10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VRAIC»
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vraic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
The History of Guernsey: With Occasional Notices of Jersey, ...
It is interesting to see the men in knots, where the vraic gives, sometimes forty to
fifty of them in a few yards space, with their immense rakes, having a head
between two and three feet long, teeth of fourteen inches, and a sapling or young
elm ...
2
The Guernsey and Jersey Magazine
This marine herb is called in Normandy, as well as in the Channel Islands,
varech or vraic, and, in Britanny, gouesmon and sarr. It is here used both as fuel
and manure, and so highly are its agricultural qualities appreciated by the
islanders, ...
3
Barbet's Guide for the Island of Guernsey, etc. [With a map.]
Indeed, so essential an article is it deemed in the rural economy of the
inhabitants, that “point de vraic, point de hautgard,"—“no sea weed, no corn
stacks,” has passed into a proverb; and to the abundance of this herb in this
neighbourhood is ...
Se.a-weed, called vraic, varecq, varech, or wrack, is one of the riches of the
Channel Islands. Indeed Sark would be absolutely barren but for Herm vraic; and
Guernsey and ]ersey would both be worth little more than the traditional old song
if ...
Edmund Hodgson Yates, William Tinsley, William Croft, 1868
5
The Engineer's and Mechanic's Encyclopaedia, Comprehending ...
Experience has determined that the kilns for burning vraic should not exceed
about 3 feet in width inside, nor more than 2 feet 6 inches high, but they may be
of any convenient length ; usually they are about 18 feet. In some places holes
are ...
6
The Engineer's and Mechanic's Encyclopædia: Comprehending ...
Experience has determined that the kilns for burning vraic should not exceed
about 3 feet in width inside, nor more than 2 feet o" inches high, but they may be
of any convenient length ; usually they are about 18 feet. In some places holes
are ...
7
The engineer's and mechanic's encyclopaedia
Experience has determined that the kilns for burning vraic should not exceed
about 3 feet in width inside, nor more than 2 feet 6 inches high, but they may be
of any convenient length ; usually they are about 18 feet. In some places holes
are ...
8
The Channel Islands: Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, &c
quantities of sea-weed, the law establishes the mode of division amongst those
who reside in these parishes. But the largest and most valuable supply of vraic is
not obtained by the chance contribution of the tide ; but is taken from the rocks on
...
Henry David Inglis, Matthew Scholefield, 1834
9
Mountain Passes of Sloveni: Wurzenpass,
Vraic, Postojna ...
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10
The Laws, Customs, and Privileges, and Their Administration, ...
Vraic, collecting of.— The right of the Royal Court to fix the time for collecting the
Vraic was fully confirmed by the Royal Commissioners Gardiner and Hussey in
1607. " We doe therefore order, That the saide Bayliffe and Justices only, being in
...
Abraham Jones Le Cras, 1839
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VRAIC»
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vraic is used in the context of the following news items.
The Isle of Man and established expatriates are barred from the …
SIR – Potato farmers in Jersey once used seaweed known locally as vraic as a natural fertiliser. Contrary to popular belief, the EU has not banned its use. Vraic ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
Potato perfection! As the world's scrummiest spuds return to the …
'We still fertilise the potatoes with seaweed gathered off the beaches after autumn storms, called vraic,' he says. 'It hasn't changed.' On the other side of the ... «Daily Mail, Mar 15»
Des débats de l'ONU presque comme en vraiC'est quoi, les Mun ?
Une association étudiante organise le premier « Mun » bordelais, une simulation des débats aux Nations Unis. 60 pays sont représentés à la fac à partir ... «Sud Ouest, Feb 15»
Weekend break: Four foodie things to do on Jersey
In many cases, farmers still grow the potatoes traditionally and use Vraic, a fertiliser made from seaweed collected from Jersey's shores, to produce these waxy ... «Yahoo Lifestyle UK, May 14»
Denis Kilcommons: Jersey Royals the debate continues
Traditionally, growers used seaweed – known locally as vraic – as fertiliser but Francois le Maistre, from the Jersey Royal Potato Association told the BBC in ... «Huddersfield Examiner, May 14»
Gute Beinarbeit im Ärmelkanal
In der Sprache der Inselbewohner heißt es Vraic. In vielen Hecken entlang der Green Lanes oder vor den Bauernhäusern findet man Verkaufsstände oder ... «derStandard.at, Sep 13»
Marvel at the magic of the mysterious Channel Islands
Unless, that is, the unwary hiker stumbles upon Stinky Bay - so called on account of the large quantities of foul-smelling vraic (seaweed) that wash up there ... «NEWS.com.au, Aug 13»
Le "racisme anti-blanc", n'est "pas marginal mais minoritaire"
Ils sont 2 millions et les blancs 60 millions si on met 10 % de vraic co*s seulement pour racisme chaque, cela fait 200000 pour 6000000. La partie visible est ... «Le Nouvel Observateur, Sep 12»
Darling spuds of May: in praise of the Jersey Royal
The manure the animals provide, together with the use of vraic (seaweed gathered from the beach), is partly what gives the potatoes their special flavour. «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 11»
First Jersey Royal Potatoes appear in the shops
In the early days of the Jersey Royal export farmers used vraic, or seaweed, ... Mr le Maistre said that the use of vraic on Jersey Royal fields had started to die out ... «BBC News, Mar 11»
