Boo-hoo-hoo! I posted about snath over a year ago, but Search doesn't find it. It's the handle of the scythe.
Aneother spelling is "snead" which I learned a long time ago in and article about Sam Snead, famous golfer 50 years ago. I have cut quite a bit of hay in my time. The snath I used had an "S" shape rather different from European ones.