Thread: Eating Hawthorn
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Old 02-10-2009, 01:46 PM
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Re: Eating Hawthorn
"Haigs" - probably from Haig Colliery - "pit" because thats what Hawthorn berries are full of - pits or stones.

Hows that for a Lancashire connection?
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