[Ansteorra] Veiling

[Stephanie Wilson]

I may be wrong, but it is my understanding that the custom of women covering
their heads outside the home in general and in church in particular stems,
at least in part, from I Corinthians 11.

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%2011&version=9;

Anne Barrington

 
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> Recently, I attended a traditional Catholic mass, and about 
> 90% of the women had their hair veiled. Does anyone know if 
> women in our period were known to be veiled at all times for 
> religious reasons, as opposed to fashion reasons? I've become 
> somewhat enamoured with the idea of veiling. =D 
> 
> -Lady Grainne Kathleen NicPadraig MacDaniel