" Her hair was parted with a hasta recurva or hasta caelibaris, bent iron spearhead. It is not really known why this ritual was practiced, except that the Romans may have believed that this would drive out the evil spirits thought to be living in the hair."
Reminds me of how my Aunt decided that for my reaffirmation of vows ceremony (we got married in another state with a JoP) that she would take me to the hairdresser. Had my hair put up in a french twist. I think the stylist managed to tuck my eyebrows in there somehow.
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Date: 2008-12-22 09:49 am (UTC)hm googling that name got me bupkiss
*tries -- roman weddings spearhead hair*
http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/consortium/ancientweddings7.html
" Her hair was parted with a hasta recurva or hasta caelibaris, bent iron spearhead. It is not really known why this ritual was practiced, except that the Romans may have believed that this would drive out the evil spirits thought to be living in the hair."
Reminds me of how my Aunt decided that for my reaffirmation of vows ceremony (we got married in another state with a JoP) that she would take me to the hairdresser. Had my hair put up in a french twist. I think the stylist managed to tuck my eyebrows in there somehow.