Walking stick stick. In addition to its value as a decorative accessory, it also continued to fulfil some of the function of the sword as a weapon. The standard cane was rattan with a rounded metal grip. The clouded cane was made of malacca (rattan stems) and showed the patina of age: Some canes had specially weighted metalwork. Other types of wood, such as hickory, are equally suitable. Various staffs of office derived from walking sticks or staffs are used by both western and eastern Christian churches. In Islam the walking stick ('Asa) is considered a Sunnah and Muslims are encouraged to
Shit stick modern usage, Atcheson L. Hench (Hench et al. 1964: 298) suggests calling someone a "shit-stick" may combine the ideas of "shit" and "stick-in-the-mud". The lexicographer Eric Partridge (2006: 1726–1727) lists three slang terms. Words meaning "shit stick" are associated with the Chan/Zen school of Buddhism. Victor Mair (2008: 107) explains that most great masters in this school "did not directly state what they wanted to say, but used a conclusive shout or a knock on the head with a rod, or yet spoke such words as "dry shit stick" that are situated somewhere between comprehensibility and incomprehensibility in order to