rossity reets

ROS-ih-tee REETS

Resinous fir roots dug from the moor for kindling — the buried remains of ancient forests, preserved in peat and saturated with resin. They burn hot and bright and smell of pine. The moor remembers the forest.
Etymology
Scots: rossity (resinous) + reets (roots).
fire forest Scots
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