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Why is port wine passed to the left?

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I was told by a French History teacher that it was in honour of Nelson who. without a right arm, could use his left arm to fill the glass of the person on his left, and not be embarrassed about trying to fill his own glass. The same teacher says that the French navy still pass the port to the right, not in honour of Nelson!

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