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Hairnet Wikipedia

Image:enasharples3.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Ena Sharples with hairnet in 1971.
A Hairnet , or sometimes simply a net or caul, is a small, often elasticised, fine net that some women wear over long hair to hold it in place. A Snood (headgear)|snood is similar but a looser fit and with a much coarser mesh.

Evidence has been found of hairnets as far back as ancient Greece http://classics.furman.edu/Classics/GreekFashion/page37.htm.
Hairnets were worn from the 13th century onwards in Germany and England and are shown in illustrations from this period often worn with a wimple. They were made from extremely fine silk and edged with bands of either finger-weaving or tablet-weaving. http://members.tripod.com/nicolaa5/articles/hairnet.htm

• Ena Sharples an early character in the UK soap opera Coronation Street was famous for wearing a hairnet.

Last Modified:   2005-12-15