This message is from: "Anneli Sundkvist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Lori wrote: >>I heard that the Norwegians refer to that as a funeral stripe, ie. they only >>cut the mane that way for a funeral.>> Interesting, we also use the word 'sorgkant' = funeral stripe for the Danish style too, but I've always belived that it was a Swedish expression. We use 'sorgkant' for many things with black lines on (e.g. dirty finger nails!) allthough the original word meaning is about the black line on condolence letters. Anneli
