Why are wedding rings worn on the left hand?

Answer 1

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Before medical science discovered how the circulatory system functioned, people believed that a vein of blood ran directly from the third finger on the left hand to the heart and chose the name vena amori, Latin for the vein of love.

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Answer 2

Why is the wedding band worn on the left hand?


à Again, this custom started with the Egyptians. They believed that the vein located on the fourth finger of the left hand was connected directly to the heart.

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Answer 3

coz that fingre in which the ring is worn is the fingure goes to heart..its show that the ring is near heart...

Answer 4

i dont know , i want to ask the same question

Answer 5

it is more noticeable on your left hand than you right

Answer 6

i think its so becouse,the bible history commands the same,therefore people can not across or ignore this order from their belives.

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no source.it is my thought

Answer 7

In medieval England, a bridegroom would slide the ring part way up his bride's thumb, index and middle finger, saying "In the name of the father, the son, and the holy ghost" as he passed each one. He then put the ring on the next available finger - the third finger of the left hand. This practice was finally formalized in the 1500's when Henry VIII's son authored The Book of Common Prayer, which gives English modern Protestant wedding vows and decrees on which finger our wedding rings should go.

Answer 8

I always thought it was connected to the "heart" theory, i live in Germany for now and they wear them on the right hand....so now im really stumped

Answer 9

hii actually biological answer is that their is 1 unique nerve which directly go from left hand fingure to heart...so their shouls b connection between heart and ring then only relationship will be more stronger and loving one.

Answer 10

In ancient times, it was believed there was a vein in the third finger of the left hand that ran directly to the heart. Thus, the ring being placed on that finger, denoted the strong connection of a heartfelt love and commitment to one another. Although during times of modern autopsy, this long held belief was found not to be so, the tradition continued to this day.
Also remember that the heart is on the left hand side of the body ;)

Answer 11

there is a nerve between the left hand finger and your heart. So when your loved ones wear the ring in your left hand it passes the waves to the heart and it really makes some difference.

Answer 12

If you dont like wear it in right hand.

Answer 13

the answer is to show that the woman or the man is enguage to each other and the ring is representing the through love of their mariage of life.

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Answer 14

I've always heard that the ring finger has a vein wich leads dirctly to your heart and that's why you wear it on that finger.

Answer 15

It is not a universal custom. In Germany for instance the left hand is for engagement rings, wedding rings (usually the same object) are worn on the right hand ring finger.

Answer 16

Before medical science discovered how the circulatory system functioned, people believed that a vein of blood ran directly from the fourth finger on the left hand to the heart. (This belief allegedly dates to the 3rd century BC in Greece.) Because of the hand-heart connection, people named the putative vein descriptively vena amori, Latin for 'the vein of love'. Due to this tradition, it became accepted to wear the wedding ring on this finger. By wearing rings on the fourth finger of their left hands, a married couple symbolically declares their eternal love for each other. This has now become a matter of tradition and etiquette.

In most Western cultures, the wedding ring is worn on the left hand. In some countries, however, such as Germany, Norway, and Chile, it is worn on the right hand. Orthodox Christians, Eastern Europeans and Jews also traditionally wear the wedding band on the right hand.

Etiquette frowns severely on the making of sexual overtures to a man or woman wearing a wedding ring

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Answer 17

its an old tradition

Answer 18

as the left body's side is that heart's side.....

Answer 19

I haven't personally verified it with any authority of it's kind, but I heard it's because left hand is closer to the heart than the right hand..And Love/Heart, see the connection?..OK!

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Answer 20

To protect the" RING OF LOVE" from the hardship of right hand.

Answer 21

In The Netherlands, wedding rings are worn on the right hand if you are from the Protestant faith. The Catholic faith wears wedding rings on left hand because it is on the same side as the heart.

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Cultural experience from living in The Netherlands and resourced from a priest

Answer 22

There is a vein that goes from your heart to your ring finger. So your ring is to have a direct connection to your heart.

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Read it on some useless knowledge website a while ago.

Answer 23

I have been told that by design, there is a vein on the left hand and especially on the fourth finger that goes straight to the heart where what an individual cherishes are generated.

Answer 24

It is thought that from the finger on the left hand the vein runs directly up the arm to the heart the souce of LOVE.

Answer 25

Because most people are right handed so therefore they use that hand to do more work and its safer on the left hand.

Answer 26

Because the left hand is prettier than the right hand.

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Momma told me

Answer 27

Because it is a tradition that is been followed frm earlier days

Answer 28

ideally, it's because your left hand is closest to your heart; practically, it also stays out of the way (most people are right-handed)

Answer 29

In some countries the ring is worn on the right hand (like in Scandinavia)

Answer 30

My hubby is native Norwegian and I am American so I wear mine on the right and he wears his on the left so we can each honor the other's country's tradition. We like it!!!

Answer 31

Not all wedding rings are worn on the left hand
other are worn on index & middle finger and some may
not have a wedding ring to wear But the love is still there for many years.

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The heart of the matter if love doesn't matter
return the ring.