... veneration, or rather dread, with which the thorns were regarded. It was. and still Is, -a common belief the Bighlacds that each blackberry contolM a poisonous worm ; and another popular belld, probably kept up prevent children eating them when unripe, Is that ...

... three varieties upen each; IjO plates of pears. 203 of peaches, of plums, 12 of apricots, 111 of cherries, of grapes, of blackberries, of strawberries, of raspberries, 24 of gooseberries, 36 currants, and 280 of roses. Each plate is particularly named. ...

... BfitterebVa who once went with them to tno cornfield, ond i/tbo pit the deed body of the littlo boy wee found. Thera ore blackberry hushes tlwpit.and is BUDDMed he mast have fallen into the water whilst trying P £w«ch the fruit, verdict of “Accidental ...

... of my fellow beings never see an apple growing, nor hardly blade of gnm. oT* bedge-rowf with its clustering wild fruits, blackberries, and hazel nuts; and, again, 1 think what land of Goschcn this far-off country place would to those poor waifs and strays ...

... Es* SCHOOL DAYS. Still sits the schoolhouse by the road, A ragged beggar sunning ; Around it still the sumachs grow. And blackberry vines are running. Within, the master's desk seen, Deep scarred by raps official; The warping floor, the battered seats ...

... the ditches which produce reeds north of the Wyre are very pretty with the nodding reeds, which are feathering finely. Of blackberries there an abundant promise. will a couple of months as rule before they are ready for gathering, but I some Chat Moss during ...

... managing owners for the Barrow Steam Navigation Company. Guides to the Isle of Man are in ordinary sense plentiful as blackberries; but -the work now under notice is novelty in its way, and, apart from the mere physiographical information which it affords ...