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Updated: June 22, 2025
A Chinaman lets down his braided pigtail as a mark of respect to those above him in rank, or as a token of reverence in the temple, while a Singhalese twists his braid into a snood at the back of his head, and secures it by a shell comb, for the same purpose.
A piece of scarlet embroidered cloth, called the snood, confined her hair, which fell over it in a profusion of rich dark curls. The scarlet plaid, which formed part of her dress, was laid aside, that it might not impede her activity in attending the stranger.
Mary's ay, and their mothers that bore them ay, she is a sweet and a lovely creature as ever tied snood over brown hair ay, and then, though her uncle keeps her out of her ain for the present time, yet it is to be thought the gray-goose shaft will find a hole in his coat of proof, as, God help us! it has done in many a better man's And, moreover, if they should stand on their pedigree and gentle race, Edward might say to them, that is, to her gentle kith and kin, 'whilk o' ye was her best friend, when she came down the glen to Glendearg in a misty evening, on a beast mair like a cuddie than aught else? And if they tax him with churl's blood, Edward might say, that, forby the old proverb, how
"The first letter of your name is S, and the last N." "Admirable," said his partner, "guess on." "It pleases you to-day," continued Roland, "to wear the snood and kirtle, and perhaps you may be seen to-morrow in hat and feather, hose and doublet." "In the clout! in the clout! you have hit the very white," said the damsel, suppressing a great inclination to laugh.
So you kin be wearin' that ar headstall kinder like this evening when the contractor's here, ez if you'd jest come in from a pasear." Miss Rosey did not however immediately avail herself of her father's purchase, but contented herself with the usual scarlet ribbon that like a snood confined her brown hair, when she returned to her tasks.
Her hair, a natural ornament which woman seeks much to improve, was of bright glossy brown, and encumbered rather than adorned with a snood, set thick with marine productions, among which the small clear pearl found in the Solway was conspicuous.
'Thou wast never meant for a princess, said Jean; 'Christie, Annis, for pity's sake, see till her. She is busking up her hair just as was gude enough for the old nuns, but no for kings and queens. 'I hate the horned cap, in which I feel like a cow, and methought Meg wad feel the snood a sight for sair een, said Eleanor. 'Meg indeed! Thou must frame thy tongue to Madame la Dauphine.
"There you are!" said he, "still the temptation and the despair of a decent bachelor's life. I'll marry every one of you that has not a man when I come home." "And when may that be?" cried a little, bold, lair one, with a laughing look at him from under the blowing locks that escaped the snood on her hair. "When may it be?" he repeated.
Effie dared no longer confine with the snood or riband, which implied purity of maiden-fame, now hung unbound and dishevelled over her face, and almost concealed her features.
At seven by Arnold's watch, among the breaks across a steep divide they found another tank, more crumbs, a grain sack with some scattered barley, more hardtack and the last trace of Angela. Arnold's hand shook, as did his voice, as he drew forth a little fluttering ribbon the "snood" poor Wren so loved to see binding his child's luxuriant hair.
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