The Middle Finger.

The history of the Middle Finger. Well here's something that I never knew before.

Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating victory over the English, proposed to cut off the middle finger of all captured English soldiers. Without the middle finger it would be impossible to draw the renowned English longbow and therefore, they would be incapable of fighting in the future. This famous English longbow was made of the native English Yew tree and the act of drawing the longbow was known as 'plucking the yew' (Or 'pluck yew').

Much to the bewilderment of the French, the English won a major upset and they began mocking by waving their middle fingers at the defeated French saying, ''See, we can still pluck yew! Since 'pluck yew' is rather difficult difficult to say, the difficult consonant cluster at the beginning has gradually changed to a labiodentalfricative 'F' and thus the words often used in conjunction with the one-finger-salute! It is also because of the pheasant feathers on the arrows used with the longbow that the symbolic gesture is known as 'giving the bird'.

My take

So, that's history!  

Tailpiece.

Got up at a quarter past 2, washed up and recited my prayers. Turned off to sleep soon after and was up at 6. The chores and was ready by a quarter to 9.

Off to the Foundation and finished up my work on the laptop. Lunch was at the Rest House and then bought a medicine for Maman and got his phone done up. Chambu, Mahesh and Bijumon had come along with us and we did some funny acts. 

The 'kaviyarangu', in the evening, went off fine.