Cow Shoes

A little over 100 years ago the Powers That Bein Washington DC [those who know what's best for us]decided to ban the production and sale of alcoholicbeverages in the Unites States, issuing in Prohibition.
This closed every legal bar in the country,but also gave birth to just as many Speakeasy's,if not more.  Canadian Club Whiskey flowed acrossthe border from Canada in such quantities thatthe company still boasts it produced the most
smuggled whiskey in the world.
Home grown stills popped up all over the countrytoo, producing alcohol from whatever they couldget to ferment.  The stills were often hidden inthe mountains or the woods, away from the Federal'Revenuers', who used whatever means necessary totrack these bootleggers up into the hills.

This brought on what was probably the most

inventive idea of its time...

Cow Shoes

Cow hooves were carved from blocks of wood

and fastened to the bottom of the bootleggers

shoes, the idea being that while the Feds

would track runners along the trails, they

wouldn't bother following a cow.

Eventually the government agents got wise to

the gimmick, and Cow Shoes faded away.

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