SC - I am So Ashamed! (long)

[Olwen the Odd]

One of the things I wrote down was how Dove is
>considered a "common" food today, but in period "Dove Cloisters" were 
>created
>in the castles of uppers to encourage doves to roost. Young boys would 
>climb
>to the top of the cloisters, shoo out the birds, and then net them for use 
>in
>dinners. Heck of a lot of effort if the Masters of the castle didn't 
>**eat**
>them or considered them **below station**.
>
>Lars

Yeah Lars.  I find it much easier to shoot them, but as children we used to 
bring them down with slingshot.

Anybody know how far back slingshots go?  I thought that went back to BC.  
So why didn't they use those??  A lot easier than climbing a building.
Olwen
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