[Sca-cooks] quarterstaffs

[Michael Acord]

One can see a representative shillelagh in the movie "Gangs of New York."
     Mike Acord

Terry Decker wrote:

> A shillelagh is a hardwood cudgel, traditionally of blackthorn, oak, 
> or other local wood.  It is the SCA MBC (mucking big club) and is 
> swung one or two handed like a baseball bat.  The more genteel version 
> is the Irish blackthorn walking stick.
>
> Bear
>
>> I thought a "shillelagh" was a sword. It is a staff?
>>
>> Stefan
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