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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1952
Page
18
A historical note traces wedding ring customs to an ancient belief in a nerve from the left hand’s third finger to the heart. It mentions the finger as the medical finger used by Greek and Roman physicians for handling drugs, believed to be safe from poison.
Fragmented text includes: misattributed royal lineage claims about James I, Benjamin Franklin myths, absurdities about America and spinach, outdated jokes about ghosts and kisses, plus apocryphal quotes and light quips. The tone mixes parlor humor with historical garbles and stray proverbs from an old clipping.
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