1.
N-, -an
‘hair’ to snap
the
hair
of
the
head
with
a
sharp
pull.
This pulling does not pull the hair out. This gentle, quick tug on a few strands of hair is thought to help cure headaches.
Pulling the hair may cause the scalp muscles to relax.
Snap my hair for me, I have a headache.
2.
‘ritual’ the hair
pulling
ritual.
This ritual, performed with a charm, is to cure illness thought to be brought on by people's comments. If hair from the left
side of the head snaps, the person making the comments is alive, if on the right, it is a deceased person who is commenting
and therefore causing the headache.