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The jabot was made of thin lace, and they put it around the neck to decorate the blouse. My grandmother didn’t wear a shawl, I suppose because the wig counted for shawl as well. But it [the wig]was made of [real]hair, it surely had the same color as her hair she had cut off, because she had cut it off at a young age, she got cataract on her eyes at quite a young age.
There were two women wearing wig in the whole town, only grandma and her younger sister. In Sepsiszentgyorgy my grandmother had three more sisters, one of them [Cecilia Kende]had her hair cut, because she had cancer.
She was praying God to help her, and she thought that if she cut her hair [she would recover]. But she died, she cut her hair in vain. Her hair was cut, and she died.
Only the two of them had their hair cut [in Sepsiszentgyorgy], my grandmother because of her oath, that her operation was successful, and her sister, because she had cancer. Neologs don’t cut their hair either, Neologs too don’t wear wigs, only the Hasidim [3] and the Orthodox.
There were two women wearing wig in the whole town, only grandma and her younger sister. In Sepsiszentgyorgy my grandmother had three more sisters, one of them [Cecilia Kende]had her hair cut, because she had cancer.
She was praying God to help her, and she thought that if she cut her hair [she would recover]. But she died, she cut her hair in vain. Her hair was cut, and she died.
Only the two of them had their hair cut [in Sepsiszentgyorgy], my grandmother because of her oath, that her operation was successful, and her sister, because she had cancer. Neologs don’t cut their hair either, Neologs too don’t wear wigs, only the Hasidim [3] and the Orthodox.
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Sepisiszentgyorgy
Romania
Interview
Alice Kosa