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Originally Posted by Breaker
I bought a authentic Irish fighting stick that doubles as a cane from Oldeshillelagh.com made in Shillelagh, Ireland. I like it.
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THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well done.
Remember, if you go to that website you will see short sticks called cudgels. Those are NOT allowed on planes. Those are clubs, pure and simple. The short history of the shillelagh as I know it is that during the British-Irish confrontations of the 17th through the 19 century the British banned weapons, which a cudgel certainly is. Thus, the Irish worked around this restriction by carrying "canes". It's hard to ban a walking stick.....
There are many legends but that's the one I am familiar with.