Hey, anyone know what Keith means when while thanking the crowd he says "Gold rings on you all?"
The word "rings" here is a verb or a noun?

Plural form of a noun, but I graduated from public school so I could be wrong.

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bustabutton
Hey, anyone know what Keith means when while thanking the crowd he says "Gold rings on you all?"
The word "rings" here is a verb or a noun?

I think "ring" means "halo". Maybe Keith wants to say "bless you all"
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i always took "gold rings on you" (it's normally without "all" ) to be a wish for our prosperity & general well-being
but i like the halo idea very much. oh and: it's a plural noun

I was taking "rings" as a verb and thought the phrase may have something to do with the high density of gold which would make it difficult to produce a "ringing" sound unless touched upon a person of an even higher density - if this could even be considered a compliment. Maybe? But if the phrase does not already exist, I'll go with the halo idea too

Did anybody ever figure this out? I wondered if it was as simple as 'I hope you have enough wealth to be able to buy yourself lots of gold rings that you can wear....'

I've always taken this as a wish for prosperity - a la "blessings on you" -
and vaguely reckoned it was some sort of Jamaican-flavoured saying, if not a Rasta standard.
But I find both the ring-as-a-verb proposal and the halo proposal charming
so I vote someone should put the question to Keith via the "ask Keith" gizmo on his website.
Be sure to mention both of those charming theories, though!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2014-12-18 09:36 by with sssoul.

I always thought it was a Romany blessing

It's a Rastafarian blessing, based on Exodus:

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Mathijs

I always thought it was a Romany blessing

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Mathijs
It's a Rastafarian blessing, based on Exodus:

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Mathijs

That's probably it. I've heard the phrase used in Jamacia. It likely also has roots in the pirate days of Port Royal, prosperity indicated by pirates who had lots of gold rings and more modernly luck for the many folks who have found gold rings left over from those days when the earthquake destroyed the loot filled city.

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EJM
I always thought it was a Romany blessing

Yes I believe it's a travellers thing...best wishes basically