Jim Lux schrieb:
widdershins derives from Middle low german weddersines from Middle High
German widersinnes, wider=back + sinnes=in the direction of
"widersinnig" means 'nonsense' = not useful in the common thinking.
The german "wider-" means 'against something'. There is another german
word
On 6/26/12 11:05 AM, Bill Hawkins wrote:
Around 1530, it was considered very bad luck to walk around a church
widdershins (see the Wikipedia article). I think it goes back earlier
than that, to a time well before clocks.
If widdershins means counter-clockwise, how did they know which way
clocks
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> Around 1530, it was considered very bad luck to walk around a church
> widdershins (see t
Bill Hawkins schrieb:
Around 1530, it was considered very bad luck to walk around a church
widdershins (see the Wikipedia article). I think it goes back earlier
than that, to a time well before clocks.
They wrote at Wiki:
"Because the sun played a highly important role in primitive religion,
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Around 1530, it was considered very bad luck to walk around a church
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Direct GPS signals, RHCP, good! Reflections (multipath) LHCP bad! ;-)
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Björn
> It's also connected to handedness. widdershins means to go leftwise,
> deasil righthanded or rightwise. lefthandedness bad, righthandedness
> good.
> Threads righthanded usually, bunches of other stuff.
> Don
It's also connected to handedness. widdershins means to go leftwise,
deasil righthanded or rightwise. lefthandedness bad, righthandedness
good.
Threads righthanded usually, bunches of other stuff.
Don
Bill Hawkins
> Around 1530, it was considered very bad luck to walk around a church
> widdershins
Around 1530, it was considered very bad luck to walk around a church
widdershins (see the Wikipedia article). I think it goes back earlier
than that, to a time well before clocks.
If widdershins means counter-clockwise, how did they know which way
clocks ran?
The answer lies in northern hemispher