With crazy hair, it is always interesting to find a way to gain some control, hence this snood. Basically, a snood is a net-like sack that holds one's hair closer to the body and neck.
Searching for archaic references about the history of the snood, I came across the all-knowing wikipedia site. It is definitely worth sharing. I quote:
A snood is a type of headgear, worn by women over their long hair. In the most common modern form it resembles a close-fitting hood worn over the back of the head. The band covers the forehead or crown of the head, goes behind the ears and under the nape of the neck. A sack of sorts dangles from this band, covering and containing the fall of long hair gathered at the back of the head. A snood is sometimes made of solid cloth, but sometimes of loosely knitted yarn, or other net-like material.
The word is first recorded in Old English from around 725 (OED) and was widely used in the Middle Ages for a variety of cloth or net head coverings, including what we would today call hairbands and cauls, as well as versions similar to a modern net snood. Snoods continued in use in later periods especially for women working or at home.
Please note that mine does not have a band that goes around the forehead or crown. Just thought you should know. To read more of what wikipedia has to say about snoods, click here.
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