There are a ton of wedding traditions in place when a couple ties the knot, from getting down on one knee to propose to walking down the aisle and wearing your wedding ring on your left hand.

This article was originally published on mentalfloss.com as Why Are Wedding Rings Worn on the Left Hand?.

So, what's the right way to wear an engagement ring and wedding band? Tradition dictates that once you're married, the wedding band should be placed on your left hand's ring finger first ...

Marking an engagement or the big wedding day itself with a ring is part and parcel of many cultures today. But you may be surprised to learn that wearing the ring on the fourth finger of the left hand ...

By Hilary Sheinbaum Married people don’t always wear wedding bands or engagement ... Wearing metal rings is “a big no-no in a hands-on type industry,” he added. Now Mr. Wirs’s job ...

Rings depicting two hands, called “fede” or fidelity rings ... began using his version of the ring as wedding bands. By the 1800s, the association was so constant that the design had become ...