On 02Aug2021 2321, Jeff Rowse - jeffrowse at hotmail.com (via tml list)
wrote:
> I seem to recall it was originally used by English archers to show French attackers that they still had the two fingers necessary to nock and fire their longbows...
>
> Plus ce change, as they say...
That doesn't really work though - the longbow generally requires a
three-finger draw.

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