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Gimmal Ring (Left at Wangi Wangi, 1994 single work   poetry   "the silver heart"
Issue Details: First known date: 1998... 1998 Gimmal Ring (Left at Wangi Wangi, 1994
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Notes

  • The gimmal ring originated during the Elizabethan period and is a set of three interlocking rings. During the engagement, the bride-to-be, groom to-be, and their witness each wore one of the rings until the wedding day when the three pieces were united as a single ring for the bride.

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    y separately published work icon Memory Shell Lucy Dougan , Wollongong : Five Islands Press , 1998 Z428890 1998 selected work poetry Wollongong : Five Islands Press , 1998 pg. 24
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  • Wangi Wangi, Toronto area, Lake Macquarie area, Central Coast, New South Wales,
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