Could Gort not be Ivy? - Autumn Prompt 2 - Part two

One of 20 modules of 'Ogham Prompts' (formerly ‘Journaling Nature Folklore’)

Now to the practical prompts of Gorse …

Crafting Gorse

During my young years, folks used to cut gorse, tie a stone on the end of a rope and tie a bunch of gorse above the stone. This was then taken onto a roof and down the chimney, then tugged up and down to clean the chimney.

The wood ash from burned Gorse is quite alkaline and dissolves well in water, tu…