My mum always said eat the crusts on your bread, it will make your hair curl. Mum had a lot of wise advice, probably coming from her London cockney background. Mum had straight hair herself, and it would only curl after a visit to the hairdresser. I do not think she ever had curly hair otherwise.
I was not so keen onj the bread crusts. so as a kid I would leave them on the side. I even bake bread myself from time to time. Today I am 77 years old, and like mum, the only time I had curly hair was after a visit to the hairdresser. As I no longer go to the hairdresser I have straight hair. Mr. Swiss has almost no hair and my No1 son is going in the same direction. No. 2 son has no problem up to now, but I will wait a few years. Dad always ate his crusts on the bread, being married to mum, but it did not help. He had no hair to get curled. And me?
Forget it.
FOWC with Fandango: Curl
Chronicles of an Anglo Swiss 
I have always loved bread crusts, and alas, my hair is very straight, lol!
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Seems to be a children’s thing. I never lied the as a kid, but today I do not even think about it.
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Ooh, your hair has grown quite long now Pat 🙂
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I cannot be bothered to go to the hairdresser.
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My grandma said if we didn’t eat the crusts we’d get worms.
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I think the worm thing was international in that generation.
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I think so too.
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My mum said the same thing. I am sure it’s a myth but I do love crusts and I did have naturally curly hair. Not so much now. My sister did not like crusts and had straight hair. So maybe….
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I always had straight hair, but as a kid I was not keen on crusts. It seems to be a London expression for curly hair.
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