Lug is an old Scottish word, also used in the North of England for the ear. From this original meaning evolved the various other meanings for lug, hence the verb to lug originally meant to pull by the ear, and later became a term meaning to pull or carry something with great effort. The term also was applied to a projection resembling an ear, and this evolved into any small projection from an object by which an object can be carried or fixed in place. Research Lug
Jenny Geddes is the name tradition gives to a street fruit-seller, who, during the tumult in St Giles' Church, Edinburgh, in July 1637, when the dean attempted to introduce the Episcopalian service-book, threw her stool at his head exclaiming, 'Villain! dost thou say mass at my lug?' (translates as 'Uneducated peasant! Do you preach mass at me?') This tumult led to events which annulled Episcopacy and restored Presbyterianism. The honour of the exploit has been claimed for a Barbara Hamilton, wife of John Mein, merchant in Edinburgh, but Jenny Geddes, the street fruit-seller's claim, has always been the popular one, and a memorial brass was placed in St Giles to her memory. Research Jenny Geddes
In Celtic mythology, Balor was the demon king, god of death. He ruled the Fomori, demons who lived in the impenetrable darkness of the sea's depths and in lakes and dark pools in the upper world. He was killed by his son, Lug, who shot him with a sling-shot. Research Balor
In Celtic mythology, Cuculain was the nickname of Setanta, the warrior son of Dechtire and Lug. He won his nickname when he killed the fairy watchdog of the smith Culain, and agreed to guard Culain's fields himself for a year while a replacement was trained for the job. Research Cuculain
In Celtic mythology, Gawain was the son of King Lot of Orkney or the sun-god Lug.
Gawain was one of Arthur's most loyal and noble followers. One New Year's Eve a green giant rode into the hall at Camelot and challenged the bravest warrior there to cut off his head, and then one year later, to visit the giant's castle to have his own head chopped off. Gawain accepted the challenge and decapitated the giant, who picked up his head and galloped away. One year later Gawain went in search off the giant and came to the castle of Lord Bertilak and was entertained there for three days and three nights. Each night Bertilak's wife came to Gawain and tried to seduce him, and each time Gawain resisted her. On the fourth day, alone in the castle grounds Gawain came upon the giant and bent down to have his head cut off. Three times the giant swung the axe, and each time he stopped short, before disappearing and Bertilak stood in his place. Bertilak told Gawain that the entire thing had been a test set by Morgan le Fay to find the bravest of Arthur' s followers, and that each swing of the axe was for a night when he had resisted the attentions of Bertilak's wife. Had he given in to temptation he would have died. Research Gawain
In Irish mythology, Lugh (Lug) was the god of light. He killed his grandfather, Balor, during the great battle in which a new order of gods and goddesses took over from the primal beings of chaotic energy. He was the god of skill and ability. Research Lugh
The Carl Gustav M45 is a series of Swedish blowback operated, automatic sub-machine-guns first produced in 1945 and adopted as the standard weapon of the Swedish Armed Forces, and also sold to Egypt, Indonesia and Ireland. The guns are chambered for the 9 mm Parabellum cartridge and have a rate of fire of 600 rounds-per-minute with a muzzle velocity of 365 meters-per-second and an effective range of 200 meters. The original M45 took a Suomi 50-round box magazine, the B variant (Carl Gustav M45B) introduced in 1948 changed the magazine for a double-stack magazine with a capacity of 36-rounds which proved so reliable it has been widely copied in other weapons. The C variant has a bayonetlug and the E variant is selective single-shot or automatic. A silenced variant was also made and used by US Special Forces in South-East Asia. Research Carl Gustav M45
The Ruger Mini-14 is a gas operated self-loading carbine introduced in 1973 and based upon the designs of John Garand. The Mini-14 is chambered for a 5.56 mm cartridge which it takes from a 5-, 10-, 20- or 40-round box magazine and fires with a muzzle velocity of 1005 metres per second to an effective range of 300 metres. The Mini-14 has a 470 m long barrel and is fitted with a bead on post foresight and an adjustable aperture rearsight. A military version, the Mini-14/20GB with a protected foresight, flash suppressor, bayonetlug and a heat resistant fibreglass hand guard was also produced. Research Mini-14
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