There are several stories about the origins of the tie. My favorite goes back to Napoleon. The guy who put buttons on uniform sleeves to keep soldiers from blowing the noses on them. It seems that Napoleon had heard about the American Indian Ghost Dancers who wore “magical” ghost shirts that protected them from bullets. Napoleon stole the myth and told his men that if they tied these “magical” ribbons of cloth around their necks it would protect them from being shot.
There are several stories about the origins of the tie. My favorite goes back to Napoleon. The guy who put buttons on uniform sleeves to keep soldiers from blowing the noses on them. It seems that Napoleon had heard about the American Indian Ghost Dancers who wore “magical” ghost shirts that protected them from bullets. Napoleon stole the myth and told his men that if they tied these “magical” ribbons of cloth around their necks it would protect them from being shot.