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Show THE WEDDING RING Why should the wedding ring be placed on the third finger of the left hand. The custom has existed for ages and the reason therefore has been given as follows: Our ancestors found tho left hand more convenient for such ornaments than the right, for tho reason that It is generally less employed thaft the latter. For tho same reason they chose the third instead of another finger. The third digit is not only less used than the others, but is better bet-ter adapted to guard a ring against bruises, since that finger has this quality peculiar to itself It cannot be extended but in company with some other finger, whereas tho rest may bo singly stretched to their full longth. |