Hair

Humor

Your Beauty Gives You Away

November 23, 2021 Saxo

“No one will believe that,” said the old man “This child is much more attractive than we are. We’re both completely ugly, and it won’t seem likely that the two of us would have such a child, as horrid as we both are.” […]

History

Cleanliness Goes Before A Fall

June 20, 2021 Saxo

“For while he was reading, a spider came down from the ceiling by a thread, hooked itself on to the deacon’s head, and then ran up again. The most observant Charles saw this happen a second and a third time, but pretended not to notice it.” […]

Humor

A Fate Worse Than Death

May 23, 2021 Saxo

“He turned him over to a hundred comrades, the best and worst together, from the kitchen. These men plucked out his beard and moustache, and each one hit him four times with his fist.” […]

Greek and Roman

A Ban on Good Hair

March 23, 2021 Saxo

“So he published an edict that everywhere men should cut their hair close to the skin and that no Roman should be permitted to wear his hair below the neck.” […]

Human Affairs

Facial Hair Diplomacy

March 7, 2021 Saxo

“The adult men of the land of Gog and Magog are beardless. When a man with a full beard enters their country, the king, who is of the line of Gog and Magog, orders his beard plucked out.” […]