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by miljanm 115 days ago
"Cut a stout blackthorn to banish ghosts and goblins"
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The game always made me think of this line too. I wonder if they had it in mind when they came up with the name.
A brand new pair of brogues, rattlin' o'er the bogs...
Frightenin' all the dogs, on the Rocky Road to Dublin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Road_to_Dublin

A classic I only know because it was in the RDJ Sherlock Holmes movie.

The High Kings do a good version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QdbeM2JWYE