Plaits
By Jabo
@jaboUK (64354)
United Kingdom
January 3, 2021 9:14am CST
As a child did you ever wear your hair in plaits? (not talking to the fellas here 
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Mine was nearly always in plaits. My mother did it for me when I was little but I was soon doing it myself. By the way, plaits are our term for braids.
Judging from the photo I don't think I made too bad a job of it. I was 11 at that time.
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Mine was nearly always in plaits. My mother did it for me when I was little but I was soon doing it myself. By the way, plaits are our term for braids.
Judging from the photo I don't think I made too bad a job of it. I was 11 at that time.49 people like this
48 responses
@CinnamonGrl (7086)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
3 Jan 21
Our mother braided my hair sometimes when I was a kid. More often I'd have it in ponytails. Later we had our hair cut shorter and put curlers in. I was a kid in the 50s and 60s. So the time periods are going to make differences in people's responses.
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@snowy22315 (182901)
• United States
3 Jan 21
No, my hair was always too thick to hold any kind of braid or even a ponytail. Strange but true.
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@much2say (56522)
• Los Angeles, California
3 Jan 21
Plaits, is that the same as braids? I sometimes had my hair in braids, but I had such fine hair and not a lot of it, so braids looked too skinny. I think I had it more in two ponytails. Oh that face, Janet you are so pretty - then and now!!
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). I don't look very good now I'm afraid.
@Tampa_girl7 (50774)
• United States
3 Jan 21
You look adorable. I did occasionally. Mostly I just had a ponytail or pigtails.
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@GardenGerty (161221)
• United States
4 Jan 21
@jaboUK We called braids "pigtails" and the loose hair was pony tail for one or puppy dog ears for two, where I grew up. I got up to college though and everyone had different names. My doggy ears were pig tails, etc. Then of course there were versions of braids, like French Braids and corn rows that the black girls did in their hair.
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@paigea (36315)
• Canada
3 Jan 21
Great job and you were lovely. (Still are)
My mother sat me on the high kitchen school to do my braids. (Plaits) She did very tight little braids back from from my temple then joined them into the long braids.
I mean tight, my face was pulled back
. It lasted a few days and thankfully got more comfortable.
I remember trying and trying to learn to do my own. I finally got 2 evenish braids, then reached back to find a long section not included. I cut it off!
. It lasted a few days and thankfully got more comfortable.
I remember trying and trying to learn to do my own. I finally got 2 evenish braids, then reached back to find a long section not included. I cut it off!7 people like this
@jobelbojel (36306)
• Philippines
3 Jan 21
My mother does that to my sister when we were younger.
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@DianneN (247184)
• United States
3 Jan 21
@jaboUK The way we wore them went out of fashion, but they have been seen in variations in various hairstyles. My granddaughter wears them quite often hanging and looks so cute. I remember my grandmother made one long braid or plait before she went to bed each night.
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
4 Jan 21
I wore one braid in the back. I often had quite long hair.
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
4 Jan 21
@jaboUK Well since I never saw myself from the back I am not quite sure how straight it was lol
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@hostessman (11871)
• Tucson, Arizona
3 Jan 21
well i never did but i remember the girls having there hair like that
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