Among the great variety of things that have thus found their way into the stomachs of cattle the following have been noticed: Finger rings, knitting needles, old shoes, table knives, wood, pieces of leather, pieces of wire, buttons, hairpins, brushes, nails, coins, etc.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
"Besides," said she, "think of their big noses, and I'm told, too, that girls have even to wear hairpins."
"Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks"
William Elliot Griffis
I was fastening it up with hairpins to make myself look quite grown-up."
"Girls of the Forest"
L. T. Meade