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My wife's grandfather has a couple of 'tear bottles' (tear jars?) - small glass bottles that he alleges were used to carry the tears of one's beloved in battle, or maybe to catch a dying soldier's tears. The latter sounds ridiculous. Any truth to the former?

by /u/garmonboziamilkshake in /r/AskHistorians

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