wedding rings

Alina Israeli aisrael at american.edu
Fri Oct 23 17:04:30 UTC 1998


>Does anyone know why Russians wear their wedding ring on the right hand
>rather than on the left hand?

Because so do the Dutch. And we all remember Peter the Great's affinity for
the Dutch. The question is why do Dutch wear on the right hand rather than
the left. And why is there a choice of a hand or a finger anyway? Why not
do it arbitrarily?

Alina Israeli



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