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20c IRISH HORN ROSARIES
2 TRADITIONAL 5 DECADE ROSARIES - 1950's
The small piece of paper that was in the badly stained box holding the first rosary, reads: ' These Beads, Cross and Chain are all made in The Republic of Ireland. The Cross is available for All Blessings and Indulgences, including the plenary Indulgence at the Hour of Death, and the Indulgence of the Stations of the Cross.'
 
BROWN HORN ROSARY   -   GREEN HORN ROSARY
 
These two small rosaries are typical of early to mid  20th c Irish horn rosaries so popular for pilgrimages and souvenirs. The cross, heart center and beads on both are all  natural  horn while the Ave beads on the second rosary are dyed green. The brown rosary is 21 in ...

~ BROWN HORN ROSARY ~

NATURAL BROWN HORN ROSARY WITH HORN CRUCIFIX 
 
AND HEART CENTER. TRADITIONAL SOUVENIRS FROM

IRELAND - 20 in LONG

~ GREEN HORN ROSARY ~

A DELIGHTFUL HORN ROSARY OF IRISH TRADITION
 
DYED GREEN, STANDARD 5 DECADE. HEART CENTER AND

CRUCIFIX ARE OF HORN, TOO. 21 in LONG
 

 
... Irish Horn Rosaries ...
Thank you, thank you! My dear father-in-law died earlier this year; my mother-in-law had preceded him many years ago.  So the siblings and spouses spent much time, sadly, breaking up the house. I "inherited" several Rosaries. Among them were the one Dad had in daily use (in the Irish penal style with wooden beads, well-worn!), one that had been a souvenir gift to Mom years ago (square Connemara marble beads and Celtic crucifix, very heavy and large, probably not for daily use).  These two I have placed with love near their wedding picture.
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A third was a small, not very imposing rosary with brown beads and reddish-brown crucifix, with a heart shaped center. One bead has deteriorated completely away. Somewhere on there it says "Ireland."I was mystified about the material--plastic? celluloid??  It's the exact replica of the brown horn rosary on your antiques page.  I'm so glad to know what it is. Blessings,  Anne Madison (USA)
 

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