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School: Béal Átha Fhinghín (B.)

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Ballineen, Co. Cork
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Beircheart Seártan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0311, Page 059

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    Méarán = Sugán one makes without an assistant, coiling it up as it is made.

    "Bhuídhseog" [Weeshóg] = a long thin wisp of straw, not twisted, with which a seamhnán or a hive is made.
    Coiseagan - A stout, twp-ply sugán with an eye at one end and a knot at the other, used for fastening a chain on a horse's fetlocks, the knot being passed through the eye to tie it on.
    Straidhn - a tendency towards violence in working, or playing - "Theres a straidhn in him"
    Buabán a kind of stick.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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