Share your heads

[angliholic]

Share your heads in mourning for the children in whom you delight.

What do the words in bold mean?

[Tdol]

It doesn't mean anything to me. You might 'shave' your head in mourning, but, I can't see how 'share' works, though I could be missing an obvious point.

[queenbu]

Or 'shake'?

[angliholic]

Originally Posted by Tdol

It doesn't mean anything to me. You might 'shave' your head in mourning, but, I can't see how 'share' works, though I could be missing an obvious point.

Thanks, Bob, you're right; it's should be shave.

[Tdol]

Is it a Buddhist way of mourning? Here in Cambodia, some widows shave their heads.

[angliholic]

Originally Posted by Tdol

Is it a Buddhist way of mourning? Here in Cambodia, some widows shave their heads.

I don't think so because I haven't heard or seen this kind of practice in Taiwan, which is also to some extent regarded as a Buddhist country.
Besides, someone told me that it's an allusion to something in the Bible.

[Anglika]

Shaving off the hair of the head is a sign of mourning in many cultures. It is referred to several times in the Old Testament, from which the original question came.

[BobK]

Originally Posted by Anglika

Shaving off the hair of the head is a sign of mourning in many cultures. It is referred to several times in the Old Testament, from which the original question came.

Both a sign of mourning, and expected behaviour in some cultures - the relatives wanted to be sure that the widow would no longer be attractive. And sometimes the bereaved woman would not want to be attractive anyway: there's a folk-song (English, but we are not alone in this respect) that says

I'll cut away my bonny hair
No other man shall think me fair

[bonny and fair both mean 'attractive' in this context].

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[Tdol]

Thanks fpr the information- I am afraid that I miss most Biblical references.