BIRTH WORTH STONES.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVIII, Issue XVII, 24 April 1897, Page 521

BIRTH WORTH STONES.

The very latest craze in many of the fashionable capitals is the wearing of birth month stones, and, strange to say, it emanated in remote Poland. Women there, according to an old legend, are saved all manner of ills by wearing the guardian charm of the month in which they were born ; and men, too, if given such gems by a woman, are also saved and benefited. Here is the true list. There are varieties, but the one given is direct from Poland :— January—Garnet; constancy. February—Amethyst; sincerity. March—Bloodstone ; courage, wisdom. April—Sapphire or diamond ; free from enchantment, innocence. May—Emerald; success in love, discovers false friends. June—Agate ; health and prosperity. July—Ruby; corrects evils of mistaken friendship, discovers poison. August—Sardonyx ; meaning conjugal felicity. September — Chrysolite; antidote to madness, free from sadness and evil passions. October—Opal; hope. November — Topaz ; fidelity, prevents bad dreams. December —Turquoise ; prosperity.