Outlander Wedding Ring On Right Hand

Outlander at their wedding jamie puts his father s ruby ring on claire s right hand during the ceremony but she returns it to him later as it s far too large for her finger.

Outlander wedding ring on right hand. After they return to castle leoch jamie gives claire the silver ring. From hugh munro s thoughful catullus poem to the beautiful realization in dragonfly in amber that jamie had the ring inscribed and their rejoining in voyager where jamie finds the ring still on claire s right hand ring finger. This would have been the normal finger for jamie to have placed it on leaving her left hand finger conveniently ringed with frank s sign of devotion.

But then i noticed when fergus and marsali got married fergus put the ring on marsali s left hand. Ancient scottish custom stated that the bride should have two rings one for everyday wear and another dress ring which was traditionally more expensive. Other europeans ie some spanish germans may use right but left is traditional.

It is common in scotland for the wife to wear her ring on her right hand. Check out our outlander wedding ring selection for the very best in unique or custom handmade pieces from our rings shops. This stunning piece of jewelry is a replica of claire s wedding ring from season one of outlander.

Still jamie places his ring on claire s right hand even though there s no ring on her left until she puts frank s ring back on the next morning so i thought maybe that was scottish tradition. The wedding rings wedding rings date back to roman times where they believed that the fourth finger of the left hand was connected to the vena amoris or vein of love. It makes more sense in the book because claire left frank s ring on during the ceremony and that s why she wore jamie s father s ring and later her silver wedding band on her right hand.

In the show there may be a slight hesitation on claire s part and that s why jamie chooses her right hand not wanting to push claire too much knowing she had been wearing her gold band on the left. I hadn t read the outlander book since hs jamie is all about transition. Catholics wear wedding ring on left hand side of the heart.

Jamie had this ring crafted for claire from the key to his childhood home lallybroch. Hence the catholic ceremony. 5 out of 5 stars 35 35 reviews.