A CL64 CPR JET MAKES ITS HOLDING PATTERN TURN IN THE WRONG DIRECTION NEAR GVE; VA.

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WX AT DEST WENT BELOW MINIMUMS. I PHONED WX SVC FOR OPINION ON WHEN WX WOULD COME UP. I WAS JUST HANGING UP AND DISCUSSING SIT WITH FLT ATTENDANT. ATC ISSUED HOLDING INSTRUCTIONS. ALL I HEARD WAS HOLD AT GRACO INTXN. FO WAS A NEW HIRE; HE COPIED THE HOLDING INSTRUCTION. I BROUGHT UP THE HOLDING PAGE AND DISPLAYED THE HOLD. I ASKED FOR CONFIRMATION. WHEN HE SAID IT WAS OK; I EXECUTED THE HOLD. AFTER COMPLETING THE OUTBOUND TURN; ATC ASKED US TO MAKE THE NEXT TURN IN THE HOLD TO THE L. THE FO REPLIED THAT'S WHAT HE HAD COPIED. 2 SOLUTIONS: 1) HAVE MORE PATIENCE AND LET THE FO ENTER THE HOLD. 2) EMPHASIZE TO FO THAT I DID NOT HEAR THE HOLDING INSTRUCTIONS. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: HIGH SPD; UNEXPECTED HOLD; LATE INSTRUCTION; FAR FROM DEST. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 438952: HE MISTAKENLY PROGRAMMED THE HOLD WITH R TURNS AND WHILE CHKING THE HOLD I FAILED TO CATCH THE ERROR. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE: FATIGUE -- ONLY A 12 1/2 HR DAY; BUT WAS 12 1/2 HRS OF NONSTOP FLYING; 4 LEGS; 6 APCHS -- 2 OF THEM TO A MISS; 2 OF THEM TO MINIMUMS. WE WERE TIRED. ALSO; I AM NEW TO THE ACFT WHICH I THINK CONTRIBUTED TO MY ERROR IN NOT CATCHING AN ERRONEOUS HOLD PROGRAMMED IN THE FMS.