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Harlan Messinger  
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 More options Feb 3 2002, 2:36 pm
Newsgroups: alt.usage.english, sci.lang
From: Harlan Messinger <xyzmessing...@home.com>
Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2002 14:36:00 -0500
Subject: Re: origin of "Blue Laws"
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Yusuf B Gursey <y...@shell01.TheWorld.com> wrote:

>what is the origin of the expression "blue laws"? in the USA it refers to
>the set of regulations prohibiting the sale of items on sunday.

According to the Columbia Encyclopedia, "The term was originally
applied to the 17th-century laws of the theocratic New Haven colony;
they were called "blue laws" after the blue paper on which they were
printed."

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Harlan Messinger
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