# Greek worry beads

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greek-worry-beads/663093
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [July 10, 2013, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greek-worry-beads/663093 "2013-07-10T00:13:50Z")
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### Author: ![Longshanks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Longshanks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Longshanks)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2013, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greek-worry-beads/663093/1 "2013-07-10T00:13:50Z")

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Do any of the Greek dopers here have these thing and what part do they play in your day to day lives.

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### Author: ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greek-worry-beads/663093/2 "2013-07-10T15:43:33Z")

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Aren’t those prayer ropes, similar to a Catholic’s rosary? [Prayer rope - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer_rope)

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### Author: ![Longshanks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Longshanks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Longshanks)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greek-worry-beads/663093/3 "2013-07-10T16:00:50Z")

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> [@madmonk28](#):
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> Aren’t those prayer ropes, similar to a Catholic’s rosary? [Prayer rope - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer_rope)

They don’t happen to have any religions connotations like rosary or tasbeeh. They are simply used to relax or to relieve stress.