Wedding Rings.—Were used by the ancients, and put upon the weddingfinger, from a supposed connection of a vein with the heart. According to Pliny* the wedding-ring should be made of iron; "but in the time of Tertullian, they were of gold. Wedding rings were, by * statute passed in. 1858, ordered to be 0 standard gold.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 129, 19 September 1876, Page 2
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55Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 129, 19 September 1876, Page 2
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