Cruyff Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 9 minutes ago, westbow said: 🥸 History extra podcast - “to beard or not to beard”. (12 March). Quite interesting. Puritans saw beards as unnecessary decoration. Roundheads didn’t have beards and that was where the name came from. Georgians were clean shaven. The Victorian fashion of beards came from the Crimean war when soldiers were told not to shave due to the amount of infections it was causing. Interesting. Thanks What are wattles? 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westbow Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 1 minute ago, Cruyff said: Interesting. Thanks What are wattles? 🤔 The bit of flappiness under a chickens beak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruyff Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 1 minute ago, westbow said: The bit of flappiness under a chickens beak. 🤣 I see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, Tazio said: The Romans, Greeks, and Egyptians beg to differ. Greeks grew beards so they looked intelligent, until Alexander couldn't grow a beard so no one else was wearing them, especially soldiers, so they couldn't be grabbed in battle. Egyptian pharaohs wore fake beards.(The postiche). Romans(Nero) thought beards were a symbol of poverty and wanted the people to look successful. Hadn't really known all this, so thanks for making me have a wee look. 👍 Every day's a school day. Edited March 22, 2021 by ri Alban Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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