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From: trb@floyd.UUCP (Andy Tannenbaum)
Newsgroups: net.social
Subject: Re: survey: marriage and hair
Message-ID: <1979@floyd.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 19-Sep-83 16:22:17 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 19 16:22:17 1983
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ihuxf!features mentions that it used to be a sign of maidenhood to have
long hair.  In Judaism, married women never show their hair in public,
it is always covered by a kerchief or wig.  Often, it is cut very short
beneath this covering (so I hear).  Single women do not cover their
hair.  Of course, these rules are only practiced by observant Jews.

This also seems to be true in other cultures, I'm not sure of exactly
which.

	Andy Tannenbaum   Bell Labs  Whippany, NJ   (201) 386-6491