It makes sense, hanging out in a field all day with nothing to do but flip rocks at stuff, youβd git gud quick.
It was a pretty common peasant weapon purely because you could make one super easy, and it fired a thing you could literally pick off the ground. Sling a rock at a wolf or a bear and itβll probably either be dead or get the hint of βah shit that guy hurts to fight, Iβll go find some other bastard.β