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Ring Superstitions: Mystical

BETH Mystical ring.

The Londesborough Collection has also a massive thumbring, having the tooth of some animal as its principal gem, supposed to have mystic power over its possessor. It is set all around with precious stones to ensure its potency. Mystical ring.

The last leaf of the 'Theophilus' MS. of the fourteenth century has: 'Against the falling sickness, write these characters upon a ring; outside, + ou. thebal gut guthani; inside, + eri gerari.' A ring that had belonged to Remigius, being dipped in holy water, furnished, it is said, a good drink for fever and other diseases.