Caryl Ramsdale, American Poetess
Worthy of Note
And sometimes sorrowful women accepted payment for the remembrance tears they caught in bottles as they finished the procession walk. Legends tell us the most productive and loudest weeping women were given the most coins for their teardrops. The more intense the suffering seemed to be, the more tears created and collected, the more significant and prized the deceased person was presumed to be.
In the Old Testament of the Holy Bible reference is made to tear catching in Psalm 56:8 [which foregoes Jesus Christ's life on Earth by more than one thousand years] when David a mighty warrior, a musician, a poet, a faithful friend, a true worshipper of God, and a just and able king prayed to God saying, “ Thou tellest my wanderings : put thou my tears into thy bottle : [ are they ] not in thy book? ” (KJV) This expression of David's tells us God knows the course we travel—stores our sorrows—and records our pain and suffering.
During the 19th century ’s Victorian period, lavish ornamental bottles with stoppers were designed to evaporate tears, which would bring an end to the mourning period for loved ones.
American Civil War soldiers returned home from battle to full tear bottles, which were symbolic of the deep feelings, their women felt for them while they were away at war.
Today, the historical tear bottle tradition of prompting tears to express grief is worthy of note.
*Also known as a lachrymatory [its less common spelling is lachrimatory].
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