Continental Europeans wear their wedding rings on the other hand (right
rather than left as here).
On Mar 25, 2005, at 10:34 AM, Patricia Watkinson wrote:
> John,
>
> I can't say for sure that Virginians followed the standard European
> traditions, but I would imagine they did. A wedding ring from the
> groom for the bride is an ancient practice. Wedding rings began to be
> routinely exchanged in Britain and the continent at least by the 9th
> century.
>
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