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Robert Kemp Philp
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1979.
Wedding
Rings.
The
custom
of
wearing
wedding
rings
appears
to
have
taken
its
rise
among
the
Romans.
Before
the
celebration
of
their
nuptials,
there
was
a
meeting
of
friends
at
the
house
of
the
lady's
father,
to
settle
articles
of
the
marriage
contract,
when
it
was
agreed
that
the
dowry
should
be
paid
down
on
the
wedding
day
or
soon
after.
On
this
occasion
there
was
commonly
a
feast,
at
the
conclusion
of
which
the
man
gave
to
the
woman,
as
a
pledge,
a
ring,
which
she
put
on
the
fourth
finger
of
her
left
hand,
because
it
was
believed
that
a
nerve
reached
thence
to
the
heart,
and
a
day
was
then
named
for
the
marriage.
1980.
Why
the
Wedding
Ring
is
placed
on
the
Fourth
Finger.
"We
have
remarked
on
the
vulgar
error
which
supposes
that
an
artery
runs
from
the
fourth
finger
of
the
left
hand
to
the
heart.
It
is
said
by
Swinburn
and
others,
that
therefore
it
became
the
wedding
finger.
The
priesthood
kept
up
this
idea
by
still
retaining
it
as
the
wedding
finger,
but
the
custom
is
really
associated
with
the
doctrine
of
the
Trinity;
for,
in
the
ancient
ritual
of
English
marriages,
the
ring
was
placed
by
the
husband
on
the
top
of
the
thumb
of
the
left
hand,
with
the
words,
'In
the
name
of
the
father;'
he
then
removed
it
to
the
forefinger,
saying,
'In
the
name
of
the
Son;'
then
to
the
middle
finger,
adding,
'And
of
the
Holy
Ghost;'
finally,
he
left
it
as
now,
on
the
fourth
finger,
with
the
closing
word,
'Amen.'"
The
History
and
Poetry
of
Finger
Rings.
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