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Brass vs. Bronze edit
Is there any relationship between this tradition and the story The Bronze Ring from the Blue Fairy Book?
Uriel-238 05:27, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
Lost link to source edit
The brass ring as a term also means striving for the highest prize, or living life to the fullest. It is not clear when the phrase came into wide use but has been found in dictionaries as far back as the late 1800s.[1]
This needs to re-sourced as the current link is gone. FloNight 18:16, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
References
- ^ From "The Mavens' Word of the Day - Brass ring" (HTML). WORDS@RANDOM, Random House, Inc. Retrieved 2006-10-10.:
- Merriam-Webster's 10th Collegiate defines the metaphor and dates it to 1950. Christine Ammer's The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms says it's from the late 1800s.
Knights edit
I had always heard the brass ring thing went back to the days of the medieval knights when grabbing the ring was part of a horse-mounted skills contest. Anyone else? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.154.137.244 (talk) 16:53, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
Yes exactly. Carousels can contain a wide variety of animals but some contain only horses. This article bridges the gap. http://emol.org/azrenfest/azrenjoust.html
"Ring Jousting The training of a knight included spearing a small ring, some on stanchions and some tossed in the air, and quintain jousting. (Ring jousting is today the state sport in Maryland.) In quintain jousting, the knight tilted with a mock opponent which sat on a revolving pedestal. If he was inaccurate or too slow, the jouster might get whacked by the sand bag on the other end of the contraption. These quintain devices are thought to be the precursors of Victorian carrousels. Many turn-of-the-century carrousels had a variety of things to grab, including a brass ring which entitled the bearer to a free ride." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.52.114.60 (talk) 08:08, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
Nobody seems to have followed up on this item. Here's another reference to the earlier usage, from a real estate website: http://www.brass-ring.com/about. I try to get around to revising the page eventually, unless someone else grabs it...so to speak! jxm (talk) 01:03, 19 January 2017 (UTC)
A Carousel for Missoula? edit
I think this carousel should be mentioned: A Carousel for Missoula 72.21.198.66 (talk) 01:20, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
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Jewellery? edit
Does this belong in in category Rings (jewellery)?--Klausok (talk) 14:47, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
- No, the rings are not intended to be worn. They are a type of token to be turned in for a prize. LadyOriona (talk) 20:37, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
Modern Ring Carousels? edit
A new category has been added for "modern" ring carousels. Please add to the list. LadyOriona (talk) 20:33, 3 June 2023 (UTC)