In vain with Darts a diſtant War they try, / Short, and more ſhort the miſſive weapons fly.

In the following section I explore how the history of klephtism was related to Scottish and Irish myths of social protest, producing a bloodless picture of nationalist outlawry and associating it with particular forms of masculinity.

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What had been his hypothetical singular solutions? Parlour games (dominos, halma, tiddledywinks, spilikins, cup and ball, nap, spoil five, bezique, twentyfive, beggar my neighbour, draughts, chess or backgammon): […]