When were the blue laws first created?

Answer 1

http://candst.tripod.com/sundblue.htm

Answer 2

Actually, there are places that still do have blue laws. Bergen County in New Jersey is a perfect example. They have a large number of malls, shopping centers, big box stores (including a new Ikea) and other such things which attract massive amounts of shoppers from NYC (which is right over the George Washington Bridge).
Guess what? On Sundays, all those stores and malls are closed. You either have to head to another county in NJ that does not have blue laws or stay in NYC and pay the higher taxes.

Answer 3

So long as Man has shared written accounts of Gods and workings of organized society the social expression of the polite society came in Blue Laws. Writing began before 3,000 B.C. Graffitti etched upon pottery within Abu Suffian tombs is proof popular expression existed apart from the
economic organizational ability of authority figures thus seeding grounds for additional political restraints.

Answer 4

Most of the 'blue laws' were put into effect BEFORE Prohibition. They were meant to get men home from the bars earlier, and to keep Sunday 'sacred' ... and I'd like to know where you are from, since I know about the blue laws because they were still in effect where I live when I was a teenager ... I'm now 57, and I live in Seattle. email me at [e-mail] with the subject 'blue laws' ...

Answer 5

In the blue years.

Answer 6

During the blue flu! lol

Answer 7

There's a separate section on YA for home work.

Answer 8

They literally go back to Biblical times, even to the beginning of Genesis:
"And on the seventh day, He rested."
"Six days only shalt thou labor."
And similar instances.