[Ansteorra] Veiling

[Maria Buchanan]

Being a 3rd Generation Italian American brought up as a Roman Catholic, I can tell you that many women wore a scarf looking thing of lace (called a Mantilla in Italian although called other things in other languages).  
I think it was partly cultural and partly for religious reasons.
Lady Maria



--- On Tue, 3/3/09, Chelsea Durham <baby_sis_83 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Chelsea Durham <baby_sis_83 at hotmail.com>
> Subject: [Ansteorra] Veiling
> To: ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org
> Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2009, 2:22 PM
> 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 
> 
> Son, I never knew there was part of me missing until you
> were born.  
>  
> 
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