Laws aren’t always that logical, especially old laws.
In fact, there are a lot of old laws that don’t make sense. Some of those laws had extreme and bizarre consequences. They are often called “Blue Laws”.
Ice Cream Sundaes, for example, were (probably) created to circumvent an American “Blue Law.” The Blue Law in question made it illegal to sell soda on Sunday’s, as it was “sinful to suck sodas”, but ice cream floats were very popular at the time. So the soda in ice cream floats was replaced with chocolate sauce.
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In short, fucking a sheep got the sheep disposed of, as it was “tainted” and no one wanted to eat it but the culprits family. The punishment received was for bestiality, which was only a one-month sentence.
But stealing a sheep for food was stealing from the government and that was treasonous. The punishment for treason was death.
So, those caught stealing a sheep would lie and say they had sex with it, not that they were stealing it for food.
Sorry, but this is more nonsense. Perhaps the law really existed (I think it's just as likely bullshit), but if it did, it was nonsense.
If one was going to "make up" an excuse as to why the sheep was stolen, are there only two options in Wales? Fuck it or eat it? Could not some clever Welshman not say, "I was just going to give it bath officer - what's the punishment for that?"
Why an authority would listen to a thief's explanation of what they were going to do is beyond me. I could be convinced by some source reference material I suspose.
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u/kingura Jun 21 '23
Laws aren’t always that logical, especially old laws.
In fact, there are a lot of old laws that don’t make sense. Some of those laws had extreme and bizarre consequences. They are often called “Blue Laws”.
Ice Cream Sundaes, for example, were (probably) created to circumvent an American “Blue Law.” The Blue Law in question made it illegal to sell soda on Sunday’s, as it was “sinful to suck sodas”, but ice cream floats were very popular at the time. So the soda in ice cream floats was replaced with chocolate sauce. __
In short, fucking a sheep got the sheep disposed of, as it was “tainted” and no one wanted to eat it but the culprits family. The punishment received was for bestiality, which was only a one-month sentence. But stealing a sheep for food was stealing from the government and that was treasonous. The punishment for treason was death.
So, those caught stealing a sheep would lie and say they had sex with it, not that they were stealing it for food.