Question: The picture below depicts one way to go around the rosary beads when praying the [Holy Rosary](https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/1155/what-is-the-purpose-of-a-rosary).

[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/oJQ3x.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/oJQ3x.jpg)

If a child were to ask, as they typical do, as to why Catholics when praying the Holy Rosary customarily go around the rosary beads one way rather than the other - if that's what they do, how would one answer? Is there a customary way to go around rosary beads? If yes, what is the reason for that order?

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A question in the "same series" as: [Is there a particular order in lighting candles on an advent wreath?](https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/35537/is-there-a-particular-order-in-lighting-candles-on-an-advent-wreath)

Answer: 
The spacing on the beads are the same in both directions. You do not even need beads, I use an app on my phone, I'm techno savy. You can use your fingers and keep track of the mysteries that way. I have prayed the Rosary many times before Mass, hardly anyone has the beads as they pray together. There are many ways to pray the Rosary. Many things to contemplate when doing it. It is a method of Prayer not a system of Prayer.
The question is not clear. If you hold the beads flat, there's a "direction" ( e.g. clockwise), but if they hang down e.g. while standing to pray, how would you tell which way is which? There's never an order marked on the beads. It's not even particularly strict that one must say the 3 Aves, Paternoster and Creed before the decades, as opposed to after.