widershins

Then he went on, and on, and on, till he came to the round green hill with the terrace-rings from top to bottom, and he went round it three times, widershins, saying each time:

English Fairy Tales Joseph Jacobs 1885

I have likewise suggested a reason why Burd Ellen fell into his power, chiefly in order to introduce a definition of "widershins."

English Fairy Tales Joseph Jacobs 1885

And they reached home, and the good queen, their mother, and Burd Ellen never went round a church widershins again.

English Fairy Tales Joseph Jacobs 1885

The last fairy functionary he met was the hen-wife, who told him to go on a little further till he came to a round green hill surrounded with rings from the bottom to the top, then go round it _widershins_ (contrary to the sun) and every time he made the circuit, say -- "Open door, open door, and let me come in," and on the third repetition of this incantation they would open, and he might then go in.

Folk Lore Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within This Century James Napier 1847

"Go on a, little further," said the hen-wife, "till you come to a round green hill, surrounded with terrace-rings, from the bottom to the top; go round it three times, widershins, and each time say:

English Fairy Tales Joseph Jacobs 1885