WITH BELLS ON... meaning happy and delighted to attend which goes back to the days before the automobile, when it was the custom to deck out the horse with fancy harnesses, that drew the carriage for special occasions. That, of course, was the harness 'with bells on.'
The reason that the engagement rings are worn on the fourth finger of the left hand is because the ancient Egyptians thought that the "vein of love' ran from this finger directly to the heart.
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