Wood
May 15, 2019
If you have a wood burning Aga or fire this handy piece of folklore is invaluable...
Beechwood fires are bright and clear if the logs are kept a year
Chestnut is only good, they say, if for long it's laid away
Make a fire of Elder tree, death within your house will be
But Ash new, or Ash old, is fit for a Queen with a crown of gold
Birch and Fir logs burn too fast, blaze up bright and do not last
It is, by the Irish, said that Hawthorn bakes the sweetest bread
Elmwood burns like churchyard mould... even the very flames are cold
But Ash green, or Ash brown, is fit for a Queen with a golden crown
Poplar gives a bitter smoke fills your eyes and makes you choke
Apple wood will scent your room with an incense-like perfume
Oaken logs, if dry and old, keep away the winters cold
But Ash wet, or Ash dry, a king shall warm his slippers by
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