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This message is from: Betty Hagglund
Myra,
I have a half-memory from some work I did several years ago on early 18th
century funeral customs that hair played some kind of a role -- possibly in
the creation of memorial objects given to mourners.
My recollection of this is now really quite vague -- but I do recall that
Clare Gittings' Death, Burial and the Individual in Early Modern England
(London: Croom Helm, 1984) was a useful source.
Alternatively, the base for the Cooperative Society Funerary History
Society is in Birmingham -- if you'd like, I can get the address for you.
Betty Hagglund
Department of English
University of Birmingham
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> Dear 18thcentury list, Can anyone help me in my pondering about the
> uses--real or symbolic--of human hair, especially for medicinal purposes,
> in particular the binding up of wounds? Or indeed anything to do with
> properties of hair, severed or unsevered (other than Samson, Donne and
> Pope). Any thoughts, articles etc. that anyone can suggest would be
> greatly appreciated. Many thanks, Myra.
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> Myra Cottingham
> Centre for Continuing Education
> The University of Reading
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