Sort of how a lot of superstitions (bad luck to break a mirror, spilling salt, etc.) reflect the value/scarcity of the item in question.
"Stop messing around with that expensive, hard to replace and super fragile status symbol..."
t kid keeps playing
"or you'll get seven years bad luck!"
t backs away slowly
It's because an ox is so much stronger than a donkey, that hitching them to the same plow might lead to the donkey getting hurt.
Seems to me that there are a lot of "religious" laws that were created to make people/things safe, and they threw the God label on it to make people do it, i.e. I've heard that the prohibition against pork and shellfish was because people used to get sick eating those foods because they weren't cleaned properly (i.e. trichinosis), so they slapped a trayf label on it.
I'm trying to think why someone would think hitching a donkey and an ox to the same plow would be a good idea.
I'm trying to think why someone would think hitching a donkey and an ox to the same plow would be a good idea.
That probably is the next step after you make a bong out of a skull...
You've got one ox, you've got one donkey, why not? It's worth a shot, anyway?
Note to self: when farming, do not take Jesse's advice.
God. The OSHA of the Old Testament.
You've got one ox, you've got one donkey, why not? It's worth a shot, anyway?
Now we know where those crop circles all come from.