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HAIR
IF YOU PLUCK ONE GREY HAIR, SEVEN WILL GROW IN ITS PLACE.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
SUPERSTITION
ONE OF THE WORST THINGS ANYONE COULD DO
TO INCUR THE HAND OF FATE
IS TO CUT ONE'S HAIR AND THROW IT AWAY.
HAIR DISCARDED IN THIS MANNER WILL BE PICKED UP BY BIRDS
WHO WILL MAKE A NEST OF IT AND DRIVE THE FORMER OWNER INSANE.
SHORN HAIR MUST BE KEPT INDEFINITELY
OR BURNED TO AVOID THE LOSS OF ONE'S MIND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
BLONDE
BORN BLONDE, DIE BALD
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): BALDNESS ; CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; HAIR COLOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Birth PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-23-1968
WHEN YOU SHAVE HAIR IT GROWS BACK THICKER AND DARKER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak |
Date learned: 09-16-1968
BAD LUCK
DO NOT PUT SALT ON THE SCALP OR IT WILL GO BALD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 12-00-1977
FIRSTS
ON FIRST BIRTHDAY, CLIP ALL CHILD'S HAIR SO IT WILL GROW IN THICKER.
Submitter comment: BOTH SEXES
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
Date learned: 00001930S ; 02-16-1980
BODY PART BELIEF
BURNT TOAST WILL MAKE YOUR HAIR CURLY OR IMPROVE YOUR SINGING VOICE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Date learned: 00-00-1968
BELIEF CONCERNING HAIR
IF A GIRL GETS HER HAIR BLUNTLY CUT WITH A MACHETE WHEN THE MOON IS
FULL, HER HAIR WILL GROW BACK VERY, VERY LONG.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HER MEXICAN MOTHER WHO IS IN HER MID 40'S
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 02-05-1980
HAIR-CUTTING BELIEF
IF YOU CUT YOUR HAIR WHEN THE MOON IS FULL IT WILL GROW BACK
THICKER.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT DOES NOT BELIEVE THIS TO BE TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CLINTON TOWNSHIP
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-00-1982
IF TWO OR MORE PEOPLE COMB YOUR HAIR AT ONE TIME, THE YOUNGEST
WILL DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 00001950S
IF A PERSON DESIRES LONG AND FULL HAIR, HE SHOULD CLIP
HIS HAIR ON THE MONTH'S FIRST NEW MOON.
Submitter comment: THIS IS THE ONLY TIME THE INFORMANT CLIPS HER HAIR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 03-00-1983
WHEN YOU WASH YOUR HAIR UNDER A FULL MOON,
IT WILL FALL OUT.
Submitter comment:
SHE BELIEVED IT AT THE TIME IT WAS TOLD TO
HER, BUT SHE NO LONGER BELIEVES IT.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 00-00-1950 ; 00-00-1985
EATING CARROTS MAKES ONE'S HAIR GROW FASTER.
Submitter comment:
MY GREATGRANDMOTHER USED TO TELL ME THIS SO I WOULD EAT MY
CARROTS.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
YOU WILL GET A HEADACHE IF YOU THROW YOUR HAIR AWAY AND A
BIRD GETS IT AND MAKES A NEST WITH IT.
Submitter comment:
TOLD MY COUSIN THIS AS SHE THREW HAIR FROM HER BRUSH OUT
THE WINDOW.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00001970S
IF YOU SEE A PERSON WHO WAS BORN WITH RED HAIR, IT MEANS
THAT THEIR PARENTS MADE A DEAL WITH THE DEVIL SOMETIME
THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 04-01-1990
Balinese Custom
In Bali, one month after birth a baby's head is shaved
completely to chase all evil spirits away.
Where learned: Bali ; Indonesia
Keyword(s): PURIFICATION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Measure of time Month |
Date learned: 00-00-1955
Chinese Custom
In China, and in the Chinese culture one month after the birth
of a baby, the head, eyebrows, and eyelashes are shaved to
achieve greater growth.
Where learned: CHINA
Keyword(s): PURIFICATION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Measure of time Month |
Date learned: 00-00-1955
THIS IS A SUPERSTITION THAT IS HELD IN MY FAMILY.IT IS
BELIEVED THAT ONE SHOULD BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL ABOUT
THROWING AWAY HAIR, BECAUSE IF RETRIEVED BY ONE WHO
KNOWS VOODOO A SPELL CAN BE PLACED ON THAT INDIVIDUAL.
Submitter comment:
I WAS TOLD THAT IN THE SOUTH VOODOO IS WIDELY BELIEVED IN
AND THAT THIS IS A WIDELY BELIEVED SUPERSTITION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Lansing
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 00001980S
HORSERADISH WILL PUT HAIR ON YOUR CHEST.
IF A CHILD EATS A LOT OF HORSERADISH, HE WILL GROW UP
TO HAVE A HAIRY CHEST.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS LEARNED FROM MY GRANDFATHER WHO DID NOT DISTINGUISH
BETWEEN MALE AND FEMALE CHILDREN WHEN TELLING OF THESE MAGICAL
POWERS OF HORSERADISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Body part Senses Upper body, arms, neck BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001976CA
If you want to grow your hair long take the hair out of your
brush and set it afire; chant "More hair, more hair", and your hair
will grow long and beautiful.
Submitter comment: I learned this from my mother when I was about seven years old.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two Favorites BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Body part Senses No hair, baldness |
Date learned: 00001970S