----- Original Message ----- From: <KLMPIANO@aol.com> To: <KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-L@folklore.rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 18, 1999 11:43 PM Subject: [KYL&F] Hair-cuts and the Use of Tobacco > >From Grandfather's Journal, page 60: > > "As there were no barbers the men cut hair for each other with the family > shears. As a result the tendency to wear long hair and mustachios and beard > was prevalent. Older men got their wives to trim the edges of their hair and > beard which, as most men chewed tobacco, was usualy stained by its juice > (older women smoked clay or corncob pipes and their teeth and lips were > nicotine stained - so it was six of one and half a dozen of the other." > > Kay > >