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In New Zealand, the United States, the United Kingdom, and elsewhere, a beanie is a head-hugging brimless cap , sometimes made from triangular panels of material joined by a button at the crown and seamed together around the sides. Beanies may be made of cloth, felt, wool, leather, or silk. In many US regions and parts of Canada the term "beanie" refers to a knitted cap (often woolen), alternately called a "stocking cap" or (especially in Canada) a " toque ".

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27-540: (Redirected from Beany ) [REDACTED] Look up beanie in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Beanie may refer to: Headgear [ edit ] Beanie (seamed cap) , in parts of North America, a cap made from cloth often joined by a button at the crown and seamed together around the sides Beanie, a knit cap , in Britain, Australia, South Africa and parts of Canada and

54-409: A biretta or mitre is worn, a zucchetto is always worn underneath, hence its other names of subbirettum and submitrale . The common tradition is for the cleric to obtain the zucchetto either from an ecclesiastical tailor or a retail church supply. There is also a tradition of friends buying a newly appointed bishop his first zucchetto. A lower-ranking prelate must always doff his skullcap to

81-415: A keepsake , if presented with a new one as a gift. Popes John Paul II , Benedict XVI , and Francis have continued the custom. The pope might choose not to give the visitor his own zucchetto, but rather place the gift zucchetto on his head for a moment as a blessing, then return it to the giver. Bishops, cardinals and archbishops such as Fulton J. Sheen frequently gave their old zucchetti in exchange for

108-575: A pileolus , is a small, hemispherical, form-fitting ecclesiastical skullcap worn by clerics of various Catholic Churches , the Syriac Orthodox Church , and by senior clergy in Anglicanism . It is also called a pilus , pilos , pileus , pileolo , subbiretum , submitrale , soli deo , berrettino , calotte or calotta . The zucchetto originated as the Greek pilos and is related to

135-452: A form of mild hazing . For example, Lehigh University required freshmen to wear beanies, or "dinks", and other colleges including Franklin & Marshall, Gettysburg, Rutgers, Westminster College, and others may have had similar practices. Benedictine College , in Atchison, Kansas , still carries this tradition for the first week of a freshman's classes, and is said to be the only college in

162-637: A hamlet in England Beaney , a surname All pages with titles beginning with Beanie All pages with titles containing Beanie Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Beanie . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beanie&oldid=1259341734 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

189-614: A higher-ranking prelate; all prelates must remove their zucchetti in the presence of the pope, unless the pope prefers otherwise. The zucchetto is worn throughout most of the Mass , is removed at the commencement of the Preface , and replaced at the conclusion of Communion , when the Blessed Sacrament is put away. The zucchetto is also not worn at any occasion where the Blessed Sacrament

216-575: A popular stuffed toy animal line, launched in 1993 Bernard "Beanie" Campbell, a character in the 2003 film Old School Ben "Beanie" Harper , a character on the soap opera Love of Life Beany, title character of the children's programs Time for Beany , Beany and Cecil , and The New Adventures of Beany and Cecil "Beanni", a song by the Cat Empire from their self-titled debut album See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "beanie" on Misplaced Pages. Beeny ,

243-404: A very small brim, less than an inch deep, around the brow front. The baseball cap evolved from this kind of beanie, with the addition of a visor to block the sun. By the mid-1940s, beanies fell out of general popularity as a hat, in favor of cotton visored caps like the baseball cap. However, in the 1950s and possibly beyond, they were worn by college freshmen and various fraternity initiates as

270-403: Is exposed . A short zucchetto stand known as a funghellino (lit. "little mushroom", usually made of brass or wood ) can be placed near the altar to provide a safe place for the zucchetto when it is not being worn. Prelates often give away their skullcaps to the faithful. The practice, which was started in the modern era by Pope Pius XII , involves giving the zucchetto to the faithful, as

297-437: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Beanie (seamed cap) One popular style of the beanie during the early half of the twentieth century was a kind of skullcap made of four or six felt panels sewn together to form the cap. The panels were often composed of two or more different contrasting colors to give them a novel and distinctive look. This type of beanie

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324-574: The Syriac Orthodox tradition, a seven-panel zucchetto called a phiro is worn by nearly all priests. It is always black and embroidered with black Orthodox crosses. All ordained men in the Latin Church of the Catholic Church are entitled to wear the black zucchetto unless promoted to a higher office, and it is worn with either the cassock or liturgical vestments , never a suit. When

351-582: The beret (which itself was originally a large zucchetto). Clerics adopted the style circa the Early Middle Ages or earlier, to keep their heads warm and to insulate the tonsure . The name "zucchetto" derives from its resemblance to half a pumpkin . It is almost identical to the Jewish kippah or yarmulke, but typically differs in construction, with the zucchetto made of separate joined sections and color-coordinated to clerical status. The resemblance between

378-537: The whoopee cap the appearance of a silly-looking crown made of fabric , or yarn that has been knit or crocheted instead of precious metals like gold , silver , platinum , and so on. It was also quite common for schoolboys to adorn these styles of beanies with buttons and pins. According to the Oxford English Dictionary , the etymology is uncertain, but probably derives from the slang term "bean", meaning "head". In New Zealand and Australia ,

