- published: 05 Aug 2015
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An anklet, also called ankle chain or ankle bracelet, is an ornament worn around the ankle. Barefoot anklets and toe rings historically have been worn for centuries by girls and women in India. In the United States both casual and more formal anklets became fashionable in the late twentieth century. While in western popular culture both younger men and women may wear casual leather anklets, they are popular among barefoot women. Formal anklets (of silver, gold, or beads) are used by some women as fashion jewelry.[citation needed] Anklets are an important piece of jewelry in Indian marriages worn along with saris.
Much more rarely, an ankle chain is joined by a stretch of chain to limit the step. This practice was once more prevalent in the South East Asia, where the effect was to give a 'feminine' short tripping step. Today a few western women follow this practice, but rarely in public. Very few people even have 'permanent', e.g. soldered-on, ankle chains, and more rarely still, so is the connecting chain.
It wasn't particularly gracious
Of me to leave, but I found
The situation unbearably ostentatious
With you and her flirtatious
Had it been any other night
I might have stayed and put up a fight
I guess I wasn't impressed with your seduction
It wasn't an unlikely conclusion
For me to draw when I saw
You and her in some obvious love seclusion
Please pardon my intrusion
Had you said something too profound
I might have hung in and stood my ground
I guess I just wasn't digging our illusion
If you think I didn't see
I got news for you
If you think you're fooling me
I got news for you
It wasn't an irrational notion
That made me take the walk 'cause
I'm not inclined towards unwarranted commotion
Unnecessary motion
Had I thought you were some excuse
I might have stayed and turned on the juice
I guess I just felt a lack of real emotion
If you think I didn't see
I got news for you
If you think you're fooling me