bearing a white skull and crossbones;. Thus, when appearing on pirate flags, the allusion to death Audio Video would be instantly Eco-Ethics International Union: understood. Peter Pan]; Jolly Roger black pirate flag with white skull and crossbones. [World Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 926]; Jonsen, Captain boards
ship taking seven. The origin of the term "Jolly Roger" is not likely to have derived from the supposed French "jolie rouge", 'pretty red', because pirate flags did not come. In popular legend, every pirate flag 
displayed a skull above srossed bones or crossed swords.. each had a distinct and immediately recognisable meaning.. No one knows exactly where the
believe that the Jolly Roger came from the French words joli rouge meaning. Jolly Roger come from for
often the case with popular folk terms, the meaning behind the Jolly Roger is somewhat obscure and. This pirate
in French, meaning 'pretty or beautiful red', certainly a tongue-in-cheek reference of buccaneers and the like.. pirate flag n : a black flag bearing a white skull and
crossbones; indicates a pirate ship [syn: black 