School: An Clochar, Neidín

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1. Homemade Instrument for Twisting Súgáns

   

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   The reel in the middle was grasped with left hand while the right twisted round wire marked A. The sugán was attached to B. Twist made from the handle of enamel bucket.

   

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2. Anecdote of Eoghan Rua

   

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   One day Eoghan Ruadh was at a country ''Station''. He was then a young lad and a poor servant boy. Every time Eoghan made an attempt to go to confession he was pushed back by the priest and first preferance given to the more well-to-do people present. After a time Eoghan went + sat on a heap of turf at the end of the kitchen. When the Priest had finished all the confessions he beckoned to Eoghan. Then Eoghan answered in verse- Ní hí an bhochtaineacht is othlaibh liom Beidh síos go deo Ach an tareasnae a leanann í

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