Re: www.LocksofLove.com -- OT

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At 6:51 PM +0000 9/10/01, Terri Hassiak wrote:

>Hi everyone,

>

>Locks of Love has a website. You don't have to have your hair cut at

>a " participating " hair salon, just have whomever cuts the hair put it

>in one or more ponytails before they snip. The address for sending

>it in and guidelines for what they accept (minimum length is 10

>inches from tip to tip) is on their site.

>

This thread brought back a haunting memory. In 1992, DW and I

visited Portugal. In the east central part there is a town (I cannot

recall the name) with a chapel the walls of which are lined with (or

made from?) skeletal bones of, as I recall, 5000 people--the " Ossiary

Chapel. " It was built by a priest centuries ago to demonstrate the

frailty (and futility) of life. Quite a sight: skulls, arm and leg

bones, etc., floor-to-ceiling. In the hall, just before entering,

there were about a score of long braids of hair hanging from hooks

that would normally hold cloaks or hats. We were told that young

women had cut off their braids as offerings just before their

weddings. Not exactly Ripley material, but one never forgets the

visit.

--Steve

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