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Article: Hats off to hats!
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- Hopscotch
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- December 1, 2003
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If you want to collect money, you can "pass the hat!" If you have a secret, you "keep it under your hat." If you want to compete, you "toss your hat into the ring," and if you score three goals in hockey, it's a "hat trick!" From bonnets to berets, hats are important for protection, communication, and decoration. Put on your thinking cap and see if you can tell what these kinds of hats tell about the people who wear them.
Early American pioneer women wore large-brimmed bonnets for the same reason that people in Mexico wore wide-brimmed sombreros and North American range riders wore cowboy hats. Do you know why? These people spent lots of time in the hot sun, and ...