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A Father of seven girls has not bathed in 37 years because a priest told him it would guarantee a son. Farmer Kailash Singh, 65, whose dreadlocks are six feet long, has not touched water, save to rinse his mouth and hands, since 1974. Instead, he takes a �fire bath� every night � smoking marijuana, praying to the Hindu god Lord Shiva and dancing around a bonfire. The farmer, from Chatav, India, where temperatures regularly reach 47C, said: �Children tease me and my wife doesn�t like it, but she must bear all the hardships I have to bear. �I have no son, so I will never wash again.� Wife Kalavati Devi, 60, said: �I abused him and cried when he told me about his senseless decision. �I even threatened to stop sleeping with him but he is my husband so there was little I could do about it. �He says he�d rather die than take a bath.