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Here are some interesting facts.......not sure how true they are.
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Thanks webbo3, vereee interesting.
I was given "The Strange Laws of Old England" book for Christmas and one strange Tudor law was that Welshmen were not allowed into the city of Chester after dark.
Also, a statue of Edward II states all whales washed up on the shore belong to the monarch. (The Queens needed whalebone for their stays, no doubt!)
But we shouldn't smile at these old laws, when you think of some of our 'own dear Government's ' current or proposed laws..... it makes you weep.....
I was given "The Strange Laws of Old England" book for Christmas and one strange Tudor law was that Welshmen were not allowed into the city of Chester after dark.
Also, a statue of Edward II states all whales washed up on the shore belong to the monarch. (The Queens needed whalebone for their stays, no doubt!)
But we shouldn't smile at these old laws, when you think of some of our 'own dear Government's ' current or proposed laws..... it makes you weep.....
The "fact" about equestrian statues has been discredited (see straightdope.com).
Q21. What about "one hundred and one"?
Q23. Do salt and vinegar count as foods? I know you wouldn't eat them on their own, but they are foods as far as the law is concerned. Sugar doesn't spoil either. I think that chocolate would last indefinitely, if I could resist eating it.
Most dictionaries will tell you that the origin of the word "golf" is uncertain. As with "posh", popularly supposed to stand for "port out, starboard home", the derivation is fanciful. The "rule of thumb" explanation is dismissed at worlwidewords.org.
At least the list did not include the "fact" that a duck's quack does not echo, which has been circulating the internet for some years.
Q21. What about "one hundred and one"?
Q23. Do salt and vinegar count as foods? I know you wouldn't eat them on their own, but they are foods as far as the law is concerned. Sugar doesn't spoil either. I think that chocolate would last indefinitely, if I could resist eating it.
Most dictionaries will tell you that the origin of the word "golf" is uncertain. As with "posh", popularly supposed to stand for "port out, starboard home", the derivation is fanciful. The "rule of thumb" explanation is dismissed at worlwidewords.org.
At least the list did not include the "fact" that a duck's quack does not echo, which has been circulating the internet for some years.
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