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By Peggie Phillips

... several times to pat it, until she realised that her hand was going through its head. The Pooka is blamed for rendering all blackberries uneatable after Hallowe'en by breathing upon them. i In Ireland there are fields where the Sidhe can, at will, make disappear ...

Published: Saturday 29 October 1960
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 285 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

Eye-catchers

... are the packs I've seen in the linen department of Patrick Thomson's of Edinburgh. In one pack All the delieate lines of a blackberry leaf are shown clearly in this gold breech by Flora Danica. there is an Irish linen tea towel of gay colour and design, ...

Published: Thursday 13 August 1964
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 291 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

Appetisers—from apples – and imagination

... brush the cooled pastry all over .with .the jam mix. Arrange the apple slices in alternate rows with half a pound of ripe blackberries to make an attractive looking flan, Make the nprle juice up to a half pint if necessary with water. Blend two level teaspoons ...

Published: Monday 11 October 1965
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 310 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

READY-MADE HOLLY

... flower heads from gardens the latter look superb sprayed with gold, and clustered around a red candle. Pieces of bracken and blackberry leaves can be picked as they are turning colour and before they start to curl. They should be placed flat between sheets ...

Published: Friday 01 December 1967
Newspaper: West Lothian Courier
County: West Lothian, Scotland
Type: | Words: 306 | Page: 58 | Tags: none

YANY ARTICLE. . IN° J‘i_’tvn © BOUGHT, | | “-£lO,--or,more “offered’. for. vinaigrettes. ,'r-Maunce Wyse, :16a ..

... State maker's hame, |: . price.:'phone . .number “if;:any.> inspection. [** early. Fehruary: :-Write::A. -Tynan. . 1 [ -Blackberry: -Lane:. Lr. -Rathmines: -Road. | |2 Duklin 6. Eire. - R “PIANO . --wanted: - 'good: = class’- in§trument:. |- Steinway ...

Published: Friday 07 February 1969
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Advertisement | Words: 301 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

T How to prune your currants

... T How to prune your currants U NLIKE >strawberries, . rasp: 7 berries, vand’:blackbérries, which * have the: same: - suffix, Booseberries’ - botanically - “are true: berried ‘fruits.: With the black, red -and . white currants they -belong: to ‘the’ ...

Published: Saturday 29 October 1966
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 322 | Page: 13 | Tags: none

AFTER CROPPING, TAKE CARE OF YOUR FRUIT

... ve support, thus reducing the numbers breaking at the heel in our Raspberries Strawberries Blackcurrants ‘ Redcurrants Blackberries Gooseberries of hardy PLANTS normal blustery September weather. This season has been very notable for its low yields ...

Published: Saturday 23 September 1967
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 286 | Page: 21 | Tags: none

BULK BUYING FOR -~ BIG FAMILIES

... are reflected through a comprehensive veietables and soft fruits list, including excellent strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries. There is also fish, from scampi and lobster tails, to rainbow trout and fish sticks. MEN’S SHOES Excellent value too are ...

Published: Monday 26 December 1966
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 316 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

in the shops

... in the shops gold become attractive earrings and necklaces. Perhaps the most successful is the “ blackberry leaf” brooch in the photograph which costs £3 Ss. These are on sale at McDonald’s of Glasgow. A large range of the famous French “Le Creuset” ...

Published: Thursday 13 August 1964
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 360 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

50 SELECTED DUTCH GLADIOLI 5/-

... Yellow 3/-) 25 Strawberries 3/-. 100 Onion Sets 2/6. [l2 Scabious 2/- 12 Green Beech Hdg. 2/6 3 REDCURRANT BUSHES 2/6 l 3 BLACKBERRIES 4/ 3 BLACKCURRANT 2/6 3 GOOSEBERRIES 2/6 Please send C.W.O adding 1/6 towards carriage and packing COWBIT ROAD NURSERIES ...

Published: Saturday 17 February 1962
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 298 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

W, red, white, pink. mauve or mixed (8-10 em) 100 for 4,6 50 GIANT NRIED EXHIBITION 6/6 Ten each of: SNOW ..

... daffodils. yellow 4/-. 15 D(‘»)UBLE DAHLIA TUBERS 2/- 100 onion sets 1/6 l.giue(wrrv bushes 3/6 . 3 gooseberry bushes 5/6. Blackberry D L Rl el i 15 RASPBERRY CANES 2/- ..'..'p-'-.? 6. Pyracantha_ red berry 3/ 25 EVERGREEN PRIVET 4/- 25 quickthorn 2/6. 12 ...

Published: Saturday 23 April 1960
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 268 | Page: 15 | Tags: none

50 SELECTED DUTCH GLADIOLI 5/- (Selected 8-10 em. bulbs). Choice of: red. yellow, pink. white, mauvk, orange or ..

... Yellow 3/.), 25 Strawberries 3/-. 100 Onion Sets 2/6 |l2 Scablous 2/- 12 Green Beech Hdg. 2/6 3 REDCURRANT BUSHES 2/6 3 BLACKBERRIES 4/ 3 BLACKCURRANT 2/6 3 GOOSEBERRIES 2/6 Please send C.W.O adding 1/6 towards carriage and packing. COWBIT ROAD NURSERIES ...

Published: Saturday 10 February 1962
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Advertisement | Words: 298 | Page: 14 | Tags: none