News to me. Shouldn't be I suppose. I grieve for the loss of the government and other structures lost to humanity by the European conquest of North America.
You sent me to investigate O #12. Didn't take me long to find this:
#4 Justice of the bees
Along with cattle, the Brehons devoted much attention to the bee. Over twenty manuscript pages of laws governing beekeeping, honey production, and protection of bees survive.
According to Brehon law, “any bumble bee – ‘bumbóg’ in Irish – taking nectar from plants on a neighbour’s land could be accused of grazing trespass in the same way a cow or sheep would be if they strayed on to neighboring land.”
Bees are a little harder to fence in than cattle and sheep, so the law granted a beekeeper “three years of freedom during which time his bees were allowed free reign but on the fourth year the first swarm to issue from the hive had to be given to the neighbor as payment.”
Bee stings were also covered. Victims were entitled to a meal of honey from the bee’s keeper. If, however, they died as a result of the sting, two hives were paid in compensation to their family. This ruling was null and void, however, if the victim killed the bee in retaliation.
Moreover, if the bee-stung “victim” was found to have vandalized or disturbed the hive prior to the attack, the bees were considered justified and their keeper free from liability for any resulting injuries.
St. Patrick’s Day is here. A perfect time to brush up on your Brehon law! We hope you enjoy this glimpse into ancient Ireland’s earliest legal system.
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I couldn't find a century disclosure. But we know they had bee keepers.
On royals scandals, I recall one a few decades ago of some young royal lads shot naked in a hotel room, probably from a cell-phone camera. I have no vote in the matter. But as long as it's among consenting adults, I find it slightly encouraging.
I'm old enough to know rules can be pliable. Even if the E.U. said there has to be a gate 8 meters high, attended by two guards 24 / 7, I suspect there's ways to minimize the impact. Sure. The gate will be 8 meters high. But the two "guards" may be sleeping from 11
M to 7:AM. Bad example of a realistic principle. Wouldn't surprise me if the border requirements were relaxed or abandoned. What are they expected to accomplish?
Before I finished reading your sentence the first thought to my mind: KG3, the bloke what made Thomas Jefferson famous. The other, the Kennedy child, which I didn't know you knew until I finished the sentence. Sad tale. I gather they lobotomized her, and left her drooling in a corner for the rest of her life. I suspect death might have been more humane.
