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03 Jan 10 - 09:58 PM (#2802619) Subject: Folklore: Soogans (Soogams, Sugams, Sugans, etc.) From: Rapparee Soogans (and various other spellings) were the quilts that cowboys, especially in the northern tier of the US, used inside their tarp bedrolls. My wife and a friend are currently researching soogans, and I've provided her with several references from my very own personal library (Ramon Adams, "Ten Thousand Goddam Cattle", and some others). I suspect that because the bedroll was often tied with rope and served as a chair, the word comes from the Irish "sugan." Does anyone have any other information or, best of all, an actual surviving soogan or two? |
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03 Jan 10 - 11:07 PM (#2802672) Subject: RE: Folklore: Soogans (Soogams, Sugams, Sugans, etc.) From: GUEST,999 "A soogan, which is pronounced 'sow-gan' as in 'sow a lawn,' not as in female swine, and not 'sue-gan,' as a lot of folks pronounce it, is your bedroll. That and your warbag--which could be anything from an old feedsack to a fairly fancy valise--was everything you carried on a traildrive that you didn't wear or have in your saddlebags. TexasCharley " Found this on another site, Rap. |
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05 Jan 10 - 02:44 AM (#2803689) Subject: RE: Folklore: Soogans (Soogams, Sugams, Sugans, etc.) From: GUEST,New Zealand There is a reference to sugan in the book by Kenneth Swan "Splendid was the trail". His was filled with "linder" |