hair in turf?

sm213

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?

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?

slowburner

Bog cotton?

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.

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.
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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.

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

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.