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May 6, 1886
The Pickens Sentinel
Pickens, Pickens County, South Carolina
What is this article about?
Mr. James Harrison discovered a lock of human hair in the center of a tree on the McCreary place near Pendleton, believed to have been placed there by superstition nearly 100 years ago.
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A Relic of Old Superstition.
Mr. James Harrison, of this city, who is engaged in getting out barrel staves on the McCreary place, near Pendleton, showed us last week a lock of human hair, which was found in the centre of a large tree. A negro was cutting the tree, when he noticed a small hole with a plug in it, and under the plug the hair was found. The hair had evidently been there nearly one hundred years, as the tree contained ninety-seven circles around the centre. No one seems to know how the hair came there, though it is believed to have been placed there by some superstitious person.
—Anderson Intelligencer.
Mr. James Harrison, of this city, who is engaged in getting out barrel staves on the McCreary place, near Pendleton, showed us last week a lock of human hair, which was found in the centre of a large tree. A negro was cutting the tree, when he noticed a small hole with a plug in it, and under the plug the hair was found. The hair had evidently been there nearly one hundred years, as the tree contained ninety-seven circles around the centre. No one seems to know how the hair came there, though it is believed to have been placed there by some superstitious person.
—Anderson Intelligencer.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
Extraordinary Event
What keywords are associated?
Human Hair
Tree Discovery
Superstition
Pendleton
Tree Rings
What entities or persons were involved?
James Harrison
Where did it happen?
Mccreary Place, Near Pendleton
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Key Persons
James Harrison
Location
Mccreary Place, Near Pendleton
Event Date
Last Week
Story Details
A lock of human hair found plugged in the center of a large tree being cut near Pendleton, estimated to be nearly 100 years old based on tree rings, believed placed by a superstitious person.