Ignorance of the Law Is No Excuse

A vicar of an English village recently used a very old law to call people together for archery. And beer.

"Though a lot of the laws were repealed, that particular one still stands so she's entitled to call the men of the village, and presumably the women and children too, to archery practice."

Mrs Edwards said: "It's an unrepealed law from some time in the middle ages and I can call all the men - but I've extended it to all people - in the parish to archery practice.

Residents were rewarded for complying with the law with a bar, a barbecue and live music.

"We are celebrating the building of a new loo in the church. After all these years we have at long last brought running water to the church."