Would you spit on a red head?

We can all agree that it is the year of the redhead. With acts like Florence and the machine and Paloma Faith sporting the flame haired look, redheads are officially awesome this year more so than any other.

I love being a redhead and I am very proud to sport the Celtic trademark. But it hasn’t always been this good for redheads.

Red hair naturally is a genetic mutation on our 16th chromosome. Only 4% of the earth’s population are redheads and the majority of us live in Scotland with the rest living here in Ireland, the UK and USA.

The belief of pixies comes from southwest England. Pixies are associated with having red hair and being mischievous and having supernatural talents.

Redheads are harder to sedate than other people and need twenty percent more anaesthesia. Inadequate doses cause us to wake up during surgery!

The first redheads walked the earth 50’000 years ago in Africa and spread here to Europe.

The country name ‘Russia’ means land of reds’ in honour of Rurik the Viking.

In Germany the folklore tells that redheads are witches. In Germany thousands of redheads were stripped and searched for devils markings like warts, freckles and birth marks.

The Egyptians burned redheaded women alive as it was believed to have red hair was so unlucky.

In Greek mythology redheads turn into vampires when they die. Don’t worry Edward Cullen no need to change me, just kill me and I’m yours!

In Corsica if you pass a redhead you are to spit and turn around.

In Denmark though, it is an honour to give birth to a redheaded child and in Poland if you pass three redheads you will win the lottery.

We are rich mutant pixie vampire witches us redheads.