Weird Facts

Weird West Virginia

Weird West Virginia Laws

 

  • No children may attend school with their breath smelling of "wild onions.

  • Unmarried couple who live together and "lewdly associate" with one another may face up to a year in prison.

  • When a railroad passes within 1 mile of a community of 100 or more people in it, they must build a station and stop there regularly to pick up and drop off passengers.

  • Any person who commits adultery shall be fined at least twenty dollars.

  • It is legal for a male to have sex with an animal as long as it does not exceed 40 lbs.

  • A tax of 1 cent is levied for every 16 and 9 ounces of coke sold in a store.

  • A person may be placed in jail for up to six months for making fun of someone who does not accept a challege.

  • It is illegal to snooze on a train.

  • A person may not hold public office if he or she has ever participated in a duel.

  • For each act of public swearing a person shall be fined one dollar.

  • According to the state constitution, it is unlawful for anyone to own a red or a black flag.

  • If you wear a hat inside a theater, you may be fined.

  • Roadkill may be taken home for supper.

  • Whistling underwater is prohibited.

  • In Alderson - One may not walk a lion, tiger or leopard, even on a leash.

  • In Huntington - Firemen may not whistle or flirt at any woman passing a firehouse.

  • It is legal to beat your wife so long as it is done in public on Sunday, on the courthouse steps.

  • In Nicholas County - No member of the clergy is allowed to tell jokes or humorous stories from the pulpit during a church service.

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