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December 17, 2012

Wedding Rings Around The World

By Anna Samsonova, CGA, Ben Bridge Jewelers The name is everything, right? What we now know as the ring finger was known, and still is in some languages, as the “nameless” finger. It may be nameless to some, but it is magical to others according to ancient beliefs in many cultures. People in love today don’t need ancient beliefs to consider it magical though, all they need is a wedding ring on their ring finger. “With this ring I thee wed … This gold and silver I give thee”, at which point you imagine a diamond ring being placed on

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