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Not every culture does, but the many that do are following a custom that goes back to the ancient Romans, who thought a nerve ran directly from the third finger of the left hand to the heart - or so the story goes.

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Where do women with no left hands wear their wedding rings?

On your right hand.


Is it a must to wear wedding band on the forth left finger?

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Why did Carroll O'Connor wear his wedding band on his left middle finger?

It is an Irish tradition to wear the wedding band on the left middle finger instead of the left ring. And Carroll O'Connor was Irish to the core!!


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