Timothy Belmont was in the heart of Killynether Woods, near Scrabo in County Down, sawing hazel today. The purpose, as always here, has been to regenerate the hazel for a new copse on the slopes of the wood.
It is progressing very well indeed. We maintain a new section each year. Today we lit a roaring bonfire to burn the odd branches left over. I filled two sacks of logs for myself, as did several others. I am told that these logs should not be burned for a year.
A couple of crafts people came with us, their purpose being to gather hazel branches for an old art, the manufacture of coracles.
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Thatchers pay well for the one- and two-year-old straight sticks that shoot up after the stools have been copiced.
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