BuckyB93 wrote:Indian sunburns don't ring a bell. It must be a New England term. Wisconsin territory was friends with the savages and the French fur trappers from Canada.
I grew up in Indian head country: the north western part of WI, border between WI and MN. The Mississippi River carves out a profile of an Indian head similar to the NH's crumbled Old Man on the Mountain.
http://www.wisconsinindianhead.org/
Most of us had farmer's tans though. Is that close to an Indian sunburn?
to properly administer an Indian sunburn, you take the victims forearm in both of your hands and, while gripping firmly, twist your hands in opposite directions. If done correctly, it hurts a bit and leaves the tell tale red sunburn on the victim's skin.
Absolutely no idea why it was called that though.