"A PROHIBITION STONE"
The amethyst is a " prohibition stone." The word really means " not to intoxicate," the name being derived from the old belief that the wearing of an amethyst stone was a protection against strong drink to the wearer. The old amethyst cups were based on this belief, that wine drunk from them irould not intoxicate.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22320, 18 January 1936, Page 4 (Supplement)
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57"A PROHIBITION STONE" New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22320, 18 January 1936, Page 4 (Supplement)
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