What does fraughan mean?
Fraughan means (Ireland) The bilberry or whortleberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)..
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/ˈfɹɒhən/ · noun
(Ireland) The bilberry or whortleberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)..
Unlike the Wicklow Gold Mines at Mount Croughan, / Where thrives that Lilliputian Tree, the Fraughan.
His bare feet, as they trod the heather and fraughan beneath them , sent a thrill of primitive ecstacy to his expectant mind.
Over the centuries and over the seasons, fruit gathering became woven into the fabric of Irish rural life and the fraughan, being the first of the wild berries to ripen, was the occasion for an outing.
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Fraughan means (Ireland) The bilberry or whortleberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)..
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Unlike the Wicklow Gold Mines at Mount Croughan, / Where thrives that Lilliputian Tree, the Fraughan.
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