hairlore

== English == === Etymology === From hair +‎ lore. === Noun === hairlore (uncountable) (rare) Knowledge about hair; hair folklore. 1988, Remar Sutton, Body worry, Penguin (Non-Classics) →ISBN Barbers are the priests of hair lore, so you may listen to what they've learned from any confessionals, but don't automatically take their word as correct. 1992, Norma J. Roberts, Columbus Museum of Art, Elijah Pierce, woodcarver, University of Washington Press →ISBN More than a mere ornamental surface, hair and hair preparation are elements of an essential body of emic material referred to as African American hairlore, and it can be a near metaphysical index to one's very soul, being, psychology, […]