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Whortle

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whort  (hwûrt, wûrt) also whor·tle (hwûrtl, wûrtl)
n.
The whortleberry or its fruit.

[Variant of dialectal hurt.]


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The bilberry season is traditionally August and September, during which months, if we can believe the great 16th-century herbalist John Gerard, "the people of Cheshire do eate the black whortles in creame and milke as in these southern parts we do eate strawberries".
 
 
 
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