The addition of ethanol, which is fully miscible in water yet, less polar than Water reduces its solubility. This reduction of solubility results in precipitation of least soluble salts first or the salt which is not soluble in solvents less polar than water.
Pole pockets on banners are something that can cause a bit of confusion. This is compounded by the fact that some companies do things differently when producing banners with pole pockets.
The look of the barber pole is linked to bloodletting, with red representing blood and white representing the bandages used to stem the bleeding. The pole itself is said to symbolize the stick that a patient squeezed to make the veins in his arm stand out more prominently for the procedure.