Sounds like a tremendous load of cr34 to me. Unlike Cin, I do read the
Bible and there's nothing remotely suggesting anything like a wimple;
only advice for women praying to cover their heads in modesty. Cover
can mean almost anything.
Sounds as if the authors were manufacturing facts out of silly putty.
==Marjorie Wilser
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On Mar 23, 2012, at 11:03 AM, Laurie Taylor 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?
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