405-484: The British Crossroads soap opera. The character appeared from the mid-1970s to the late 1980s and usually wore a knitted version of the hat. A larger variant of the skullcap, the beanie was working apparel associated with blue-collar laborers, including welders, mechanics, and other tradesmen who needed to keep their hair back, but for whom a brim would be an unnecessary obstruction. Beanies do sometimes have

432-557: The Catholic zucchetto or, far more often, similar to the Jewish kippah. A form of the zucchetto is worn by Anglican bishops and is used approximately like that of the Catholic Church. The Anglican "skullcap" differs from the zucchetto primarily in that it is made of six panels, bears a button at centre of the crown, and is of slightly larger dimensions. The other exception is that instead of the Catholic "church violet", Anglican churches usually (but not always) use purple caps on bishops. In

459-494: The US to maintain this tradition. Georgia Tech continues to provide freshmen with RAT caps, though their mandatory wear ceased in the 1960s. Wilson College continues this tradition today as a part of its Odd/Even class year "rivalry". At Cornell University , freshman beanies (known as "dinks") were worn into the early 1960s. Dinks were not officially required, but their wearing was enforced by student peer pressure. An annual ritual

486-834: The United States (also known as a toque) Beanie, any type of headgear unsuitable for safe motorcycling People [ edit ] Richard Dalley , American ice dancer Beanie Ebert (1902–1980), American football player Beanie Feldstein (b. 1993), American actress and singer Beanie Sigel (b. 1974), American rapper born Dwight Grant H. M. Walker (1878–1937), American writer for silent and early talking films and newspaper sports writer Beanie Wells (b. 1988), American football running back Les Witte (1911–1973), American basketball Wilbur Soot (b. 1996), English Twitch streamer and YouTuber Arts, entertainment, and media [ edit ] The Beanies , an Australian children's band and podcast Beanie Babies ,

513-415: The central tip of the zucchetto is the "stem", known as stirpis or stirpes . It is made of a twisted loop of silk cord and is meant to make handling the zucchetto easier. The stirpes is the primary visual distinction between the zucchetto and the Jewish kippah. The zucchetto traditionally has a lining of thin white chamois as an insulator; this is also to help keep the shape of the zucchetto. Inside

540-870: The street and are primarily worn for satirical or comedic purposes. Google offers these to their newly hired employees, "Nooglers", as part of their onboarding . In 1996, student hackers placed a giant propeller beanie on the Great Dome at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . The scaled-up propeller rotated as the wind drove it like a windmill . Zucchetto The zucchetto ( /( t ) s uː ˈ k ɛ t oʊ , z uː ˈ -/ , also UK : / t s ʊ ˈ -/ , US : / z ʊ ˈ -/ , Italian: [dzukˈketto] ; meaning 'small gourd ', from zucca ' pumpkin ' or more generally 'gourd'; plural in English: zucchettos) or solideo , officially

567-481: The term "beanie" is normally applied to a knit cap known as a toque in Canada and parts of the US, but also may apply to the kind of skull cap historically worn by surf lifesavers and still worn during surf sports. The non-knitted variety is normally called a "cap" in other countries. Other explanations have referred to the cloth-covered button on the crown, which is about the size of a bean . Some academics believe that

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594-498: The term is instead derived from a type of headgear worn in some medieval universities. The yellow hats ( bejaunus , meaning "yellowbill", later beanus , a term used for both the hats and the new students) evolved into the college beanies of later years. In the United Kingdom, the term "Benny hat" may also refer to a knitted style of head-covering. This name originally comes from the character "Benny", played by actor Paul Henry in

621-525: The trim, there is a strip of velvet to ensure a secure and comfortable fit. Most modern zucchetto designs include a cloth lining, and the contemporary trend is using ordinary synthetic cloth with a simple, natural cloth lining. The color of the zucchetto in Catholicism denotes the office held by the wearer: Some Franciscans have adopted the practice of wearing a brown zucchetto to match their brown habit. The most common Anglican design can be similar to

648-406: The two types of headgear is often seen as being deliberate (a reference to the Jewish roots of Christianity ), but the zucchetto is distinct from and predates the skullcap style of kippah and yarmulke. In Catholicism, the modern zucchetto is most commonly made of silk. The design utilises eight gores or triangular panels that are joined at the tips to form a hemispherical skullcap. Jutting from

675-418: Was also very popular with some colleges and fraternities, as they would often use school colors in the different panels making up the headgear. Another style of beanie was the whoopee cap , a formed and pressed wool felted hat, with a flipped-up brim that formed a band around the bottom of the cap. The band would often have a decorative repeating zig-zag or scalloped pattern cut around the edge. This gives

702-441: Was sold widely by many manufacturers over the next decade. The propeller beanie increased in popular use through comics and eventually made its way onto the character of Beany Boy of Beany and Cecil . Today, computer- savvy and other technically proficient people are sometimes pejoratively called propellerheads because of the one-time popularity of the propeller beanie. In the 21st century, propeller beanies are rarely seen on

729-416: Was the burning of the caps in a boisterous bonfire. In the summer of 1947, while still in high school, science fiction fanzine artist Ray Nelson , per his claim, invented the propeller beanie as part of a "spaceman" costume on a lark with some friends. He later drew it in his cartoons as emblematic shorthand for science fiction fandom . The hat became a fad, seen in media such as "Time for Beanie", and

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