| Show I II I I THE IRISH HAVE A WORD WARD FOR IT T l i v rl t f t kt r Q a t a H Y t 71 1 I S 3 vY 2 wt 31 N r F f. f It q A I pp 4 k aV Aar 1 C i e a aF n F 4 aw i a w i f a e 4 b y b. b w wa a Q y f Y S t a ort y o a a v i ti nary R a N i q mars r x JQ A w 0 r R k l trY yS f t tv v i ra p 4 M y t a ti t tr L r t t 4 P ors ifF Con Can Stanton Killarney cane maker cane exhibits some tome of his handiwork In front of the shop where he makes shillelaghs The specimen in his hand handis is one of his more inspired efforts I q it r S Yf n a x t I i t t g YM i Sri g t i a r c e o wS w'S I t i t i 1 if t. t K j t AP nL 4 Y Y 1 fi if tl i p j- j jt rf t rp 1 Y tS f tJ f d J f. f i i 0 1 v J a S t if- if ift g t w ti h tee t T t wr V 14 i l t Y Ri A bu ft t Q Qi tJ tY t. t v- v t 4 th h t t t- t il V if t f O i-O k t t rl HA t iS s' s Y ti v 4 o t r eE a r Mayi 9 JR b bit r. r m s sa it io o a kz a C z Afo i t w From Con Stanton Stanton's s collection of walking sticks Heads aro are worked Into f whatever design th the th raw material suggests Third from left is Is face of f. f i Mussolini 3 A shillelagh ac according to the dictionary ia ill u cudgel of blackthorn or oak A shillelaghs according to w practically any Irishman Is II a useful thing to have about you when an argument leaves leavel the verbal plane place and enters the realm of less lees subtle persuasion Pronounced Iro U this thil Celtic persuader is ranted named after a barony and village in County Wick low Iw in hI the cast calli of Ireland It manage manages to rise rile to the surface of 01 conversation in innumerable parts parl of It the till globe about this time of year when for u It brief but ht colorful 24 hours known as a. March larch 17 Irishmen the lite world over observe the feast least of th their St. St Patrick Whether it was teas this weapon the venerable saini used to drive the snakes out lut of Ireland or a mere lUere Have tae of f the hand sand I if nt recorded recorded but but few Irishmen Irish Irish- men will wUl dispute that the shillelagh could cullI scare the lit daylights even a snake 1 The staking making of oC a shillelagh for lor all of or its pi pa imi live the qualities is something of an rl i-rl rt and is done entirely by hy hand baud In these pictures l Con of or Killarney y who makes stakes walkin walking dif ks mil and thil- thil reveals Ie some of or the tricks Iricks of oC hit hir trade f Shillelaghs dont don't get us taul use dayt do as they did in the thc time of 01 Irelands Ireland's trouble but Lut theres there's ninny many a home in hs the Emery Id 1 Isle where here they're kept dusted off and in an accessible spot spot spot- just in ea case c. c w r rJ k Y 4 ra t rY l a tic w 1 o tM w E H Y i t t r 7 aF 3 n it y tri syb 4 4 YF t R 0 S gt a iffy a w at J Rr J a Y w w a oaf w Carved Caved lacquered polished Raw material for a shillelagh properly decorated with a Gaelic Gael Goal a good length l of 1 IK W or 2 ic is phrase and Irish harp and blackthorn with a large knob equipped with a leather thong at the base where the tha roots the finished shillelagh looks begin Weight of shillelagh varies something like this No two of from two to five or six pounds our cour aure are ore just clo o. o Ws r I w a 3 I- I I ka 1 I LF f W t j ab b It F Yi 4 Y r it p V. V b twy ac ty Here Con Can applies the finishing touch a coal cool of of fine varnish to a walking stick The head Is U tl shaped to fit th the hand Sticks are bought as much for their feel feal as a. for their looks look r f i y w t Sn p pt pv F t v 7 t i iThe r 3 Ka rc S y r The Irish walking stick f left Ift ff starts out as a. a length of oak blackthorn from fram or cut cui a main branch was w as at right It takes take hours of loving work to conert con con- ert crt the tha br branch Into Inlo a proper prope cone cane |
