What on earth is pogonophobia?

That is the question posed on my trivia calendar today. Pogonophobia? Sounds like a fear of pogo sticks doesn't it. Or maybe it's the fear of being run over by a mad man on a pogo stick? Or maybe its a fear of the old comic strip character Pogo? Those were my guesses but no, it turns out Pogonophobia has nothing to do with pogo sticks at all. Pogonophobia, it turns out, is the fear of beards. So now I'm wondering what kind of beards scare people. It's a good thing the ladies on "Duck Dynasty" aren't afraid of beards. Those big bushy long beards don't exactly scare me but you never know what might be lurking in them. My late husband had a beard but it was a nicely trimmed Kenny Rogers style beard. For a long time he had our grandchildren convinced that a herd of tiny little elephants lived there. I'm pretty sure I will never be bothered by pogonophobia unless of course I start sprouting a beard of my own. Weird things happen when a women reaches a certain age but that would really be scary.