janet’s journal

For thousands of years people have been using charms as amulets to ward off evil, or as charms for luck and prosperity. The use of charms on bracelets seems to have been started by the ancient Egyptians who used charms as symbols of their faith and to carry with them to the afterlife so that the gods could identify them and give them their appropriate status. In Rome the early Christians wore a charm shaped as a fish to identify themselves to each other and in the Dark Ages charms were used for religious and political identification and to indicate the family of the bearer. More information and good deals at  Gold & Silver Charm Jewelry