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A shillelagh (/ ʃ ɪ ˈ l eɪ l i,-l ə / shil-AY-lee, -lə; Irish: sail éille or saill éalaigh [1] [ˌsˠal̠ʲ ˈeːlʲə], "thonged willow") is a wooden walking stick and club or cudgel, typically made from a stout knotty blackthorn stick with a large knob at the top. It is associated with Ireland and Irish folklore.
Blackthorn makes an excellent fire wood that burns slowly with a good heat and little smoke. [29] The wood takes a fine polish and is used for tool handles and canes. [26] Straight blackthorn stems have traditionally been made into walking sticks or clubs (known in Ireland as a shillelagh). [30]
There is no actual connection between the walking sticks with the village or forest of Shillelagh (Irish: Síol Éalaigh, meaning "descendants of Éalach") in County Wicklow, other than the fact that both the original Irish names have ended up with the same Anglicized pronunciation. [2] Today the woods are owned and protected by the Irish State.
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Rungu throwing. A rungu (Swahili, plural marungu) is a wooden throwing club or baton bearing special symbolism and significance in certain East African tribal cultures. It is especially associated with Maasai morans (male warriors) who have traditionally used it in warfare and for hunting.
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Originally, Black Tom was a mutant whose principal power was the ability to generate and discharge concussive blasts of force and heat through any wooden medium. He typically carried a shillelagh, a traditional Irish wooden fighting stick, which he used as a focus for his power.
With a shout for the land of shillelagh. Far away in the west rode a dashing young blade And the song he was singing so gaily, 'Twas honest Pat Murphy of the Irish Brigade And the song of the splintered shillelagh. The day after battle, the dead lay in heaps And Paddy lay bleeding and gory, With a hole in his breast where some enemy's ball