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Why: Katrina asked. I don't know why, but I think it was from a convo with Ariana.
Answer: Because their hair looks like flax!
In colonial times, families grew their own flax to make into fabric for clothing. Transforming the flax into thread was a complicated process with many time-consuming steps. After the flax was harvested, it was soaked in water for several days to soften it so the inner fibers could be removed from the stalk. To separate the fibers, the flax was pulled through a bed of nails or combed in a process called "towing."
The shorter fibers that were extricated were of a lesser quality and were called "tow." This led to the term "towheads" to describe people, particularly children, whose hair resembled these strands.
Source: Ask Yahoo!
The More You Know: We watched some Blue Lagoon the other day. That kid sure was towheaded.
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