"Ladies" used to keep their lost long hairs neatly coiled for future use ON THEIR OWN HEADS!!!! The first time I read about that I nearly gagged. Yes, as their hair began to turn gray or thin their ladies maid would work the saved hair into their "do" so that the hair appeared darker and fuller. When the do was taken down that loose hair had to be combed and re-wound. YUK!
It also used to be tightly coiled into flowers for jewelry and pictures. Sometimes a "dearly departed" ones hair was made into a broach for the grieving to wear as part of their year of mourning and sometimes even longer as a rememberance. Those things are quite valuable today to some collectors. (not me)