Bow-and-arrow history question: Killed by arrow on beach?

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Bow-and-arrow history question: Killed by arrow on beach?

#1 Post by Benny Nganabbarru » Thu Oct 31, 2013 11:05 am

Hey, we're just doing some curriculum planning around Viking history, and I seem to recall, in the dim and dusty recesses of my feeble mind, something about some king - perhaps Viking - who was strolling along a beach when he was shot in the backside by an arrow, and killed. Now, does anybody know more about this? I hope to goodness that I am not getting muddled-up with some movie, but perhaps I am. Thanks!
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Re: Bow-and-arrow history question: Killed by arrow on beach

#2 Post by Benny Nganabbarru » Thu Oct 31, 2013 4:05 pm

Phew! I'm not going mad! I found it:

"Harold Bluetooth had once blockaded the ships of Svend in a bay. In the early morning he went ashore determined to destroy Svend and all his crews. While he warmed himself at a fire on the shore, one of Svend's men, Palnatoke, longbow in hand, crept up behind, and as Harold bent over the fire to warm his chest, shot an arrow that struck Harold in the rear end, went right up his body and protruded from his mouth. So perished the Bluetooth."

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Re: Bow-and-arrow history question: Killed by arrow on beach

#3 Post by Jim » Thu Oct 31, 2013 4:15 pm

:lol:
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Re: Bow-and-arrow history question: Killed by arrow on beach

#4 Post by hazard » Thu Oct 31, 2013 4:47 pm

Ben Kleinig wrote:Phew! I'm not going mad! I found it:

"Harold Bluetooth had once blockaded the ships of Svend in a bay. In the early morning he went ashore determined to destroy Svend and all his crews. While he warmed himself at a fire on the shore, one of Svend's men, Palnatoke, longbow in hand, crept up behind, and as Harold bent over the fire to warm his chest, shot an arrow that struck Harold in the rear end, went right up his body and protruded from his mouth. So perished the Bluetooth."

Page 29 of Longbow by Robert Hardy
To be quite honest the Bluetooth in my car deserves the same fate!! :wink: :lol:
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#5 Post by Len » Thu Oct 31, 2013 5:12 pm

Love it! I had read of that incident but didn't know where the arrow had struck him!
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Re: Bow-and-arrow history question: Killed by arrow on beach

#6 Post by longbowinfected » Thu Oct 31, 2013 5:46 pm

not funny make my eyes water
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Re: Bow-and-arrow history question: Killed by arrow on beach

#7 Post by little arrows » Thu Oct 31, 2013 6:54 pm

when I first read the post the image I got was - a Hagar the Horrible cartoon strip- just like ones on the back of the toilet doors at the Gladstone shoot. Nothing like a bit of entertainment whilst in the loo.

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Re: Bow-and-arrow history question: Killed by arrow on beach

#8 Post by west niall » Thu Nov 07, 2013 6:24 pm

little arrows wrote:when I first read the post the image I got was - a Hagar the Horrible cartoon strip- just like ones on the back of the toilet doors at the Gladstone shoot. Nothing like a bit of entertainment whilst in the loo.

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    Re: Bow-and-arrow history question: Killed by arrow on beach

    #9 Post by AndyD » Thu Nov 07, 2013 8:31 pm

    Don't we call that a "Texas heart shot" :lol:
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