[Jewelry making - Article 00642] - Re: [Orchid] Fragrant beads

[Alma Rands]

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    When I was a child a elderly neighbor who was a devout Catholic had
    a rosary which she said was made from rose petals. She explained the
    she had used rose petals, all crushed into a ball, and before the
    balls dried out she had pierced each one with a hole so that they
    could be strung. She said that she was using the method she had been
    taught by her grandmother when they lived in the "the old country." I
    think my neighbor was Lithuanian, but I am not sure. She said that
    girls in her village always made their own rosaries from rose petals. 

    I remember that they had a musty odor., were dark brownish in color.
    Could the fragrant beads Marilyn is referring to be beads made from
    crushed rose petals? 

Alma Rands 

 
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