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Normally Goreans keep to the left sides of streets and roads, as is proper, given that most men are right-handed. - (Magicians of Gor, Chapter 22, Sentence #647)

"I am afraid," said the slave. "Let us return to the house," said the first fellow. They then again took their way east on Tarn Court and, in a bit, once beyond the trelliswork, went to the right side of the street, which now, given the lateness of the afternoon sun, was the shady side. Normally Goreans keep to the left sides of streets and roads, as is proper, given that most men are right-handed. In this fashion the sword arm is on the side of the stranger. A similar, interesting historical detail, though not particularly pertinent to Gor, as most Gorean garments lack buttons, is that, on Earth, men's shirts, jackets, coats, and such, have the buttons on the right side, so that the opening of the garment is held down, and to the right. This is because the sheath of the knife or sword is, by right-handed men, commonly worn on the left, facilitating the across-the-body draw to the right. - (Magicians of Gor)