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TIL that the stereotypical “witch-look” comes from early medieval female beer brewers called “alewives”. They kept a cat to chase away rodents, brewed beer in a big cauldron, used a broomstick-like “ale stake” to signal that they sold beer, and wore a pointy hat to stand out in a crowd.

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