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These items are a personal favorite of mine. I’ve always wanted to own one. They are Victorian tear catchers, usually used by a widowed bride. Upon the day of the funeral, the widow would collect her tears into this small vile, and all the tears she cried in the first year over the loss of her husband, she would capture in this vile she would wear upon her neck. And on the anniversary of his death, she pours the preserved tears atop his gravesite. It’s beautiful, tragic, and prolongs the suffering for ritualistic purposes. However, it’s quite poetic. If I were ever to lose someone close to me, I would do this. 

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    These items are a personal favorite of mine. I’ve always wanted to own one. They are Victorian tear catchers, usually...

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    Soooo…this is really cute. But a vial, or a tiny little container, is spelled differently than vile, which is kind of...

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