In 1926 or 1927, one of my uncles fought a real duel.
The other man had insulted him by saying that his fiance was not
beautiful.
For the rest of his life this uncle had a scar on his face.
He married his fiance and she was very beautiful indeed.
When my grandfather heard about the duel, he took a horsewhip to his
son.
I do not know whether the whipping left some other scars.
Mimi
On May 24, 2014, at 5:45 PM, HARDY BREIER wrote:
> Iris,
> Fraternities march all the time,
> In peacetime more so ,in war-time they are drafted,
> They sing beer songs ,fight duels over ladies and are
> very patriotic.
> Displaying duel scars was a big honor.
> Some had doctors make scars on their face to prove valor ,
> My uncle was a medicine student and had a hard time
> explaining to Babe why he needed a scar on the cheek
> she had to pay for : "Zi wus darf er a Narbe ?"
> Go and explain !
>
> Hardy
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