I heard the same explanation, except it was the English and the French. THe other bit I read was that the bows were made of yew. If you were missing your middle finger you couldn't pluck yew.....the English would taunt the French, waving their middle fingers and shouting about being able to "pluck yew"!!

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spacelamb Reviewed by spacelamb on . The Story of The Middle Finger... Gather round all ye who wish to hear the story of the middle finger and how it came to be. A long time ago in a far away land called the british isles lived two nations(i think). One was called England, and the other, Scotland. Occaisionally these nations would get mad and fight each other. For a while though, the people of Scotland had an advantage. The Longbow. The longbow was an extraordinary weapon at the time. It provided much more damage to the enemy than a regular bow. The english Rating: 5