But extremely unlikely. Tho there may have been a lively trade in fake tears.
At 04:04 PM 1/14/2010, you wrote:
>beautiful
>
>2010/1/14 Max Richards <[log in to unmask]>
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> > psalm 56 KJV
> >
> > > 8
> > > Thou tellest my wanderings:
> > > put thou my tears into thy bottle:
> > > are they not in thy book?
> >
> > !!
> > Can this comment be correct ? -
> >
> > At the time, it was a Jewish custom for women to collect their tears in a
> > small
> > flask they hung on a cord around their neck when their husband was gone for
> > a
> > long period of time. When the husband returned, they would give him this
> > flask to
> > show how much they missed him.
> >
> > Max
> >
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