In olden times a kind of (was) rope was made from hay and straw, it was called a sugan. Farmers used it or tying hay and straw to secure it against the storms of winter. It was also used for seats for chairs in farmers houses It took two persons to make the sugans. One letting the straw in little bits and the other twisting either with a piece of timber about nine inches long or what they called a castore. The castore was in
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