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_By Hook or by Crook._--It is said that Strongbow, when debating with
his followers on the best mode of capturing Ireland, said, that it must
be taken "by Hook or by Crook." "_The Hook_" is the name of a well-known
promontory, forming the N.E. boundary of Waterford Harbour; and
_Crook-haven_ is an equally well-known harbour, on the south coast.
Could this have any thing to do with the proverb?