School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Lic Snámha (roll number 11849)

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1. Local Industries - Súgán-Making (continued)

   

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   could be seen in the meadows making "sugáns". Every two people went together and one held a bundle of "coarse" hay whilst the other held an iorn stick called a "sugan twister". The hay was attached on to the "twister" and the "twister" was turned in the same direction always.

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2. Local Industries - Thatching

   

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   The thatch was got from the wheat or oats, and the scollops from the twigs of the fir tree. The scallops had to be pointed and the knots had to be cut off the timber, then the straw was bound into bundles and another small bundle was made on which the pointed scollops were stuck, to hand up to thatcher. The thatcher was paid at the rate of seven

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