Back in the 80's I decided to add ceiling fans in both my mother in law's house and also in her mother's house. They both were widowed and living by themselves. The older lady still had only one phone on a shelf in the hall.
I bought four fans, two for each house. All four locations were wired much the same, with the external part of the light fixtures I was replacing being the "hot" side. Now, if you think about it, in each case I was on a ladder and the only way to tell was to have a meter with me. Not being grounded meant the way to get zapped was to handle both wires at the same time, with the switch on. I didn't really change anything, except for reversing the wiring for the fans. All that was in the fixtures was two wires coming in. There were no grounds in the ceilings of those old houses either. As you say, I wondered about changing a light bulb if it didn't go as planned.
After thinking about it I guess they were wiring it thinking about positive grounds on old Fords..............
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