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by from-nibly 882 days ago
No cattle prod is something that a person weilds. A cattle prick is attached to a load like a wagon behind the animals to poke the animal to get it to keep moving faster than the load.

Edit: I guess formally it's called a goad

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goad

The phrase I'm pulling this from is "don't kick against the pricks"