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lia lamha laich
Nov 23^rd, 2024 at 8:01pm

Just found out about this . It translates to the Champions stone in Irish. Apparently they were kept in shield bosses, then thrown at the enemy in battle. All have a wedge shaped design. Some have holes drilled into them. The purpose is to allegedly have a cord tied to it so it can be returned in battle.
My question is how do you think it was thrown? I imagine you would want it point first.

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xud9a - call me zud 👍 Funditor Offline Ringing Slocks ! Posts: 925 Nottinghamshire, England Gender:	Re: lia lamha laich Reply #1 - Nov 24^th, 2024 at 7:48am Interesting ! As a drawing ....... it looks identical to a stone axe. Without knowing what it is made of and what the finish is and where, if anywhere it is sharpened, pollisoir or flaked there is little to say. But, if carried, and held on the blunt end , I wouldn't want to be skewered on the pointy end.😁👍
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TOMBELAINE Funditor Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 839 france Gender:	Re: lia lamha laich Reply #2 - Nov 24^th, 2024 at 8:01am What is your source ? The hypothesis seems to me "fragile". xud9a - call me zud 👍 wrote on Nov 24^th, 2024 at 7:48am: it looks identical to a stone axe. I agree. If you want throw stones, pick them up from the ground.
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Re: lia lamha laich
Reply #3 - Nov 24^th, 2024 at 11:07am

The main mention of these came from a series of lectures in the later 1800's. They were by professor Eugene O"Curry of Catholic University. They were On the Manners and customs of the Ancient Irish.
Of course the legends and storie of the Irish have tales of soldiers having throwing stones held in the boss of their shield, but they're never described. Given the time period, and the state of archeology then, I would think there would be error in the interpretation. What I really want to know, is do people think there is a way to thrown them so that pointed side hits? More out of curiousity.

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The greatest of all the accomplishments of 20th cent. science has been the discovery of human ignorance The main difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits.-Einstein I'm getting psychic as I get older. Or is that psychotic?

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xud9a - call me zud 👍 Funditor Offline Ringing Slocks ! Posts: 925 Nottinghamshire, England Gender:	Re: lia lamha laich Reply #4 - Nov 24^th, 2024 at 11:23am Ok ! ANYTHING, is possible. But ..... I can't (quickly) think of a reliable way of throwing one of these, repeatedly, point first. Knowing the almost perfect mixture of insanity and genius here abouts I look forward to theories and propositions and maybe even a video of someone doing it !!! Happy days, 😁👍
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TOMBELAINE Funditor Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 839 france Gender:	Re: lia lamha laich Reply #5 - Nov 24^th, 2024 at 12:11pm xud9a - call me zud 👍 wrote on Nov 24^th, 2024 at 11:23am: Knowing the almost perfect mixture of insanity and genius here Not for me. But I can try.
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Re: lia lamha laich
Reply #6 - Oct 1^st, 2026 at 5:38pm

slingbadger wrote on Nov 23^rd, 2024 at 8:01pm:

Just found out about this . It translates to the Champions stone in Irish. Apparently they were kept in shield bosses, then thrown at the enemy in battle. All have a wedge shaped design. Some have holes drilled into them. The purpose is to allegedly have a cord tied to it so it can be returned in battle.
My question is how do you think it was thrown? I imagine you would want it point first.

Hi. I read this post a few days ago and I remembered this. As it is not exactly the same weapon and it is from a different place and people I wrote it in the correct place and now I post here the link.

I hope you may find it interesting and it can throw some light about the lia lamha laich.

https://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1714677453/8#8

There was also a similar but different weapon called "bola perdida" (lost ball) or "bola loca" (crazy ball).

https://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1714677453/9#9

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