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Shillelah   Listen
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Shillelah, Shillalah  n.  (Written also shillaly, and shillely)  An oaken sapling or cudgel; any cudgel; so called from Shillelagh, a place in Ireland of that name famous for its oaks. (Irish)





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"Shillelah" Quotes from Famous Books



... me. Why not slip the umbrella through the handle of one bag, as Pat carries his shillalah and bundle of duds, and grab the other in my free hand! Our carriage couldn't be far off. The exercise would keep my blood active and my feet from freezing, and as to the road, was there not the fence, its top rail making rabbit ...
— Forty Minutes Late - 1909 • F. Hopkinson Smith


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