On 3/24/12 10:42 PM, Vicki Bradford wrote:
It was believed that if a bird made a nest using your
hair, you would have headaches...! ((-:
I have twice found nests made of my hair, and no headaches!
Considerable chagrin that the white hairs in the second nest
made it look dirty. The
This time of the year my dog starts to moult, so I brush her every morning,
put the hairs in a ball,
and wedge this in the hedge - then watch the sparrows and blue tits take it
away for nesting.
In the autumn I clear out the nest boxes, to find the hairs tightly woven
into their nests.
Agnes
] A bird of a different feather!
This time of the year my dog starts to moult, so I brush her every morning, put
the hairs in a ball,
and wedge this in the hedge - then watch the sparrows and blue tits take it
away
for nesting.
In the autumn I clear out the nest boxes, to find the hairs tightly
11:58:13 AM
Subject: [lace-chat] A bird of a different feather!
This
time of the year my dog starts to moult, so I brush her every morning, put
the hairs in a ball,
and wedge this in the hedge - then watch the sparrows and
blue tits take it away
for nesting.
In the autumn I clear out the nest boxes
That reminds me of the antique 'hair receptacles' which used to be part
of dresser sets with mirror, hair brush, comb. My grandmother
told me that people put their hair from their hairbrush in these to
keep it from flying away and being found by birds. It was believed
that if a bird made a
