Opals RE: [HPforGrownups] CHAPDISC: hbp12, Silver and Opals

[Karen]

No: HPFGUIDX 149564


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Tiffany Black 
  To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 2:09 PM
  Subject: Opals RE: [HPforGrownups] CHAPDISC: hbp12, Silver and Opals


  Lyarofjordan:
  6)      Is there any particular symbolism or meaning to the opal 
  necklace (or to opals or necklaces), or is it simply a convenient McGuffin?

  Tiffany:
  I can't remember where I've read it, but it seems that there are some RL
  opals that have a story about a curse associated with them, because anyone
  who has owned them has died. I read about it something like 20 years ago, so
  my memory might not be all that accurate.
  Tiffany




  kchuplis:

  REally? I know my mother won't have them around, considering them unlucky because her sister who died at 14 was named Opal and her brother (who died fairly early at 64) loved them. I didn' t know they were more widely considered unlucky.

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