#the legend behind the claddagh ring is very sweet as well

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You have a claddagh ring? Can we see? They’re so beautiful

I do!

My Nan bought it for me before I went back to Prague in March. She actually wanted to give me hers, which was given to her by Granny and Grandad (my great-grand parents) when she was 21 but I didn't want to take it from her and I prefer silver to gold, so she tricked me into taking her to her jeweler to get the chain she bought for my sister's 18th birthday fixed and had them bring out the claddagg rings (another irish thing is T bar necklaces? It's not a tradition but kinda is in our family? Nan and Granda gave Mam a T bar for her 18th, Mam bought me a silver one for Christmas, and Nan gave my sister her gold T bar and bought her a chain for it for her 18th)

For anyone that doesn't know what a Claddagh ring is, it's a traditional piece of irish jewellery that is a heart with a crown held by two hands. The heart represents love, the crown is loyalty and the hands are friendship.

There are particular ways to wear it depending on your relationship status. You wear it on the right hand with the heart and crown facing towards the body if you're single and open to love. If you're in a relationship, the crown and heart point away from the body. If your are engaged you wear it on your left hand with the crown and heart pointing towards the body, and for marriage the crown and heart face away from the body.

This is my ring

And this is how I wear it currently