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  • smart9426
    Barbers would originally do a bit of surgery on the side (!) and in those days when few could read or write the pole was a representation of white and red:bandages/blood
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  • peterpatch
    Goes way back to medieval times with leaches and surgery etc. http://www.barberpole.com/history.htm
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