Red heads were more likely to be burned at the stake as witches ... they were believed to be marked by the devil ...
/* me grins devilishly while twirling my red hair >Best explanation I could find in writing ... > >Reasonable explanations offered with the following provided by Word >Detective: > >"The best guess I've seen is that while any child may face abuse or neglect >from a step-parent, one with a notable feature (such as red hair) >reminiscent of the departed former spouse may be a particular target in such >a situation. It is also true that red-haired children are often the butt of >jokes by their peers, especially in Britain (where they are called >'gingers'), and in several European cultures red hair has historically been >considered an unfavorable characteristic." > >Cassell's Dictionary of Superstitions (1995) tells us that red-haired >children are reputedly born to unfaithful mothers, and that meeting a >red-headed man or women is considered unlucky. A Dictionary of Superstitions >(1989) by Opie says that to be red-haired has been considered unlucky since >at least the 12th century. > >So there you go. :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the answers you are looking for on the ColdFusion Labs Forum direct from active programmers and developers. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid-72&catid=648 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:243626 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
