WEDDING RINGS
ORIGIN IN ROMAN TIMES.
ANCIENT ENGLISH RITUAL.
The- wearing of wedding rings appears to have originated among the Romans.
Before the celebration of nuptials there was commonly a feast and agreement made that the dowry should be paid on the wedding day or soon after. At the conclusion, the man gave the woman a ring as a pledge, which she placed on the fourth finger of her left hand, because it was believed a nerve reached from there to the heart. This was a vulgar idea, but the Priesthood kept up this idea by still retaining this finger as the wedding finger. The custom is really associated with the doctrine of trinity. In the ancient ritual of English marriage, the ring was placed by the husband on the top of the thumb, with the words, "In the name of the Father,” then he removed it to the forefinger and said "In the name of the Son " then to the middle finger, adding “and the Holy Ghost" and finally he left the ring on the fourth finger with the closing word “Amen."
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 March 1940, Page 5
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183WEDDING RINGS Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 March 1940, Page 5
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