But, in fact, they are different tools that perform best when used to do what they were designed for. The modern axe and hatchet consist of a steel head attached to a wood or composite handle. Some hatchets are formed from a single piece of steel, such as this Estwing.
Definition of SIDHE. 1. plural sidhes: an underground fort or palace in which fairies in Gaelic folklore are held to live. 2. a sidhe plural: the fairy folk of Ireland in Gaelic folklore b: a member of the sidhe: a fairy in Gaelic folklore â compare banshee.
A female spirit in Gaelic folklore believed to presage, by wailing, a death in a family. Irish Gaelic bean sÃ­dhe, woman of the fairies, banshee : bean, woman (from Old Irish ben. See gwen- in Indo-European Roots) + sÃ­dhe, fairy (from Old Irish sÃ­de, genitive of sÃ­d, fairy mound. See sed- in Indo-European Roots). My father screams like a banshee.