bring them to the pirate bar and well, the rest be history,” said Captain Mimi Foxmorton, "From the Seas".

International Talk Like a Pirate Day was started in 1995 by John Baur or Ol' Chumbucket and Mark Summers or Cap'n Slappy.