Read this Gingerly.....

Some myths about red hair which I love having now but hated for a lot of my life as folk do tend to be VERY pass-remarkable.....

All a lot of tosh of course specially the bit about bad temper and I wll kick the cr*p out of anyone who sez so :P....... or maybe just move to Denmark (see below)..........

Red hair is a genetic mutation the melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R), found on the 16th chromosome.

Only 2% of the world population are natural redheads, Scotland and Ireland have the highest number at 12%.

Redheads are harder to sedate than any other people requiring twenty percent more anesthesia.

In the late 16th century, the fat of a redheaded man was an essential ingredient for poison.

Adams first wife Lilith, always depicted as a redhead, is known to have refused to lie beneath Adam during sexual intercourse, and stated "why should I lie beneath you when I am your equal since God created both of us from dust"!

In many classical paintings, Eve is depicted as a blonde until after she tempts Adam with the apple. Thereafter she is depicted as a redhead.

Eve's red hair is seen as the stain of sin like the original scarlet letter. Later her son, Cain, will bear the red hair and also a fall from grace.

An Irish judge in 2001 fined a man for disorderly conduct stating "I am a firm believer that hair coloring has an effect on temper and your coloring suggests you have a temper".

Redheads have always been thought untrustworthy. Judas is most always depicted as a redhead displaying the prejudice against red hair.

The Romans kept red haired slaves, and at a higher price.

Red haired children have been historically branded as offspring of "unclean" sex.

In Denmark it is an honor to have a redheaded child.

In Greek Mythology, redheads turn into Vampires when they die.

During the Spanish Inquisition red hair was evidence that its owner had stolen the fire of hell and had to be burned as a witch.

Russian tradition declares that red hair is both a sign that a person holds a fiery temper and craziness.

Aristotle was known to believe that redheads were emotionally unhousebroken.

A French Proverb states that -redheaded women are either violent or false, and usually are both.