By the way, has anyone looked into whether "hennin" is a personal name?
Someone prominent who wore the head-dress? Or maybe some common first
name or nickname (the way "moll" got associated with prostitutes)? Or a
place name--somewhere the head-dresses or materials used to make them
were made?
Fran
Lavolta Press
http://www.lavoltapress.com
What's bothering me here is, why should these headdresses be associated
with roosters? Roosters are male, and these are female fashions. Yes, I
know a cock has a "comb" on its head but still, this seems to be a
stretch. Even if it's an insult, it seems to me that there should be
some kind of rationale behind the term and that should be recognizable.
Fran
Lavolta Press
http://www.lavoltapress.com
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