BARBERS BLED
The “barber’s pole”—that red-and-white striped symbol outside the “tonsorial artist’s” shop is a relic of bygone days. In olden times the barber usually combined the duties of surgeon with his hairtrimming operations. The common practice of “bleeding” the patient and the subsequent bandaging is effectively represented by those crimson and white lines round the pole.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 2, 22 June 1949, Page 5
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57BARBERS BLED Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 2, 22 June 1949, Page 5
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