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[pantryslut]

I am having the damnedest time tracking down the origin of that folk story where the woman's head is tied on by a ribbon (or a thread) and falls off when her loving husband ignores her warnings against untying it. I do not want to have to go all uber-scholarly and look up the folk story number on this one; I just want a general rough outline of its history.

Also (this is not why I am looking it up) I think this might be my Halloween costume this year, if the kids really insist on me dressing up. Easiest costume ever, scary as heck to children, win-win.