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T If you happen to walk any distance between two redheaded girls, it is a sign that you will soon be very rich. (Scottish Superstition)
T Early one morning the sun was shining I was laying in bed, Wondering if she changed at all, if her hair was still red. (Bob Dylan "Tangled Up in Blue")
TDo not let the shadow or a redhair person fall upon you. It will bring you bad luck.
T In Cornwell, it is held that redhair people never can make good butter. The butter always has a slight tang about it.
T Salute no redhair man nearer than 30 feet off, and even so, hold three stones in the fist wherewith to defend thyself.
T In Donegal, if a girl is born with redhair. It is a sign there was a pig under the bed.
T Straight and coarse redhair, also coarse and kinky, most always shows dishonesty.
T Never lodge at redhair'd people's houses, for these be folks that are to be drede
T In Scotland, If you walk any distance between two redheaded girls, it's a sign that you will soon be very rich.
T If a person in Madagascar has redhair on the top of his head or the back of his neck, then he'll be wealthy.
T Ancient Egyptians paid homage to the god Osiris by burying redheaded men alive.
T What Causes Red Hair?- (Star Tribune, February 8, 1996, Redhead Encyclopedia)
T "Many genes feed into hair color," Alysia Spear, a genetic counselor at North Memorial Hospital in Robbinsdale. "From a trait perspective, dark colors will dominate. But that doesn't necessarily tell us anything about whether one cratin gene causes redhair." Wondering where your bricktop came from or have high hopes for red-haired offspring, here are some odds to ponder. If one parent has redhair, there's a 50 percent chance the gene will get passed on to the children. If one or both parents are not redheads, but they carry the gene, they sport a one in four chance of having a redhead. And if both parents have red hair? You guessed it ! A coppertop every time.
T -Why Do People Tease Redheads?-
(From The State Journal-Register Springfield, Ill. Feb. 5, 1995, the source are from Redhead Encyclopedia, Stephen Douglas.)"As a kid, you take a lot of teasing," says Patrick Davlin, a Sangamon County sheriff's deputy. His redhair helped tag him as class clown and prompted comments like "I'd rather be dead than red on the head." Love it or hate it, there's no middle ground when it comes to redhair. It's either a color to dye for or a target for Bozo barbs, the mane of a leonine god of the curse of a matchstick head. Just ask any redhead.
T -Name Your Poison-
During earlier centuries, redheads in certain cultures were popularly believed to be unreliable, deceitful, and quick-tempered. The fat of a redhaired person was in demand as an ingredient for poison! An anonymous chapman (Old English for "dealer" or "merchant") said that "flattery, like the plague, strikes into the brain of man, and rageth in his entrails when he can, worse than the poison of a redhair'd man."
