What does a barber pole signify?

that red, white and blue twirling thing on barber shops....What does a barber pole signify?
veins and blood.





For thousands of years (since the days of Galen, a famous Roman surgeon) it was believed that ';blood-letting'; was a cure-all for many illnesses. The ';doctor'; would use a lancet to make a small incision in the patient's arm, let out just enough blood until the patient's feverishly flushed face became pale (from lack of blood) and then pronounce him cured.





Since the Middle Ages people would get this done at the local barber's who specialized in more than just cutting hair.


(Perhaps the urban myth that inspired ';Sweeney Todd'; was based on this fact.)





You may also be interested to know that they use the same barber's pole here in Japan, but I doubt many Japanese know about the grisly origins of it.





Good question, by the way :)What does a barber pole signify?
In days of old, Barbers were also the Doctors.


The origin of the barber's pole is associated with his service of blood-letting. The original pole had a brass basin at its top representing the vessel in which leeches were kept and also that which received the blood. The pole represented the staff which the patient held onto during the operation, with the red and white stripes portraying the bandages - red for blood stained and white for the clean ones. Being hung out to dry on the pole after washing, they would often blow and twist together forming a spiral pattern which lead to the subsequently painted barber's pole of red and white stripes.
The modern barber pole originated in the days when bloodletting was one of the principal duties of the barber. The two spiral ribbons painted around the pole represent the two long bandages, one twisted around the arm before bleeding, and the other used to bind is afterward. Originally, when not in use, the pole with a bandage wound around it, so that both might be together when needed, was hung at the door as a sign. But later, for convenience, instead of hanging out the original pole, another one was painted in imitation of it and given a permanent place on the outside of the shop. This was the beginning of the modern barber pole.
its a place you can get a hair cut
Typically they are just red and white. The white denotes sanitary conditions. The red denotes that they often perform ';blood-letting'; and other minor surgery such as tooth-extractions.
something to do with blood and soemthing else
During medieval times barbers also served as surgeons. The top of the pole housed leeches and the bottom of the pole was the basin used for bloodletting. The red and white stripes represent bloody bandages.
Haircuts!
That the Barber is IN


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