@juglugs This word brought to mind L.M. Montgomery’s 1908 novel, “Anne of Green Gables.”

As a preteen I asked my mom what her all-time favorite book was and without hesitation she named this one. I read it and found that mom was right again! Terrific book.

This word came in when the young female protagonist, an unhappy redhead, was sold hair dye that she expected to turn her hair black. It was green! Today that’d be fine but not then, so she had to have her all her hair cut off.

As it was growing out she tied it up in what I’d pictured as a sort of headband at the time…but it’s more like a hair net. Anne called it a “snood” and noted to her best friend that she thought the word sounded very romantic!
#snood #bookstodon