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Another, more accurate tradition, is that the Jolly Roger came from another name for the [[Satan|devil]], "Old Roger". In July of 1723 several pirates were executed after being captured by HMS ''Greyhound'', and a news report described their banner:
Another, more accurate tradition, is that the Jolly Roger came from another name for the [[Satan|devil]], "Old Roger". In July of 1723 several pirates were executed after being captured by HMS ''Greyhound'', and a news report described their banner:
:''"Their black Flag, under which they had committed abundance of Pyracies and Murders, was affix'd to one Corner of the Gallows. It had in it the Portraiture of Death, with an Hour-Glass in one Hand, and a Dart in the other, striking into a Heart, and three Drops of Blood delineated as falling from it. This Flag they called Old Roger, and us'd to say, They would live and die under it."''(Weekly Journal, pg. 2, col. 1)
:''"Their black Flag, under which they had committed abundance of Pyracies and Murders, was affix'd to one Corner of the Gallows. It had in it the Portraiture of Death, with an Hour-Glass in one Hand, and a Dart in the other, striking into a Heart, and three Drops of Blood delineated as falling from it. This Flag they called Old Roger, and us'd to say, They would live and die under it."''<ref>Weekly Journal, pg. 2, col. 1</ref>
The same flag was described years earlier in 1703 by John Quelch, and also referred to as the "Old Roger". Three years earlier pirate Emanuel Wynn flew possibly the first documented Jolly Roger when his ship was engaged by HMS ''Poole'' in July, 1700; his flag bore the familiar skull-and-crossbones motif along with an hourglass symbol, suggesting to his victims that time was running out.
The same flag was described years earlier in 1703 by John Quelch, and also referred to as the "Old Roger". Three years earlier pirate Emanuel Wynn flew possibly the first documented Jolly Roger when his ship was engaged by HMS ''Poole'' in July, 1700; his flag bore the familiar skull-and-crossbones motif along with an hourglass symbol, suggesting to his victims that time was running out.