... and we must suppose that she was scarce in the old merry days. Then at l'ilichaelintis the Devil puts his foot on the blackberries, and great ill-luck was supposed to follow if anyone ate the berries after September 29th. There are many variants of ...

... young, healthy, and strong. Yes, Sir, in the good old days of two hundred years ago centenarians were as plentiful as blackberries. Now, I know that some of your readers will say that this is all bosh. Well, let us put it to the test. I'll give names ...

... this country. Strange that strawberries should be yielding a second crop, and that in November, while the hedgerows contain blackberry bashes still showing blossom and green berries. It is further noteworthy that in the early part of the week harvesting ...

... constables was walking down the Long Quay he saw the girl picking the clothes oft a line up there as if she were gathering black-berries. She stuffed the goods under her shawl, and then ran up a close and hid herself on a stair, where the police after some ...

... But there was no sign of any house. The tall, dark hawthorn hedges, with their lighter undergrowth of wild rose bushes and blackberry vines, hemmed them in. The harsh, rasping notes of a corncrake sounded near, the mellow low of a cow came from an adjacent ...