THE LUCKY JADE.
days when people went one another with a club a^cc^on > people have 8 r Someone was ro'mark the other day that mot understand why jade Wa popidmr, green being such an unlfflw colour. '• Even if green is unlucl evdry girl presented with a necklace would be quite walling I I W it, tliougm, as a matter of fact, jad(«tself is considered rather more luck* than othel-wise. The Chinese JK 5 the most! precious of all, and ver«ifficulb to ojbtain, as the Chinese do »t export veijy much of it. This ma®be because ift is rare over there nlswbut most prbbably it is because thdKone which they call the “ Quintojgico of Heaven! ” i s thought to bo tfflrecions to send! out of the country «Hse of its supposed charm and the jjHßlcgends relating to it. Tliero JHr been many reasons given to, acKit for the great popularity of jade. Hie think that it will! bring luck to 'wearer. The reail reason, pro•Btbly, is that it is a truly beautiful ortament, and women loVo beautiful ■hings, regardless of cosft,- and are also a trifle superstitious.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19830, 22 December 1919, Page 6
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