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Did you know that dollmakers in the Victorian age, sometimes used hair that was taken from dead children ?

dumpstermeow · 41-45, F Best Comment
And now we just waste all that hair. Such a shame.

ravenwind43 · 51-55, F
Yes or donated hair. There was no means to make synthetic hair at that time:)
SW-User
@ravenwind43 they used to pay for it too yeah? If you were really poor a girl could sell her hair. I know this through a movie so.....could be wrong
ravenwind43 · 51-55, F
@SW-User Yes sounds about right. Hair receivers were popular then so a woman could safely store her hair. She would keep it to make a hairpiece for herself or sell it:)
LucyCan · 26-30, F
How macabre! I wonder if they used their teeth too.
SW-User
no, but it wouldn't surprise me

they kept the dead with them for a long time

and hardly ever bathed
SW-User
Portraits of dead family members were popular so I'm not really surprised
Batibat · 31-35, F
Did you know that some still do?
SuperMachoNerdMan · 31-35, M
@Batibat Really ?? 😦
Batibat · 31-35, F
@SuperMachoNerdMan No. Just kidding.

~hides her dolls~
No but I do now
ravenwind43 · 51-55, F
A few years ago I was cleaning out a relatives home and in the attic found preserved hair from dead Victorian relatives. Wrapped in butcher block style paper. Also death photos.
SW-User
Is there much difference between adult hair and "kid" hair. It was pretty coarse if I remember those dolls
SW-User
That is creepy.
Perhaps that is how all the legends of possessed dolls got started?

 
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