l not -l wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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> On 6-Aug-2015, "news" > wrote:
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> > "cshenk" wrote in message
> > ...
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> > One of the few spots where someone might use the term widdershins
> > and no one would look at you funny for it.
> >
> > If i recall (not googling just now), that's a reference to the
> > withers or hairy back of a horses legs.
> >
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> > The withers are the highest point of the horses shoulders, where
> > the mane ends.
> > The fetlocks are the "hairy back" of the lower legs.
>
> Merriam-Webster says ": in a left-handed, wrong, or contrary
> direction : counterclockwise "

Interesting! It generally means 'behind you' where i grew up.

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