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I just made a quick run to the grocery store for some dinner groceries and while there I saw a lady wearing a rosary as a necklace , when did a rosary become a piece of jewelry ? and I was raised catholic and I know what a rosary is for and I certainly don't think wearing it as a necklace is appropriate . Do any of you feel like this ?
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I just made a quick run to the grocery store for some dinner groceries and while there I saw a lady wearing a rosary as a necklace , when did a rosary become a piece of jewelry ? and I was raised catholic and I know what a rosary is for and I certainly don't think wearing it as a necklace is appropriate . Do any of you feel like this ?
I see it now with some regularity - but it's usually high school or middle school girls.
I just made a quick run to the grocery store for some dinner groceries and while there I saw a lady wearing a rosary as a necklace , when did a rosary become a piece of jewelry ? and I was raised catholic and I know what a rosary is for and I certainly don't think wearing it as a necklace is appropriate . Do any of you feel like this ?
When I lived in the U.S. I used to see some Latinos wearing it....forgot to say, most were men.
I just made a quick run to the grocery store for some dinner groceries and while there I saw a lady wearing a rosary as a necklace , when did a rosary become a piece of jewelry ? and I was raised catholic and I know what a rosary is for and I certainly don't think wearing it as a necklace is appropriate . Do any of you feel like this ?
It depends. Wearing rosaries as necklaces became popular in the 60's, when Buddhism and other Eastern religions were a fad. Buddhism is even more popular now, and I see those rosaries (they're called "malas", and some of the Buddhist ones are made of bone, which I don't think is common in the Catholic tradition) worn as necklaces from time to time.
As a non catholic if I saw a rosary at an estate sale or some such I would probably assume it was just a pretty cross
necklace and wouldn't think twice if I saw someone wearing one as such.
I just made a quick run to the grocery store for some dinner groceries and while there I saw a lady wearing a rosary as a necklace , when did a rosary become a piece of jewelry ? and I was raised catholic and I know what a rosary is for and I certainly don't think wearing it as a necklace is appropriate . Do any of you feel like this ?
Early 80s. So rest assured it is just a flash in the pan fad. Give it another 30 years and kids will think it looks wrong again.
Once Madonna started wearing them back in the 80s, all bets were off.
That's what I recall.
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