...and doesn't it take at least TWO fingers to draw a bowstring
anyway?
-G.H.
--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, David Coons <yahoo_at_a..
.> wrote:
> I thought this was a little off the wall.. snopes grandly
> debunks the longbow middle finger "pluck yew" myth:
>
> http://www.snopes.com/language/apocryph/pluckyew.htm
>
> dc
>
>
> debadger wrote:
> > Actually, the English longbow is made from Spanish Yew, according
to an
> > exhibit in the British Museum. English yew not being good for
making bows.
> > Curious. This suggests a long history of trade with Spain.
> >
> > Elena
Received on 2004-08-22 22:26:16