Yep, John E. nailed it, we called it "Lighter Pine". Some trees were loaded with it & it can be picked up on top of the ground after the rest of the tree rotted away. We were taught as kids to collect the stuff, which was always used to start the campfires & fireplaces. Amazing stuff & very flammable. Just thinking about it i can smell it.
Funny thing, most of the time camping or hunting with diferent folks(especially Yanks), when the subject comes up, they look at me like i'm telling a Snipe story. So, after collecting a few knobs, splitting one, let them smell it, then put a match to it, they just sit there in wonderment
. We have more white pine & jack pine here in E TN, so i don't find as much here as i did in my youth in southern Louisiana.
Ah, there ain't nothing like a good camfire(started with Lighter Pine) in cool weather with good company, a cigar & a southern sipping whiskey(Rebel Yell, George ####le...etc)....but i digress:arg:
RD
Thanks for stirring up the memory Irish!
Note:Strange site editing of a really great whiskey. How about George W. D I C K L E?