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hair in turf?

  • 28-03-2016 07:17PM
    #1
    sm213
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 280 ✭✭


    Not sure if this is where to post but I think we found a clump of hair in a lump of turf we purchased.
    What do we do with this if anything?
    I suppose it could be some sort of plant life but it honestly looks like wavy hair.
    A missed bog body perhaps?


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  • #2
    Hotei
    Closed Accounts Posts: 506 ✭✭✭Hotei


    sm213 wrote: »
    Not sure if this is where to post but I think we found a clump of hair in a lump of turf we purchased.
    What do we do with this if anything?
    I suppose it could be some sort of plant life but it honestly looks like wavy hair.
    A missed bog body perhaps?

    Any chance of a photo or two?


  • #3
    slowburner
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 5,231 Mod ✭✭✭✭slowburner


    Bog cotton?


  • #4
    mocmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 135 ✭✭mocmo


    Not impossible that it's hair but very likely to be bog cotton, it can be incredibly tough and wavy like hair, usually a red / brown colour. If you can post a photo it would help.


  • #5
    wayoutwest
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 509 ✭✭✭wayoutwest


    Here in the N.W it is called 'wig' because it resembles hair.....its just preserved vegetetion of some sort. Here is a bit I was just about to burn.
    20160329_100540.jpg
    I was told that it used to be a devil to cut by hand with a slain.in the good old days. I like to use the 'wiggy shtuff' for starting the fire. I'm always looking out for any votive bog offerings in my turf after I heard about someone in Roscommon who found an small ancient knife when they were emptying the ash pan on their stove.


  • #6
    gozunda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,992 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    sm213 wrote: »
    Not sure if this is where to post but I think we found a clump of hair in a lump of turf we purchased.
    What do we do with this if anything?
    I suppose it could be some sort of plant life but it honestly looks like wavy hair.
    A missed bog body perhaps?

    You could contact the archaeology dept of the national museum with a description and photograph


    http://www.museum.ie/Archaeology/Contact-Us


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  • #7
    wayoutwest
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 509 ✭✭✭wayoutwest


    Try pulling of a few strands and burn with cigarette lighter ...if it smells like burning hair then you may indeed have yourself a bit of bog body.


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