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                                                                            Cole.  
                                                                           I  doubt that it symbolizes anything. Not every apparently unexplained occurrence  has a symbolism attached to it; it was probably just coincidence, a result of  the age of the Rosary or perhaps a manufacturing defect.  
                                                                           In any case, neither  the Church nor the Saints address such a situation, so it will have to remain a  mystery. 
                                                                           Eric 
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