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Behold this mighty shillelagh, the Burl of walking Earth (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by AFaithfulNihilist@lemmy.world to c/stick@sh.itjust.works

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[–] ForestOrca@kbin.social 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Shillelagh explained: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shillelagh - Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) taproot.

[–] octoperson@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is a shillelagh so precisely defined? I thought any good thwomping stick could be a shillelagh in the hands of a stout Irishman.

[–] ForestOrca@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

I had thought it was a briar tap root, but realize as I write this, that the briar tap root is used for making pipes. Being quite clearly a fan, but no authority, I hit up wikipedia, like ya do.