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apex32@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

The long end could be used like a scarf to keep the back of the neck warm.

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BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

In the Tyburn and Newgate days of British judicial hanging history, the hood used to cover the prisoner’s face was a nightcap supplied by the prisoner, if he could afford it.[3]

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- protist@mander.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  So you had to have a tall, floppy night cap in case you were ever hanged, got it.
  
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protist@mander.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Wouldn’t a scarf work better as a scarf?

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