You mean laws like these - - All English males over the age 14 are to carry out 2 or so hours of longbow practice a week supervised by the local clergy! - It is illegal to be drunk in a pub or bar. - Any boy under the age of 10 may not see a naked mannequin. - In Scotland it is illegal to be a drunk in possession of a cow.
It's kind of funny to think they 'erected' these laws. ... No wonder people are being hard-on the politicians
I just heard about that a month or two ago. As I recall, for the longest time Wisconsin lawmakers kept margarine from gaining widespread acceptance, because they wanted to protect the milk farmers. That was back when Wisconsin was still "America's Dairyland" as it's still officially known as.