Ash balls - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 30831 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 322.00 DENNSTAEDTIACEAE Pteridium aquilinum | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Ash balls | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | Ash balls | Geography Description | |||
| Uses | Ash ballsUse: User: | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Huntingford Morgan J | Donor No | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Ash balls made from the fronds of bracken. In Monmouthshire they collect the fronds of this species during the summer months and burn them; the ash is then moistened sufficiently to enable it to be made into balls, which are dried ready fo, r use in washing all kinds of clothing. They fetch from 3 to 4 shillings per 100 in the market. The introduction of soda has decreased the demand for them. | ||||