- More Bead Quotes -

In case you don't know it yet, I like to collect not just beads (oh, yes) but also quotes about beads and have created a page on my website just for bead quotes.

Here are some new ones I have come across:

You are all separate beads strung together on that one thread, God.

Sri Sathya Sai Baba
Indian spiritual leader, b.1926


These heroes of finance are like beads on a string when one slips off, all the rest follow.

Henrik Ibsen
Norwegian playwright of the late 19th century,

-Anklet, Anklets, Anklets -

Well summer has already arrived here in Austin, and I have been making anklets for a while. I wondered about when they originated and found the following on Wikipedia:

An anklet, or ankle bracelet, is an ornament worn around the ankle. Anklets historically have been worn for centuries by unmarried women in India, though in the United States both casual and more formal anklets became fashionable in the late twentieth century. While in western popular culture both younger men and women may wear casual leather anklets, they are more popular among women, and more formal anklets (silver, gold, beads) are confined to women's fashion.

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A survey carried out recently in the UK determined that most anklets are worn on the right ankle. The statistics were: 87% right ankle and 13% left. Perhaps this is due to more people being right-handed.

There you have it - are you right-ankled or left-ankled? ;-)

Cyberbeader
http://www.lovebeadsunlimited.com