Show KEEPING to o the e RIGHT HE custom of passing to the right of people peo peo- people people T THE when meeting them in the street dates back many years to the days when the sword and dagger were generally worn The sword was carried on the left side and the dagger in a n sheath on the right where it could so easily be bo unsheathed furtively In course of time the dagger became the favorite weapon of the assassin Passing on the left of the men you met rendered rendered ren ren- dered both of you open to a stab from a dagger the blow being delivered with the right hand at close quarters Passing to the right the dagger was out of action and it was easy to tp see if jf the theman theman theman man meeting you meant to draw his sword in which case you had ample time to retaliate Though the days of daggers and swords havo have long since gone the rule of passing to the right still survives X R mILr i Feature 1091 |