HAIR

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• #124

  Coarse hair indicates good nature; fine hair quick temper.

  Northern Ohio.
• #125

  Red hair indicates a “spit-fire.”

  Massachusetts and Chestertown, Md.
• #126

  Beware of that man,
  Be he friend or brother,
  Whose hair is one color
  And moustache another.

  Portland, Me.
• #127

  The color of the hair growing on the neck indicates the color of the hair of one’s future husband.

• #128

  A single white hair means genius; it must not be pulled out.

• #129

  If you pull out a white hair, two will come in its place.

  Somewhat general in the United States.
• #130

  Hair growing upon the upper lip of a woman means riches.

  Boston, Mass.
• #131

  The point formed by the hair growing on the forehead is called “A widow’s peak.”

  Eastern Massachusetts.
• #132

  When a woman’s hair parts where it should not, it is a sure sign she will be a widow.

  Springfield, Mass.
• #133

  Draw a single hair from the head strongly between the thumb and finger-nail. If it curls up, you are proud.

  The same result indicates that you are cross.

  St. John, N. B., and Prince Edward Island.
  Cape Breton.
• #134

  Hairy arms mean wealth.

  Northern Ohio.
• #135

  Hairy arms mean strength.

  General in the United States.
• #136

  Scrape the finger-nail and the thumb-nail along a hair, and if, by the third time, it curls up, the owner is high-tempered.

  Boston, Mass.
• #137

  Put some of your hair in the fire. If it burns slowly you will have a long life. If quickly, a short one.

  Chestertown, Md.