Pea shooting is the act of shooting dried pea

Pea

A pea is most commonly the small spherical seed or the seed-pod of the pod fruit Pisum sativum. Each pod contains several peas. Peapods are botanically a fruit, since they contain seeds developed from the ovary of a flower. However, peas are considered to be a vegetable in cooking...

s out of a tube, a pea shooter

Pea shooter

Pea shooter can refer to:*Pea shooter , a toy consisting of a long tube that the user can blow through to shoot dried peas or small bits of paper*P-26 Peashooter, the first production all-metal monoplane fighter aircraft...

, by blowing through it. A similar effect can be achieved by using small bits of paper

Paper

Paper is a thin material mainly used for writing upon, printing upon, drawing or for packaging. It is produced by pressing together moist fibers, typically cellulose pulp derived from wood, rags or grasses, and drying them into flexible sheets....

 instead of peas.

A sport has developed around pea shooting, in which peas are shot into a target, similar to those used for archery

Archery

Archery is the art, practice, or skill of propelling arrows with the use of a bow, from Latin arcus. Archery has historically been used for hunting and combat; in modern times, however, its main use is that of a recreational activity...

. The target may be made of a soft substance (Putty) so that the peas will stick into it or at least make indentations that easily identify the location of the hit. The World Pea Shooting Championships

World Pea Shooting Championships

The World Pea Shooting Championship has been held annually since 1971 in the village of Witcham near Ely in Cambridgeshire, England. It was conceived as a fund-raising idea for the Village Hall by the headmaster of the village school, John I...

 are held annually in the village of Witcham

Witcham

Witcham is a small village near Ely in Cambridgeshire, England.The village is surrounded by fenland farms and has a village hall and a 13th-century church dedicated to St Martin. It has a pub called the White Horse, which was the winner of the Ely and District CAMRA Rural Pub of the Year Award...

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United Kingdom

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