tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487544455243599988.post537684020762454949..comments2024-03-23T13:48:38.305+00:00Comments on The Ever-Living Ones: LUGHNASADH - Gathering Fraochans at Brón Trogain.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487544455243599988.post-82995399003849933772017-08-02T09:37:24.752+01:002017-08-02T09:37:24.752+01:00Thank you - yes I was surprised to find them. Póca...Thank you - yes I was surprised to find them. Pócai Hócai - great name!Jane Bridesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884080979254453834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487544455243599988.post-9431543092611156142017-08-02T09:35:34.416+01:002017-08-02T09:35:34.416+01:00Then a timely post :-) Yes, whinberries here too i...Then a timely post :-) Yes, whinberries here too in places. Good luck with the story!Jane Bridesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884080979254453834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487544455243599988.post-18829392514745101782017-08-02T09:34:24.164+01:002017-08-02T09:34:24.164+01:00Yes they do grow very low - so hard to find! I ima...Yes they do grow very low - so hard to find! I imagined them to taste quite bitter, more like sloes, but they are quite sweet.Jane Bridesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884080979254453834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487544455243599988.post-63794935508732034532017-08-02T09:33:08.081+01:002017-08-02T09:33:08.081+01:00Gooseberries were sometimes called goosegogs in Li...Gooseberries were sometimes called goosegogs in Liverpool too Ray. I think cuiseógs referred to the bracelets made from the berries.Jane Bridesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884080979254453834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487544455243599988.post-53578262875187406532017-08-02T09:27:42.508+01:002017-08-02T09:27:42.508+01:00Lovely photos and great information - I'm amaz...Lovely photos and great information - I'm amazed how bountiful they are and I love the name of the bilberry pie!Freespiralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16489741429474840031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487544455243599988.post-2946579994661876212017-07-30T21:59:13.990+01:002017-07-30T21:59:13.990+01:00Lovely! We collected them on the mountain in Sout...Lovely! We collected them on the mountain in South East Wales where I grew up...coincidentally I am just working on a story in which they feature! We called them whinberries. xx<br />Christine Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10612454499884173149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487544455243599988.post-83659907275648031522017-07-30T20:18:19.888+01:002017-07-30T20:18:19.888+01:00A very enjoyable blog post, I well recall the semi...A very enjoyable blog post, I well recall the semi-sweet flavour of the bilberry which I was introduced to by a near relative who lived on Dartmoor, England. He said that where you find bilberry's you find the wild deer, they growing so low to the ground.A Heron's Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06563706152609630696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487544455243599988.post-26386945762834244392017-07-30T19:21:54.747+01:002017-07-30T19:21:54.747+01:00cuiseógs. How is this pronounced? In Northumberlan...cuiseógs. How is this pronounced? In Northumberland, I remember gooseberries being called goosegogs.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02420353937067807724noreply@blogger.com