tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254503312795252536.post2071639178139722770..comments2024-03-20T10:17:53.388+01:00Comments on tales from the birdhut: cow parsley yellow and red birdSaskiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10974723368542754165noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254503312795252536.post-55090192398887210312012-05-06T22:31:00.828+02:002012-05-06T22:31:00.828+02:00Hello, I've just come from a demonstration at ...Hello, I've just come from a demonstration at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, where a woman who dyes wool using plants told me about cow parsley. What amazed me, was that when I was a child, cow parsley was known as 'mothers die', and that if you picked it your mother would die! I realise now, that it was actually 'mother DYE'! Cow parsley is the 'mother of all dyes' ! Janjanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05545341224555862464noreply@blogger.com