Another commonly repeated suggestion is that the phrase comes from the names of the villages of Hook Head and the nearby Crooke, in Waterford, Ireland. Hook Head and Crooke are on opposite sides of the Waterford channel and Cromwell (born 1599, died 1658) is reputed to have said that Waterford would fall 'by Hook or by Crooke', that is, by a landing of his army at one of those two places during the siege of the town in 1649/50.
daars verskillende verduidelings maar die Iere vertel graag die een van Cornwall wat Ierland wou inneem, By hook or by Crook, en Hook is by die vuurtoring en Crook is oorkant die rivier. Hy het gemeen hy sal Ierland inneem van hOok se kant af of van Crook se kant af.
