Editing Rosary (section)

===Single-decade rosaries{{anchor|Single}}<!--This is linked from [[Rosary ring]]-->===

[[File:Bernsteinrosenkranz.JPG|thumb|A single-decade rosary]]

Single-decade rosaries can also be used: the devotee counts the same ring of ten beads repeatedly for every decade. During religious conflict in 16th- and 17th-century Ireland severe [[Penal Laws (Ireland)#Ascendancy rule 1691–1778|legal penalties]] were prescribed against practising Catholics. Small, easily hidden rosaries were thus used to avoid identification and became known as [[Irish penal rosary|Irish penal rosaries]].{{sfn|Ball|2003|pp=485–487}} Sometimes rather than a cross, other symbols of specific meanings were used: a hammer to signify the [[Nail (relic)|nails of the cross]], cords to represent the [[Flagellation of Christ|scourging]], a chalice to recall the [[Last Supper]], or a crowing [[rooster]] signifying the [[denial of Peter]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}