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A gold ring is said to possess the power to grant special privileges. The ring should be placed on the ring finger and stroked gently while you make your wish. A gold ring will lose its power if overused; it should be saved for very special wishes.

A gold wedding ring can be used to wish for a cut on a finger to heal. One custom is to rub the ring with the finger that has the cut; another custom says to rub the cut with the ring.

The gold wedding ring of a happy and virtuous woman can be used to wish for the healing of a sty on the eyelid; the ring should be gently rubbed on the sty while wishing.

On the first day of August, you should make a wish on your wedding ring. Twist the ring around two times as you make your wish. (The double turning, rather than the usual three, represents the two who made vows over the ring.)

Any ring with either a precious or semiprecious stone can be used to wish for imagination, quick wit, or success in some endeavor. While wearing the ring on one hand, the fingers of the other hand should hold the stone (as though pinching it). While thus holding the stone, make your wish. Conclude by tapping the stone three times. This custom, with the requirement that the ring have a stone which must be tapped three times, carries analogies to "Reynard's wonderful ring" from Roman de Renart, a 14th-century French tale. Reynard is a fox whose ring -- which exists only in his mind -- boasts a stone of three colors: red to make the night as clear as day, white to cure ill health, and green to make him invisible.

If you want to have safe travel, touch a ring while making a wish for safe passage.

Turn your ring three times as you make a wish not to get lost while traveling. If the ring has a stone of some kind, the wish will be stronger. The ring must be worn throughout the trip. This is reminiscent of "Otnit's Ring," a German legend in which a stone has the power to direct its owner to the right road.