>>>>>Canadians also drive on the correct or “right” side of the road, unlike others in the world.
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>>>>The reason that the English drive on the right stems back to the ancient Romans. They drove their chariots on the left in order to have their right sword arm free to meet enemies. In the U.S., however, horse drawn wagons were built with the brake on the left, forcing drivers to sit on that side, and therefor to drive on the right to get a better view of the road.
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>>>>I knew you wanted to know.
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>>>Alan;
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>>>I have read that account and often wondered what left-handed swordsmen did? Another thought is what side of the road did you drive your chariot on if the enemy was on the “wrong side”. Perhaps the enemy was always obliging to be on the side preferred by the Romans! :)
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>>>Tom
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>>Remember how the word 'sinister' came to be associated with evil? Being left handed was a no-no.
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>My friend Carol Harney whom I met in Kindergarten in Catholic School was left handed. Sister Mary Saint Stanislaus would hit Carol over the back of the left hand with an 18” ruler for not using her right hand to write or draw. The good sister said, “The left hand is the hand of the Devil! Your guardian angel is on your right side and the devil is on your left side”!
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>It is all about conditioning. Yes sir, those 18” rulers taught us many things!

My mother went through the same thing. On the bright side though, she grew up pretty well ambidextrous.