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... open space. At fair times cattle had stood on the sward and bovs hunted for birds’ nests and picked It was a convenience ‘blackberries among the bushes. also forthe tempomary deposit of road-scrapings or metal. For 60 years, certain, it had been open to ...

Published: Thursday 22 January 1891
Newspaper: Cornishman
County: Cornwall, England
Type: Article | Words: 1469 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

The Cornishman

... protect enclosed land near towns. Through the seasons of primroses and bat and ball, May whistles and hawthorn, birdaesting, blackberries, and buahbeating, fences are torn and grass trodden. Mr Julyan is subject to this in the vicinity of Truro. As well may ...

Published: Thursday 12 February 1891
Newspaper: Cornishman
County: Cornwall, England
Type: Article | Words: 3517 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

THE WEEK’S MARKETS. Camborne, Saturday.—Beef, 5i to per lb; pork, IJd 7il; veal, 5d to per lb ; ling, lid

... many years. Thera are some good American cranberries obtainable. Owing their peculiar qualities they should combined with blackberry jam in cooking. A Pair Bxautixui* Skin.—Sulpholine Soap gives th natural tint, and makes the Skin smootn supple healthy ...

Published: Thursday 19 February 1891
Newspaper: The Cornish Telegraph
County: Cornwall, England
Type: Article | Words: 1148 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

A VILLAGE TRAGEDY

... by the young people of the adjacent village and vicinity in pleasure parties to the woods, and numerous excursions to the blackberry thicket which gave the name of Briarfield to Uncle Bedford's neighbourhood. Flossie Denton was ever the lending spirit, ...

Published: Friday 27 February 1891
Newspaper: Cornubian and Redruth Times
County: Cornwall, England
Type: Article | Words: 1133 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

LOCAL REFERENCES

... the horses swam when the rising tide covered the sands between and St. Ivee. Bt. Hilary rejoiced in the plentifnlnees of blackberries in the absence of other food. At Gramponnd, a constable brought him the Mayor’s command to cease preaching, and he answered ...

Published: Thursday 05 March 1891
Newspaper: The Cornish Telegraph
County: Cornwall, England
Type: Article | Words: 1953 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

OCCASIONAL NOTES

... green as grass, and ’tism’t grass; As red 28 and ’tisn t blood As black asi and ’tisn’é ink! What isit? The four stages of a blackberry. ENDIVE, succory, scadious, bugluss, balm, and several other herbs are still much used by amateur herbalists. *The extent ...

Published: Thursday 12 March 1891
Newspaper: Cornishman
County: Cornwall, England
Type: Article | Words: 760 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

FRUIT-FARMING IN CALIFORNIA

... beeis, turnips squashes, pumpkins, aad other vegetables you can consume in a year, besides strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, currants, gooseberries, musk and water melons.' But while I have seen grapes growing open fields low vines like English ...

Published: Thursday 09 April 1891
Newspaper: Cornishman
County: Cornwall, England
Type: Article | Words: 1643 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

TRIPLETS:

... in the inhabitants of our county, which is certain to be the case. Triplets are about as Scarce as white elephants er blackberries in winter ; so, being now much in Babydom and all that ap- pertaineth thereto, I sallied off on a recent day to track the ...

Published: Thursday 07 May 1891
Newspaper: Cornishman
County: Cornwall, England
Type: Article | Words: 1262 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

THE TWO PROCESSIONS

... self and Lina. When it was possible she worked at mine. She cut on the wastelands and made brooms of them ; she picked blackberries in autumn and soid them to such folk as had no children to pick the fruit for pastime. Often she starved. But Lina had ...

Published: Thursday 11 June 1891
Newspaper: Cornishman
County: Cornwall, England
Type: Article | Words: 1658 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

THE WEST BRITON THURSDAY EVENING JULY 1891 WEBB Co CLOVES and Co For COSSETS THE STREAM Love It glance fbwerp

... ex-secretary The lady looking remarkably dandsome or lo-ness her dressed bee little too elaborate tlie lady of invariably blackberries paddle ! Mrs very rarely appropriate in drees never forgot becoming “ And you think I cleverly? said Yes Duncombs I be ...

OUR YOUNG FOLKS’ LETTER

... September morning, when the still green fields were all glittering with dew, and bright webs of silver gossamer sparkled on the blackberry bushes, acorn and mushroom found themselves side by side. Toe mushroom was tall and freshlooking, and thought deal of himself ...