The St. Patrick's Day shillelagh

Nolan, Janet.

Book 2002

On his way from Ireland to America to escape the potato famine, young Fergus carves a shillelagh from his favorite blackthorn tree, and each St. Patrick's Day for generations, his story is retold by one of his descendants.

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