{"id":52,"date":"2013-08-12T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/Wordpress\/?p=52"},"modified":"2016-01-21T12:12:33","modified_gmt":"2016-01-21T12:12:33","slug":"keep_left_for_national_left_hander_s_day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/articles\/keep_left_for_national_left_hander_s_day","title":{"rendered":"Keep Left for National Left-Hander&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" alt=\"left-handed scissor cutting\" src=\"\/images\/NewsImages\/2013\/left-handed-scissor-cutting.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today, 13th August, sees the 23rd annual celebrations of the &lsquo;leftie&rsquo; for National Left-Hander&rsquo;s Day.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst around 10% of the population are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/pens-pencils\/rollerball-gel-pens\/stabilo-smove-easy-pen-and-3-refills-left-handed-line-0-8mm-tip-0-5mm-royal-blue-ref-68912-4103\/p-28154\">left-handed<\/a>, there are very few who are actually fully left-handed. Many lefties play sport with their right hand, holding the golf club, baseball bat or tennis racket in their right hands.<\/p>\n<p>During the 17th Century, being left-handed was used as evidence against people during trials for witchcraft. During this same period, there was a French superstition that witches greet Satan with their left arms. In fact, the French word for left, <i>gauche<\/i>, is from the old French word <i>gauchir<\/i> meaning awkward and clumsy.<\/p>\n<p>However, it&rsquo;s not all bad for the lefties. One in four Apollo Astronauts were left-handed, four out of five of the original Macintosh computer designers were left-handed and five out of the last seven US presidents were also lefties, clearly proving that lefties really do rule!<\/p>\n<p>Other famous lefties include Jimi Hendrix, Charlie Chaplin, Bob Dylan, Bill Gates and Hans Christian Anderson.<\/p>\n<p>Lefties, we salute you! (With our left hands of course).<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">* * *<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/pens-pencils\/rollerball-gel-pens\/stabilo-smove-easy-pen-and-3-refills-left-handed-line-0-8mm-tip-0-5mm-royal-blue-ref-68912-4103\/p-28154\">here<\/a> for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/pens-pencils\/rollerball-gel-pens\/stabilo-smove-easy-pen-and-3-refills-left-handed-line-0-8mm-tip-0-5mm-royal-blue-ref-68912-4103\/p-28154\">left-handed pen<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, 13th August, sees the 23rd annual celebrations of the &lsquo;leftie&rsquo; for National Left-Hander&rsquo;s Day. Whilst around 10% of the population are left-handed, there are very few who are actually fully left-handed. Many lefties play sport with their right hand, holding the golf club, baseball bat or tennis racket in their right hands. 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