Mantillas
Okay, I'll post this here, in the hope that someone with more trad knowledge than I have, will know the answer.My aunt/godmother died just over a year ago and her son, who is atheist (or maybe...
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Hi Wulfruna,I noticed you have not gotten a reply to this. I'm not sure but I do recall some women with very large (for lack of a better word) head scarves. They generally wore it over the head and...
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Noel is right. It can be hung loose about the front, tie, or wrap around the shoulders. It's basically a lace scarf or "babushka" lolThe compact, square doily-type were common, but so were the larger...
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I think the longer they were, the more pious we felt. Well, that and elegant Kind of like wearing that new hat on Easter Sun...Read More
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Wow thanks. I will just have to look for photos and get some ideas. The thing is longer than two of me, it would certainly tie any which way.
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I see both kinds at Mass here. There are the small ones, black or white, which are both functional and modest. Then there are the larger ones, such as my wife wears, which come to the neck when she...
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I wear a mantilla too. It doesn't bother me that I'm the only young woman wearing one in my church.
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