CRAZY LAWS ; also, old herbal for ROSEMARY AND CARAWAY SEED

Just a handful, for now. I've got a bunch of 'em written down somewhere, but not sure where. I came across these and thought I'd share - I'll add the others if I ever find them: (Of course, I'm assuming nobody actually gets arrested or fined for any of these, and that it's a case of neglect - nobody has bothered taking them off the books. STILL, at some point, they did pass these laws in the 1st place. It's interesting to me to think about what could've happened that made them think they needed these laws.)

1. In Memphis Tennessee, it is illegal for a woman to drive unless her husband goes along in front of her, waving a red flag to warn other motorists that a female driver is behind the wheel.

2. In Henderson County, Tennessee it's illegal to eat ice cream on the sidewalk. This law, and various similar ones like not spitting on the sidewalk, or not spitting gum on the sidewalk, etc, aren't that uncommon as far as odd laws go. It may be the most common uncommon law ; )

3. In Baltimore Maryland it's illegal to scrub or wash sinks no matter how dirty they get. {See - now what on EARTH could've happened to not only make someone introduce this law, but for the city council or whoever has the task, to pass it?!}

4. In Halethrope Maryland kisses longer than 1 second are illegal.

THE FOLLOWING ARE ALL MARYLAND STATE LAWS - THUS, OF COURSE, APPLYING TO THE ENTIRE STATE, AND NOT JUST SOME TOWN THAT HAD A WEIRD LOCAL EVENT.

5. It is illegal for a woman to go through her husband's pockets while he is sleeping. {I guess the gals had a loophole there, as it wasn't illegal to do so if he was awake.}

6. Men may not buy drinks for a female bartender.

7. It's illegal to sell condoms from vending machines with one exception, you may do so in places where alchoholic drinks are sold for consumption on the premises. {Now, being that we're talking about condoms and vending machines, and selling condoms from vending machines, its obvious that this law is not that old - its certainly recent enough to be considered very very odd.}

8. The Maryland State Legislature once proposed a board of parachute examiners made up of 5 licensed parachute instructors who would test and license all other parachute instructors. {Actually a very good idea, to protect citizens from fraudulent, unqualified instructors who could get someone killed or at least hurt very badly. but.} The plan, though, was abandoned when it was discovered that there were only 3 licensed parachute instructors in the entire state.



ROSEMARY AND CARAWAY SEEDS - VERY OLD HOMEOPATHIC/HERBAL/ MAGICAL USES/BELIEFS FOR THESE 2 HERBS.
I have TONS of similar things, but not here in front of me. These were written on the back side of the paper with the crazy laws you see above, and since this was a relatively short and random-ish blog, I thought I'd just toss this in too. The recipie for the rosemary is copied from an old wife's book, exactly as it appeared - i.e. I DO know how to spell ; )
I don't think anyone will harm themselves using this lore to treat themselves instead of going to a doctor, etc etc, but for liability's sake, always see a medical health professional when it comes to diagnosing and treating illnesses and health conditions, and, tell your doctor about any herbal , OTC, or any other thing you are taking for your health, etc etc etc

CARAWAY SEEDS were once thought to have power against evil forces, and were once (and still by many New Agers, Wiccans, Pagans, and any people into herbal remedies) thought to be an excellent memory restorative.
[AS with the liability adivce about seeing your doctor, etc, I must say, do not self - diagnose or self-treat suspected evil forces that may be attacking you. See your qualified demon/ghost - hunter for diagnosis and treatment, as well as follow up, and keep him/her informed of any over-the-counter or other remedies you use. Ha ha ha. Joke. Well, I thought it was funny - though, for those who do believe in such things, the pros say you really shouldn't attempt to handle stuff like this yourself, cuz you could make things worse. So, maybe it wasn't that much of a joke, wasn't so funny. Aw, yeah, it was to me ; 0 ]

OF ROSEMARY
Take the flowers thereof and make powder thereof and bind it to thy right arm in a linnen cloath and it shall make thee light and merrie.

TRIVIA

* 1/4 of all the bones in the human body are in your feet.

* Everyone's tongue print is different, like fingerprints.

* Most of the dust particles in your house (prepare yourself if grossed out easily over these things) are made of dead skin.

*You're born with 300 bones, but by the time you grow to an adult, you have only 206. This is due to growth plates, which allow not only for the rapid growth of children, but also help during the birthing process - the plates in the baby's head allow it to contract some during the trip through the birth canal, otherwise the whole thing would be much more uncomfortable for mommy.

*It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

* The world's oldest piece of chewing gum is 9,000 years old.

* Healthy human thigh bones are stronger that concrete.

* Your heart beats over 100,000 times a day.

* Your ribs move about 5 million times a year - each time you breathe.

* The average lead pencil (no idea if its the same with graphite, tho I'd think it would be similar) will draw a line 35 miles long, or write approximately 50,000 average length English words. (It does not say what length the average word is, but in typing you judge the wpm, or words per minute, by 5 keystrokes.)

* Queen Elizabeth I of England considedered herself a paragon of cleanliness. She [very seriously] declared that she bathed once every 3 months, whether she needed it or not. And this, of course, would be the real source of the similar redneck jokes today of the same subject. But in her time, people really did rarely bathe. They instead used lots of perfume and cologne to cover up the scent. Supposedly, some French people today are not that big on baths or showers - though they take them considerably more often than good Queen Lizzy did. I've read some Parisians say - in some fashion magazine I've forgotten the name of that was comparing French and American women - that the combined smell of perfume and natural body odor is sexy ... pheremonal and all I suppose. If that is true, I'll just be unsexy, thanks. I do want to go back and stress that I got this info on the modern French from one fashion mag, and then it was only a percentage, not all, nor even most, tho the percentage was oddly large to me.

* Months that begin on Sunday will always have a Friday the 13th.

* It's against the law to burp or sneeze in a church in Nebraska.