1 Corinthians has a passage that says that if a woman doesn't cover her head, 
her hair should be cut off. And if she doesn't want to have her hair cut off, 
then she should cover her head.
 
But I always thought that the grown woman was required to cover her head 
because her hair would be arousing to men.
 
Teena


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From: Cin <cinbar...@gmail.com>
To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com> 
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 2:41 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] (no subject)

Huh, I was under the impression that the covered head (regardless of
location or specific era) was from something in Leviticus.  You'll
have to find someone more aware of things Biblical than I am for
further info.

In any case, and I havent read the article, linking a fashion trend to
"what everybody knows" sounds like a stretch.  I have no evidence or
inclination towards of aural insemination, just a hunch that it's a
quaint old wives tale written down & oft repeated cuz it's so
marvelously silly.
I'm off to think Ragtime era thoughts.
--cin
Cynthia Barnes
cinbar...@gmail.com



On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Laurie Taylor
<mazarineblu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Greetings all,
>
> I've been mulling this bit of trivia around in my head for the longest time.
> I think I need to share it and see if any of you know of any support or
> documentation for this information.
>
> "Most Unusual Concession to Modesty: The earliest Christians believed that
> the Virgin Mary was impregnated through her ear and that other women as well
> had used their ears as reproductive organs.  For that reason, an exposed
> female ear was considered no less an outrage than an exposed thigh, and a
> woman would not appear in public unless clad in a tight-fitting wimple."
>
> Felton, Bruce, and Mark Fowler. "Part II, Behavior." The Best, Worst, and
> Most Unusual: Noteworthy Achievements, Events, Feats and Blunders of Every
> Conceivable Kind. New York: Galahad, 1994. 428. Print.
>
> So, the wimple had to develop for some reason.  Is this reason believable?
> Documentable?  Are there any other reasons that would be more legitimate
> based on available documentation?
>
>
> Laurie Taylor
> Phoenix

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