Thanks for posting this. Lot's of good info and trivia.
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Tar - was given to sailors because in the old days, sailors used to tar their clothing to make it waterproof.
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I've always heard this refering specifically to British sailors, who wear their long hair in a braid or pigtail, dipping the end in tar to hold it together so that it didn't blow around their faces -- also kept it "clean", so to speak.