I read an article the other day and it referred to someone\u2019s ring finger. It occurred to me that I immediately knew that they were referring to the finger next to the \u201clittle\u201d finger \u2014 on the left hand. Well, that got me to thinking about how I knew that. The reason I knew it was because I\u2019ve always heard that finger referred to as the \u201cring finger.\u201d But why is that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thank goodness for my extensive research\u2026. turns out that the selection of that finger as the ring finger is not definitely known. But \u2014 there are a few theories, the more popular one being\u2026. that before medical science discovered how the circulatory system functioned, people believed that a vein ran directly from the fourth finger on the left hand to the heart. In fact, the descriptive Latin name vena amoris<\/em> was chosen for this vein \u2014 the vein of love. With the heart at the center of your emotions, this was thought to be the best finger to wear your wedding\/engagement ring on \u2014 it showed to all the world a symbol of your forever love and that your heart had been claimed by another. Wearing your wedding ring on the left hand isn\u2019t a global practice. In Russia, Norway, Germany and India, the ring is worn on the right hand. This might be because of some evil association with the word \u201cleft\u201d \u2014 \u201csinister\u201d comes from a Latin word that means \u201con the left side.\u201d Also, I seem to remember that in India, the left hand is considered unclean. <\/p>\n\n\n\n On a related subject, wedding rings used to be worn almost entirely by women \u2014 from what I can tell, the practice of men wearing rings began to pick up during the 1st and 2nd World Wars, when married soldiers started to wear rings to remind them of their partner. I read an article the other day and it referred to someone\u2019s ring finger. It occurred to me that I immediately knew that they were referring to the finger next to the \u201clittle\u201d finger \u2014 on the left hand. Well, … Continue reading
Science has since proven that every single finger has veins running to the heart, but even though the science may not support it, the romantic notion remains.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s kind of interesting how this, like most\/all traditions evolve\u2026. there\u2019s usually some kind of logic, or at least a reason behind it.
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