Beard Liberation Front
15th July
Contact BLF Organiser Keith Flett 07803 167266
A BEARD GROWN OR REFOCUSED ON ST SWITHIN’S 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 Swithin’s Day, 15 July, is guaranteed by tradition to flourish unimpeded for 40 days. Rain on the day will refresh the follicles for sustained growth.
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 rains 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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