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Originally Posted by Chock
I do know part of the version I heard has some basis in fact, evidently it was often up to the local clergyman in villages and towns to organise archery practice for anyone over a certain age once a week, so that may be where the 'Sunday' bit comes from.
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Yup, that is true.
A kind of proto-national service to ensure England could raise quick, cheep armys to fend off the catholic nations.