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kittypal
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Is there a reason or a symbol that the red and white pole represents?
 
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Barbers use to be dentists also and the red represented blood and the white bandages. It was a gory business.
 
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Red represented "blood" and white "bandages", blue "veins" it comes from the 1500's . More info here. Cool

http://www.adsd.com/holtz/bpole.html
 
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Ewwww, uh, thanks!!! Smile
 
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