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Post by celina on Nov 27, 2011 21:29:56 GMT -5
A hair shirt is a coarse garment which intended to be worn next to the skin, thus keeping the wearer in a state of discomfort and constant awareness of the shirt's presence. Such garments were traditionally worn by some Christian religious orders, along with individuals who felt penitent about certain actions or their lifestyles.
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Post by lenin on Dec 4, 2011 23:24:21 GMT -5
Hair shirts were known as cilices, in a reference to the Latin word cilicium, meaning “covering made from goat's hair.” Early hair shirts were made from sackcloth or coarse animal hair so that they irritated the skin, and later versions integrated additional uncomfortable features such as thin wires or twigs
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