I always thought it was from horse riding.
So its the left side of a horse but the right side of a m/c ???
Jaydee
Correct.No, sorry I was thinking of nearside and what it says in the horse link:
"The horse's left is his near side, the right his off side."
YepBoth sides of a horse should be left........
......left well alone! Temperamental beasts, and too big to argue with.
When I was 16 we visited some relatives of my father I didn't know. I was 6' tall and weighed about 220 so not meek. My father thought it would be good for me to spend some time with my cousins doing farm work. Next thing I know I'm climbing on the back of a work horse so tall I could not see over his back. Off we went through the fields for about an hour and then we started rounding up a bunch of work horses for shoeing. Of course, the whole trip was all about making sure I knew how clueless I was.Both sides of a horse should be left........
......left well alone! Temperamental beasts, and too big to argue with.