They never mount a horse from the larboard side, they always mount him from the starboard; on the other hand, they never milk a cow on the starboard side, they always milk her on the larboard; it's why you see so many short people there, they've got their heads kicked off.

When they meet on the road they don't turn to the right, they turn to the left.

And so, from always doing everything wrong end first, it makes them left-handed and cross-eyed; they are all so.

In those Islands, the cats haven't any tails and the snakes haven't any teeth; and, what is still more irregular, the man that loses a game gets the pot.

As to dress, the women all wear a single garment, but the men don't.