United Kingdom It is illegal for a lady to eat chocolates on a public conveyance. By Nineteenth century, the bastion of women’s lib.
North Carolina It’s illegal to dig ginseng on other people’s property between the months of April and September, according to an 1866 law. By
United Kingdom A member of the House of Commons is not allowed to resign his seat. However, if one wants to leave the post, he applies for (and is automatically granted) the Stewardship of the Aylesbury Hundred, which is a job with no duties or pay but which makes him ineligible for membership of Parliament. By