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School: Inis Eoghanáin (B.) (roll number 1949)

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Innishannon, Co. Cork
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Seán Ó Fuartháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0322, Page 123

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    ends in to the middle of the "foir", and the grain placed on top of them. The sugans were made longer that the circumference of the "foir".
    From ten to twenty sacks of grain were put into each "foir", and then the top was crowned with straw and brought to a point in the centre. To make it more secure, it was sometimes thatched, and bound with lighter sugans.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    J. Forde
    Gender
    Unknown
    Address
    Innishannon, Co. Cork