As part of Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge for this week I am taking the opportunity to show you what Irish Peat or turf from their bogs looks like. I took these photos at the Hill View House Farmhouse Bed and Breakfast in Tulla, County Clare Ireland. The owners of the Farmhouse enjoyed spending the day with their neighbors and their children cutting peat which is decayed organic matter used to fuel fires. She mentioned that originally it was done out of necessity due to the expense of gas and wood to heat their home. But, now she says they do it for community and to teach their children of their history. I hope this Irish Peat/Turf will warm your in box on a hot California afternoon.
Irish Peat/Turf
Irish Peat/Turf
At the Irish Museum of Archaeology in Dublin visitors can view Bog men that have been recovered from various Peat Bog locations throughout Ireland. They are remarkably maintained considering their age, 400-200 BC due to the natural mummification process culminating from a lack of oxygen and a combination of specific chemicals found in the bogs. The bog people are in various states of condition considering how they were found with heavy equipment or by hand in the bogs.
Clonycavan Man
Old Croghan Man
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Bulldog Travels / Photos By Jenny 
Wow some very dramatic photos! I almost jumped back from the screen i will admit.
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I hope they aren’t too creepy. I worried about that. Sorry for the shock!
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No worries it was just the hand looked so lifelike, as though it could have been alive yesterday. Amazing actually.
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It sure does! It’s amazing. I truly feel it is an amazing and fascinating treat to see them but part of me thinks they belong back under the ground with their privacy once more.
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Can you still get peat based compost in the US? We can’t on account of the fact that it has been dug up and burnt for fuel! Do you get peat in the US?
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Good question. I have never heard of peat bogs anywhere here. Wikipedia tells me that there are some in the Hudson Bay Area but not elsewhere in the U.S. It also says they occur in Ontario. Neat phenomenon that occurs mostly in the UK it looks like.
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We used it all up and what is left is protected!
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Yes. Ireland is similar.
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Impressive but also scary at the same time..
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Yah. Hope it wasn’t too creepy.
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I got to admit these are interesting odd balls this week. 😀
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Hopefully not too creepy!
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Interesting odd ball photos but yes, a bit creepy.
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