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    Why are blond children in Texas referred to as "tow heads"?

    Question #100271. Asked by unclerick. (Oct 16 08 8:53 PM)


    Verbonica

    		The expression "tow-head" or "toe-head," used to describe a person with blond hair, comes from the name for the fine, oft-tangled fibers left behind in the hackles, when processing flax into linen.

    Blonds are often called "flaxen-haired" too

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flax



    Oct 16 08, 9:09 PM
    edmund80

    		The designation is not exclusive to blond Texan children. I have heard it used all over the country. A specific example, young Amish children are often described as being tow headed.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towhead
    http://amulti-coloredlife.blogspot.com/2007_12_01_archive.html

    Oct 16 08, 9:12 PM
    star_gazer

    		I don't know why you say Texas either.

    Also, see #22457 and #69315.

    Oct 17 08, 10:08 AM

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