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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Uses of Furze
Oliver Rackham, The History of the Countryside (1986; rpt. London: Phoenix Press, 2000), p. 295:
Furze is an important and widely-used fuel; it produces a quick hot blaze suitable for heating ovens, getting up a fire in the morning, or burning heretics.