Note 68.5 — Chapter XV · THE COUVADE AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE STRENGTH OF THE BLOOD-TIE—CONCLUSION OF THE INQUIRY INTO THE THEORY OF THE LIFE-TOKEN.

Mrs. S. S. Allison, in xxi. Journ. Anthr. Inst., 314. On the Rio Grande people are warned to burn their hair, and not to throw it in the path of others, lest it do the latter harm, and never to pick up human hair lying in the road, especially women’s. J. G. Bourke, in vii. Journ. Am. F.L., 136. This is an inversion of the ordinary superstition.