*** Omen of the Day by Briscoe Darling ***

A new moon on Saturday or Sunday is bad luck and predicts rain.


*** Odd Facts Known By Few by Floyd Lawson ***

Why are barbers' poles striped?

In times past, barbers were also surgeons. Among their primary tasks was
bloodletting, a remedy thought to cure many diseases. The
red-and-white-striped pole originally represented a bleeding arm wrapped in
bandages.
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