Shillelag (was RE: [Sca-cooks] quarterstaffs)

[Celia des Archier]

Stefan asks:
> I thought a "shillelagh" was a sword. It is a staff?

It's actually a "walking stick" which was used as a cudgel.  There is an
Irish form of "stick fighting" which developed from the use of the
shillelagh and that type of fighting seems to resemble fighting with a
quarterstaff in some ways.

Here are a couple of links for more information:
http://www.irishcultureandcustoms.com/AEmblem/Shillelagh.html
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/4933/shillelagh.html

Celia