Fwd: Re: wedding rings

[Richard]

>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


Because its one of the ways of signifying you are part of certain culture,
a way of defining "us" by not being "them". To keep it short the Dutch
possibly began the practice of wearing the ring on the right hand beacuse
the Spanish or the English always wore it on the left.

Richard Gilmore