In fact, some of you might well know that the barber pole, the red and white stripes, represents the blood bandages of the barber surgeon, and the receptacles on either end represent the pots in which the blood was collected.
Štoviše, neki od vas možda i znaju da brijački stup, sa crvenim i bijelim prugama, predstavlja krvave zavoje brijača-kirurga, a posude na oba kraja predstavljaju vrčeve u kojima se skupljala krv.