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Wrapping Up the Berry Business for this Lughnasa Posted by on Aug 12, 2010

le Róislín Our last blog looked primarily at the berry known in Irish as “fraochán” [FRAYKH-awn] or “fraochóg” [FRAYKH-ohg] and in English, most commonly, as bilberry, blaeberry, or whortleberry, and additionally as winberry, whinberry, bog bilberry, myrtle blueberry, and black-heart.  Confusingly, for me at least, as a non-pomologist, there’s also some overlap in terminology with…

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