Seeing as we're talking about the longbow now...
There's whole lot of myth re the longbow.
The chosen battleground favored the English forces
The biggest myth is that the longbow was an English weapon wielded by English archers. It was in fact a Welsh weapon wielded in the main at Agincourt, Crecy, and Poitiers, by Welsh archers (albeit in the service of the English army).
http://www.sarahwoodbury.com/the-welsh-longbow/
Now stand by for epic thread drift....
No real offence taken Courtney. I get as frustrated as anyone with some of the cr@p the press can turn out at times - don't even get me started on the Daily Fail!!