Hairy Facts & Fun

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Hairy Facts & Fun

	Did you know.... Hair grows faster in the summer A strand of hair lives up to seven years A person loses 40 - 100 hairs a day The average scalp has 100,000 strands 90% of scalp hair is growing; 10% rests Once upon a time.... During the Victorian era, mothers and daughters (and some men) wove hair into intricate pieces of jewelry, such as hair bracelets, watch fobs, pins. These unique pieces were usually woven from dark hair and rarely mixed two different shades of hair. The weavers decorated their hairwork with gold fittings, beads, and semi-precious stones, weaving and braiding the hair into geometric or rope-twist designs. Hair jewelry served as sentimental reminders for family and friends who had to be apart. Imagine a young woman weaving her hair into a bracelet for the man she loved. Or a mother weaving her hair into a watch fob for her only son leaving home.


		Some people make dog hair into yarn. Would you like to wear a dog hair sweater?





Riddle me, Oh, riddle me what is that -- over the head yet under the hat? Word Search Puzzles Puzzle #1 (Easy) Puzzle #2 (Medium)	Limericks by Edward Lear There was an Old Man with a beard, Who said, "It is just as I feared! -- Two Owls and a Hen, Four Larks and a Wren, Have all built their nests in my beard." There was an Old Person of Dutton, Whose head was as small as a button, So, to make it look big, He purchased a wig, And rapidly rushed about Dutton.	How many different words do you know for the word HAIR?
	If you enjoy limericks, read Edward Lear's book, A Book of Nonsense. There are over 100 limericks complete with the author's original illustrations.