Rose Skull Bead

Rose Skull Bead Dimensions (LxWxH inches): 21/32" x 9/16" x 17/32" Hole Size (inches): 3/16" *All dimensions are approximate   The Rose Skull Story Seated in the corner of a tavern he watched the patrons with a mixture of amusement and contempt: Gypsies, Spaniards, Frenchmen, Moors, Toreadors, and Sheepherders. He was a long way from Castile, this was Basque country. He sipped his wine and listened to the band.  Soon they would play their song and Maria would come to him. The heavy summer air would spring to life as the two would become one in the magic of the dance. Soldiers entered the cantina, soldiers from France seeking to bring the Revolution to Spain. "Blackguards", he thought. The gentility of the French was now a myth at the end of their Revolution. What atrocities and unspeakable acts they had committed in the name of "Libertad" they now sought to bring to the Basque region and to Spain. As the music changed, his Maria came toward him, lithely and petite, smiling at him. He