Beard Liberation Front
press release 15th July
Contact keith flett 07803 167266
A BEARD GROWN OR REFOCUSED ON A DRY ST SWITHINS DAY WILL FLOURISH FOR 40 DAYS
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that a beard grown or refocused on St Swithins Day, 15 July, is guaranteed by tradition to flourish unimpeded for 40 days provided that it does not rain on the day itself.
St Swithin is depicted in surviving relics as hirsute and while his ‘Day’ is more traditionally associated with concerns about rain, there is also an important impact on beards, which has been largely hidden from history due to pogonophobic prejudice.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said If it doesn’t rain on 15th July, then a beard started or refocused and realigned on this day, according to the principles of St Swithin, is set to flourish for 40 days by which time it will be well on the way to the organic style apparently favoured by the Saint himself
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