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http://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pluck-yew/(permalink)
Author: snopescom
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not credible
language
English
Date published
1999-09-29
Entities
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  • The 'middle finger salute' is derived from the defiant gestures of English archers whose fingers had been severed by the French at the Battle of Agincourt.

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