hairlore

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Noun

 * 1)  Knowledge about hair; hair folklore.
 * 2) * 1988, Remar Sutton, Body worry, Penguin (Non-Classics) ISBN 9780140097443
 * Barbers are the priests of hair lore, so you may listen to what they've learned from any confessionals, but don't automatically take their word as correct.
 * 1) * 1992, Norma J. Roberts, Columbus Museum of Art, Elijah Pierce, woodcarver, University of Washington Press ISBN 9780295972527
 * More than a mere ornamental surface, hair and hair preparation are elements of an essential body of emic material referred to as African American hairlore, and it can be a near metaphysical index to one's very soul, being, psychology,
 * More than a mere ornamental surface, hair and hair preparation are elements of an essential body of emic material referred to as African American hairlore, and it can be a near metaphysical index to one's very soul, being, psychology,