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Shillelagh

Edged And Melee Weapons

A shillelagh is a wooden walking stick and club, or cudgel, typically fashioned from a stout, knotty blackthorn stick with a large knob at the top. It is closely associated with Ireland and with Irish folklore. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Club / Mace / Blunt Weapon 1
Weapon Class
Club 1
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Shillelagh
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    wooden walking stick and club or cudgel
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    A shillelagh ( shil-AY-lee, -⁠lə; Irish: sail éille or saill éalaigh [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.
  • In Group: Clubs and Whips, Lead sentence
    A shillelagh ( shil-AY-lee, -⁠lə; Irish: sail éille or saill éalaigh [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.
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Wikidata: Shillelagh
Wikidata Q2006959, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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