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To: 11th_VA

Probably apocryphal, but some legend has it that raising the middle finger as an act of defiance had its roots at Agincourt. As the story goes, the French so hated the English archers that if captured, they would lol of the archer’s middle fingers rendering them ineffective. In defiance the archers would flip the bird to the French arrayed before them.


19 posted on 10/11/2018 6:58:08 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: Joe 6-pack

That’s a fascinating little piece of information. Wow.


28 posted on 10/11/2018 7:28:27 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Joe 6-pack

I’ve heard that, too. It was specifically done to guys that fired the longbow. Without a middle finger, you couldn’t effectively operate one, so they’d chop them off if they captured you.


34 posted on 10/11/2018 9:24:59 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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To: Joe 6-pack
Probably apocryphal, but some legend has it that raising the middle finger as an act of defiance had its roots at Agincourt

That's interesting - whether true or not, I'm telling my grand kids (They love archery) !!! Thanks !!!!

38 posted on 10/12/2018 8:30:05 AM PDT by 11th_VA ("When passions are most inflamed, fairness is most in jeopardy." - Susan Collins)
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