Sugan (Morobe Province)
Sugan may refer to: * Súgán, an Irish word for straw rope * Sugan, alternate name of Sulaqan, Qom, a village in Iran * Sugan (album), ''Sugan'' (album), an album by Phil Woods with Red Garland recorded in 1957 {{dab ...
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Súgán
Súgán or súgán cotháin is a form of rope made from straw in Ireland, being the Irish word for straw-rope. Uses Súgán as a rope could have many uses, being used as a weaving material to make household items such as cradles and baskets. The most recognisable use of it is that of a woven chair seat, commonly known as a súgán chair. These chairs tended to have a wooden frame, and the seat being made by weaving súgán through the frame. Some of these chairs looked more like an armchair, with the entire body being wrapped in the rope. Pejorative term Súgán has also been used as a pejorative term in the Irish language, the nearest English equivalent being "a man of straw". It is most commonly used in reference to James FitzThomas FitzGerald, the 16th Earl of Desmond Earl of Desmond is a title in the peerage of Ireland () created four times. When the powerful Earl of Desmond took arms against Queen Elizabeth Tudor, around 1578, along with the King of Spain and the Pope, he ...
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