{"id":15472,"date":"2016-05-28T10:55:01","date_gmt":"2016-05-28T14:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/?p=15472"},"modified":"2016-05-28T10:55:01","modified_gmt":"2016-05-28T14:55:01","slug":"deadly-poison-rings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/deadly-poison-rings\/","title":{"rendered":"DEADLY POISON RINGS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blog-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Poison-Rings-Pill-Box-Rings-Jewelry.gif\" alt=\"Poison Rings Pill Box Rings Jewelry\" title=\"Poison Rings Pill Box Rings Jewelry\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-15474\" \/><\/div>\n<h2>Mmm, Poison!<\/h2>\n<p>\nLet&#8217;s talk <strong>POISON RINGS<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&#038;field-keywords=poison+ring\">Poison Rings<\/a> are <strong>a container that you wear<\/strong>, that opens up like a locket. The <strong>secret compartment<\/strong> on the top (<strong>hinges open, snaps closed<\/strong>) can hold many things&#8230; Most commonly known for hosting <strong>POISON!<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>\nThey became <strong>popular in Europe<\/strong> during the sixteenth century. The ring was used to <strong>slip poison into an enemy&#8217;s food<\/strong> or drink, or, something that most people don&#8217;t think about&#8230; to facilitate the <strong>suicide of the wearer<\/strong> in order to escape capture or torture!<\/p>\n<p><h2>Cool, eh?<\/h2>\n<p>\nBecause they&#8217;re used to carry many things, these types of rings have gone by <strong>many different names as well:<\/strong> Pill Boxes, Box Rings, Socket Rings, Funeral Rings, and Locket Rings&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\nMost people have seen poison rings used before <strong>in movies<\/strong>&#8230; <\/p>\n<p>\nThe Queen, or Rival, attempts <strong>to poison the King<\/strong> by secretly dumping toxic poison into their brew&#8230; Hence the King <strong>falls to his fate!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><h2>But did you know&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>\n<strong>These rings actually DID exist!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\nIt&#8217;s not just <strong>hollywood fable<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&#038;field-keywords=poison+ring\">Poison Rings<\/a> were<strong> real<\/strong>. They really did hold such things as <strong>poison, notes, loved one&#8217;s ashes<\/strong>&#8230; All sorts of cool and creepy things.<\/p>\n<p><h2>And poison rings are still available today!<\/h2>\n<p>\n<strong>Take a peek&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&#038;field-keywords=poison+ring\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Deadly-Poison-Rings-Pill-Box-Rings.jpg\" alt=\"Deadly Poison Rings Pill Box Rings\" title=\"Deadly Poison Rings Pill Box Rings\" width=\"640\" height=\"1800\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Deadly-Poison-Rings-Pill-Box-Rings.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Deadly-Poison-Rings-Pill-Box-Rings-107x300.jpg 107w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Deadly-Poison-Rings-Pill-Box-Rings-364x1024.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I think they&#8217;re <strong>awesome<\/strong>. But then again, I love all things <strong>morbid and scary<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><h2>Poison anyone?<\/h2>\n<p>\nMany Kings and important people have been killed in the past by poison&#8230; (<strong>allegedly<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p><h2>Famous people like:<\/h2>\n<p>\n<strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Socrates<\/li>\n<li>Julius Caesar<\/li>\n<li>Constantine<\/li>\n<li>Margaret Drummond<\/li>\n<li>Alexander the Great<\/li>\n<li>Augustus<\/li>\n<li>Claudius<\/li>\n<li>King John of England<\/li>\n<li>Mozart<\/li>\n<li>Napoleon<\/li>\n<li>Pope Benedict XI<\/li>\n<li>King Eric XIV<\/li>\n<li>Joseph Stalin<\/li>\n<li>Pope John Paul<\/li>\n<li>Yasser Arafat<\/li>\n<li>And even Charles Darwin!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><h2>But there&#8217;s MORE poison&#8230;<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Now Listen&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\nNot a dime, I can&#8217;t pay my rent<\/p>\n<p>\nI can barely make it through the week<\/p>\n<p>\nSaturday night I&#8217;d like to make my girl<\/p>\n<p>\nBut right now I can&#8217;t make ends meet&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\nOkay&#8230; <strong>Not THAT poison<\/strong>&#8230; That&#8217;s the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&#038;field-keywords=poison+CD&#038;rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Apoison+CD\">Rock Group Poison<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>But&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><h2>What can you use a Poison Ring for Today?<\/h2>\n<p>\n<strong>Lots of things:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n<strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Colorful Confetti<\/li>\n<li>A Skittle<\/li>\n<li>Sweet Tart<\/li>\n<li>Glitter<\/li>\n<li>Fairy Dust<\/li>\n<li>Tiny Love Notes<\/li>\n<li>A Picture<\/li>\n<li>A Tic Tac<\/li>\n<li>Reese&#8217;s Pieces<\/li>\n<li>An M&#038;M<\/li>\n<li>A Pinch of Salt<\/li>\n<li>Powder<\/li>\n<li>And even&#8230; an Aspirin!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><h2>You see&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>\nBesides the very antique concept of ancient pill boxes&#8230; <strong>It actually has modern uses<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\nSo check out all the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&#038;field-keywords=poison+ring\">Very Cool Poison Rings HERE<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\n(And <strong>you can also get<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&#038;field-keywords=poison+pendant&#038;rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Apoison+pendant\">Poison Pendants<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>\nAnd even <strong>Etsy <\/strong>has some <strong>Awesome Poison Rings<\/strong>, some of them <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/search\/jewelry\/rings?q=antique+poison+ring\">Genuine Antique Rings!<\/a> (This <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/104170912\/poison-ring-steampunk-coffin-ring-bronze\">Coffin Replica Ring<\/a> is <strong>BAD ASS!<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>So get yourself a Ring&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><h2>IF YOU DARE!<\/h2>\n<p>\n<strong>Cheers! :)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Mmm, Poison! 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