Plucked eyebrows and forehead
One day, a father-in-law of a young newly wed woman found a strand of hair in his soup. Since all meals and all housework were the responsibilities of the newly 'acquired' bride, the fury of the old man fell on her. Since then, he forced his daughter-in-law to shave her head and her eyebrows.... so goes one of the stories.
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