Woodburning Stoves Page
Coming Soon!
Old Woodburning Rhyme
Beechwood
fires are bright and clear
If
the logs are kept a year.
Chestnut's
only good, they say,
If
for long 'tis laid away.
But
Ash new or Ash old
Is
fit for a queen with crown of gold.
Birch
and fir logs bum too fast
Blaze
up bright and do not last.
It
is by the Irish said
Hawthom
bakes the sweetest bread.
Elm
wood bums like churchyard mould,
E
' en the very flames are cold.
But
Ash green or Ash brown
Is
fit for a queen with 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 winter's cold.
But
Ash wet or Ash dry
A
king shall warm his slippers by.
Anon.