Pigtails is a hairstyle: long hair is parted in the middle and tied on the sides, often curled into ringlets. It is generally worn by young girls, but teenage girls and adult women are also seen wearing pigtails. This variation, however, is the kind that goes below the ears. Some men also wear pigtails, such as Willie Nelson. Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 30, 1933) is an American guitarist and country singer, originally from Abbott, Texas. ...

The origins of the word "pigtail" refers to the queue worn by British sailors and soldiers during the 17th and early 18th centuries. (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ...

The pigtail has its roots in the Manchu hairstyle during the Qing Dynasty in China. The Manchus had a special hair style: the distinctive "queue". They cut hair off the front of the scalp and made the remaining hair into a long pigtail. The pigtail story might be related to the early Tobas of the 4th–6th century. The Tobas were called "suo lu", namely, pigtail styled robbers. The Manchu (Manchu: Manju; Simplified Chinese: 满族; Traditional Chinese: 滿族; pinyin: ) are an ethnic group who originated in the dong bei or North East region consisting of Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang provinces, collectively known in English as Manchuria. ... The Qing Dynasty (Manchu: daicing gurun; Chinese: 清朝; pinyin: qÄ«ng cháo; Wade-Giles: ching chao), sometimes known as the Manchu Dynasty, was founded by the Manchu clan Aisin Gioro, in what is today northeast China, expanded into China proper and the surrounding territories of Inner Asia, establishing... Toba can be: T. O. B. A., the Theater Owners Booking Association, a major black vaudeville circuit. ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 4th century was that century which lasted from 301 to 400. ... This Buddhist stela from China, Northern Wei period, was built in the early 6th century. ...

See also

• Ponytail