MOST UNLUCKY RING
ILL LUCK EVERY SEVEN YEARS
A few weeks ago a registered packet arrived in Cairo for the Prime Minister of Egypt from Vancouver, and was found to contain a beautiful scarab ring accompanied by a letter. The writer stated that the ring had been given by the Khedive to his grandfather, who had been visiting Cairo and Alexandria with a theatrical company. His grandfather had died about sixty years ago, leaving the ring to his father, from whom the writer had inherited it some seven years later. Ever since the ring had come into the writer's possession, he said, unaccountable misfortunes had befallen him evqiry seventh year, and it was clear that possession of the ring carried with it some curse. The next seventh year would be 1935, so to avoid further ill luck he was returning the ring whence his family had received it. The correspondent added that, while he would not refuse a monetary payment for the ring if it had any real value, he made no claim, his sole desire being to get rid of the ring and the curse it so obviously bears".
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Greymouth Evening Star, 9 February 1935, Page 9
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190MOST UNLUCKY RING Greymouth Evening Star, 9 February 1935, Page 9
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