zephyrHow did people refer to clockwise movement before the invention of the clock?
JayI have the feeling that the direction of the water in the toilet when flushing plays an important role here.
Yup. That’s definitely “down”.
The first mechanical clocks were invented around 1300. The first flushing toilet was 1775.
all-knight-party"we don't have clocks, how do we describe right ways or leftways rotation?"
"Well, the tires on my Dodge Ram 3500 rotate to the right when I drive it forward, so we'll call it ramforward and rambackwards"
"Brilliant"
Ah yes, turdwise and widdershits as it was known in the olden days, before the invention of sundials