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…