ANST - History of a gesture - true/false?

[Timothy A. McDaniel]

I believe that there was no body or finger mutilation of
English archers, but I have no cites to back that up.

"The earliest record of the insult-V...comes from
... Rabelais: Panurge...'stretched he out the forefinger,
and middle finger or medical of his right hand, holding them
asunder as much as he could, and thrusting them towards
Thaumast.'  ... The earliest photograph...taken at a
football match in 1913."

Daniel de Lincolia
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