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Broad-brimmed hat believed to have been owned by Oliver Cromwell, England, ~1650 AD
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PugJesus piefed.social PugJesus@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-03-24
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jdr lemmy.ml jdr@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2021-07-28
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I'm glad we don't wear clay hats any more.
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bitteroldcoot piefed.social bitteroldcoot@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-11-22
#3 · Quote Reply

Does anyone actually believe this?
No citations and doesn't look like a hat.
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melsaskca lemmy.ca melsaskca@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-03-09
#4 · Quote Reply

Melania brought that look back. /s
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PugJesus Moderator PugJesus@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-03-24
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bitteroldcoot wrote:
Does anyone actually believe this? No citations and doesn't look like a hat.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-63317949
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bitteroldcoot piefed.social bitteroldcoot@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-11-22
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PugJesus wrote:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-63317949

You win.

But still doesn’t look like a hat
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caseyweederman lemmy.ca caseyweederman@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-08-30
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melsaskca wrote:
Melania brought that look back. /s

Have you so quickly forgotten the face of Big Hat Logan
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Starya67 lemmy.world starlinguk@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-17
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bitteroldcoot wrote:
You win. But still doesn’t look like a hat

But it does.
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Rob T Firefly lemmy.world rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-07
#9 · Quote Reply

If he was such an important person, how come he had to wear such an old hat?
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PugJesus Moderator PugJesus@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-03-24
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Rob T Firefly wrote:
If he was such an important person, how come he had to wear such an old hat?

The Puritans were a radical Protestant sect who believed nice things were too 'popish' (ie Catholic)

So their works tend to be... austere.
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melsaskca lemmy.ca melsaskca@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-03-09
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caseyweederman wrote:
Have you so quickly forgotten the face of Big Hat Logan

I had to look that up. Scary guy.
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Agent641 lemmy.world Agent641@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-12
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bitteroldcoot wrote:
You win. But still doesn’t look like a hat

What defines a hat, anyway?
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huquad lemmy.ml huquad@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-07-08
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Thought this was a shitty chocolate cake at first
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