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    chance would hit the person in the middle, on the back with the knot of the sugan.
    This mans job was to find the sugan and bring it up between the knees of the man he found with it.
    The would change places the man in the middle with the man the sugan was found with.
    This would continue till till the would all have blistered backs and perhaps sometimes he bleeding.
    Patrick Niland,
    Newbrook, Ballyglass
    Got from Patrick Niland (64)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Niland
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Newbrook, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Patrick Niland
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    64