... -OW -^J&^r BlMBLWiriC 'Ns kV ryi-t X l*fi IRISH AIR THE BLACKBERRY BLOSSOM. When I was but a weesliy boy, My mother's pride, my father's joy, My hands and mouth had full employ When blackberries were ripe. And oft my mammy she would squeeze The thorns ...

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... esoteric meaning to the initiated. And even the blackberry plays a humble part in the system, for, according to Cornish people, the first blackberry seen will banish warts. In parts of Ireland a decoction of blackberry leaves in hot water is recommended for diarrhoea ...

... BLACKBERRIES. 1 .FRESHLY-Pirkisi Berries bought any quantity . Id. per lb. free) by H. Rye, Wicklum ...

... BLACKBERRY FRIDAY. The last Friday in September. it appears, is set apart. year by year now, for the new holiday, and to-day the scholars and teachers of the public schools of Newcastle will again, given line weather, be enjoying a healthy ramble in the ...

... BLACKBERRY syrup. With some lump sugar rasp off all the yellow from three lemons. Then slice up the fruit and squeeie out all the juice. Tut this on the sugar and add ground ginger and mixed sweet spice to form paste, which then put into a deep earthenware ...

... Blackberry Jelly. Many of us are apt to take it for granted that preserving ends with July, but we must not forget the autumn preserves, and a few recipes for some of these may be acceptable just now. Blackberry jelly is a luxury which is overlooked by ...

... BLACKBERRY FRIDAY. The last Friday in September, it appears. is set apart. year by year now, for the new holiday, and today the scholars and teachers of the public schools of Newcastle will again, given fine weather, be enjoying a healthy ramble in the ...

... TO PRESERVE BLACKBERRIES. Blackberry jam: Crush quart of fully ripened blackberries with 11b. of finely pounded cane loaf sugar, put it in a preserving pan, and let it simmer over a gentle fire until the jam becomes thick. Add wineglassful of brandy to ...

... BLACKBERRY BLOOMS. By Minnie Quins'. Caressed by airs of summer balm, Dew-fed, through night hours slow and cal_i» Sun-thrilled by day ; Fair, fragile, fluttering blcssoms, kissed By shimmering streams of golden mist^ Each slender spray, With aary grace ...

... BLACKBERRY SYRUP. ------- With some lump sugar rasp off all the yellow from three lemons. Then slice up the fruit and squeeze out all the juice. Put this on the sugar add ground ginger and mixed sweet spice to form a paste, which then put into a deep ...

... By culinary arts, unsavoulry deema. In most parts of England blackberry-picking ends at Michaelmas, for a very quaint reason. Ore Michaelmas Day, so rune the rural bolief, the blackberry passes under the dominion of tho devil. It is extraordinary tu ...