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School: Morton St. Convent Nat. S. (roll number 12349)

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Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Miss Annie O' Dwyer
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  1. How Súgáns Are Made

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    How Súgáns are Made
    My Father told me that when the hay is in cocks in the fields they make súgáns. Two men make the súgáns. One man gets a piece of a stick six inches long with a crook on it. The other man would be kneeling down and he'd have hay in his hand and he would keep twisting it till it would be a foot long. The man with the stick would put the hay in the crook of his
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
          1. rope-making (~133)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jennie Kennedy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rathronan, Co. Tipperary