Do the red-haired originally come from Ireland?

Originally posted by pinguin Mummies? I don't think is a good proof of red hair, because the body has suffered chemical transformations after dead. Native Americans in particular have hair varying from real shinny black to dark brown. In Egypt or China there is a real possibility blond or red haired "caucasians" existed one time or other.

Don't trust the hair colour of Egyptian mummies on sight. There's been quite a bit of chemicals involved...

I think I read in Tacitus that the germans were red heads and the gauls blondes.  I have red and blonde in my beard so I would go with the idea that it is a nordic thing.  I should add that I had two great aunts with fiery red hair that were of germanic descent.  With that in mind Blonde hair mixing with black hair sounds like a very plausible theory.

Edited by Justinian - 12-Jul-2007 at 01:19

Ah, yes I forgot about the dying of hair.  Do you know if the romans described the dacians, and later the goths as similar in appearance in regards to the germanics such as hair color etc.?

Edited by Justinian - 24-Jul-2007 at 23:38

Originally posted by Justinian Ah, yes I forgot about the dying of hair.  Do you know if the romans described the dacians, and later the goths as similar in appearance in regards to the germanics such as hair color etc.?   Facinating how a societies' social classes could be categorized based on hair color I've never heard of that before.

Edited by Aelfgifu - 25-Jul-2007 at 08:23

so having red hair was not a class thing.

Edited by Aelfgifu - 25-Jul-2007 at 09:14

Hogmanay is the Scots word for the last day of the year and the celebration of the New Year (Gregorian calendar). The official date is 31 December. However this only the start of the celebration which lasts through the night until the morning of Ne'erday (1 January).

Why women's urine? All sorts of better ways of collecting it than standing behind the ass of a horse I suppose. The warrior was the cream of society and women competed for their attention. The men (or their loved one)  mixed the urine with clay to make the hair stand up in spikes. Many Roman writers commented on how that made them look fearsome in battle, for the hairs colors varied from white to yellow to red to purple. Strange the same style is common today.

Both men and women wore bright colored clothing and jewellery, the most famous ornament was the gold torc around the neck. Above all they were cattle farmers that lived in a cowboy style rural society. Like the cowboys of today the cowboys then wore tall hats but made of birch bark. The women wore tall conical hats of beaver fur... Don't get me started!

So, is the red hair traits come from North of Britain? Are there anywhere else?