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According to Wikipedia, its entry for strongbow is: Strongbow is a brand of cider manufactured in England by Bulmers. It is the UK's most popular cider, accounting for more than half of the cider sold in Britain.[1] Strongbow is also unique in that it is produced with a Royal Warrant. Wikipedia also says that Strongbow was "named after the Anglo-Norman knight Richard de Clare, later Earl of Pembroke, nicknamed "Strongbow" for relying heavily on Welsh archers during campaigns in Ireland, where the native Irish had few bows and relied on javelins"

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