I read a book about how a woman was reluctant to take her daughters to the barber because the family was "scrimping and pinching". That made me think that scrimping and pinching had something to do with getting your hair cut.
A childhood belief about hair

others believed things like this
- I used to believe if you read a book in the dark, you would go blind.— Ellen
- I read in a book that if you ever swallowed toothbrush bristles then you would get appendicitus!— Amy
- i used to believe peeps with curly hair had a 3rd ear wich they can read peep's mindsAnon
- When ever someone said ''read aloud'' I assumed aloud was the title of a book. Lol.— Delaney
- My dad told my young daughters that molasses comes from mole asses. I don't know how long they— Monica
- I thought that the barber sign meant candy because I thought it looked like a candy cane.Anon