Martin wrote:
On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:29:23 GMT, "Bioboffin"
wrote:

fourmations wrote:
hi all

I live on a small main road and have wild blackberries
in the front garden (about 30 foot from road)

would these be bad/dangerous to eat
(after thorough washing obviously)

my next door neighbour and his kids
eat them straight off the bush,

while browsing, i was amused by the
superstition of not picking after the 15th of sept
(the devil has spit on them!!)
although according to wiki there is truth in this
as the damper weather promotes mould etc

rgds

I suspect that the 'damper weather/devil' thing was based on
pre-global warming climate experiences.

The blackberries round here are fine (for blackberry and apple
crumble) as of yesterday, anyway.

In NL the farmers are out in the fields making hay and meadows are
full of buttercups.

They are a bit late, I think. (Both the farmers and the buttercups)


OTOH, maybe the Pope has been eating some...


If he had visited Munich this week he could have pontificated at the
Oktoberfest. The Pope is several litres short of being a real
Bavarian.

He has made his choices.