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Old 03-11-2006, 11:01 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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"Martin" wrote
On Thu, 02 Nov 2006 23:35:03 GMT, "Alan Holmes"
wrote:
"Trevor" wrote
Here in Yorkshire (and also in Scotland when I lived in
Aberdeenshire) they are called Brambles (both the plant and the
fruit).


And in West Ealing!


and in Zuid Holland!


And in East Angular.

A saying of my Nan's to someone looking a bit dishevelled was, "You
look as though you've been dragged through a bramble hedge backwards".

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Sue