It seems there is a ready market for the sea weed harvested from the rocks in front of our house. The three small boats come by regularly and gather the Irish Moss, along the shore, right over to the rocks by Gill's house. It seems it has a thickening ingredient, used in ice cream and make up, especially where the term organic is advertised. Until recently, no one bothered with Irish Moss sea weed, but for the past few years, these little boats have been busy on our shore.
Last year, the children were playing on the rocks down by the water when the boats appeared collecting the seaweed. The children were not pleased to see these men in small boats taking the seaweed from the rocks, so Sarah called out to them "Why are you stealing our seaweed?" The men just smiled and kept working but the children raced up to report the theft. We explained that we own above high tide, but the men were working at low tide, so the seaweed was available to anyone who had a license to harvest seaweed.
Actually, the good people of Liverpool think that the harvesters are taking too much Irish Moss. Certainly, the children do not like it, but I rather enjoy watching these men in their little boats wrestle with the sea until the boat is full and loaded down with seaweed. Once last week, the tide went out, leaving one boat up on the rocks. Two other boats pulled him off, but it was not easy. One thing I know for sure is that I am glad I do not harvest Irish Moss for a living.
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