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dyna-ti
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 3:26 am 
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Couple of English laws
Repealed in the '80's -all taxi's must carry a bale of hay in the boot[for the horse]

Bikes with 20" wheels can legally cycle on the pavement ,something to to with bed chairs[early wheelchairs]

[I think it was James 1st ]Decreed all men and boys to practice with the longbow once a fortnight[i think this still stands]
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hamster
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The longbow law goes back far earlier - well before Agincourt in 1415.
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dyna-ti
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I've always wanted a longbow,i've seen them being made and it's i skill i'd love to try :D
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hamster
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They are scarily powerful - pal's one shot a bolt straight through a door. :shock:
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gm1230126
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In Oshkosh, WI it's a against the law to ride a bike without a bell....nobody does though, Law goes back to the early 1900's.
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JME
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nic wrote:
we're just as crazy, it seems. I've justy been informed by AgencyScum that it is still LEGAL in Monmouth to kill a welshman with a bow and arrow across the River Wye!

this is the same for citizens of chester if you find a welshman within the city after midnight, also all men by law may take wednesday afternoon off work to go to their local green and practice with their bow
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Russell
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Don't all parents still have a legal responsibility to teach their sons archery in England?
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