Only time I got my hair to do that was in college . My roommate ratted so much it took several days to get all the knots out of it after the dance. Personally I was glad that hair went long and straight. Straight was something mine would do without effort.
I can remember ironing my sister's (Karlan) hair. With the new straighteners they have now..my Grand daughters laugh their heads off when I tell them how Karlan would lay her head on the ironing table and I would use a damp towel and the regular iron!
Amazing what we would do!
I remember washing orange juice cans, cutting both ends out and using them as curlers in college.
And sleeping with the oj cans in our hair. How about sleeping with the bonnet hair drier on so your hair would be dry in the morning. Had to give that up when I got married. Rich didn't think that was too romantic.