100 Ye Garland of 
WILLIAM LEwis, Esq., of the Bath Herald 
and Express, writes me that Posey Rings 
were worn by the Bath fish-women at the 
very early part of the last century: he adds, 
‘‘A custom peculiar to this section of our 
local ladies.” 
He had lately seen one “exactly like the 
ordinary wedding ring, but exceptionally 
heavy and massive, and the wearer, by its 
size, must indeed have been ‘a Bonnie Fish- 
wife’; it was engraved inside in the old- 
fashioned court hand then in vogue as 
follows :— 
“«¢ My eyes did find, my heart made choice 
Of her who makes me now rejoice.’ ” 
