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Islands (12th century) used a
dried blend of red and
brown seaweeds,
called "
Vraic" or "wrack", to
spread over
potato fields during the
winter months to enrich...
- bite or two of meat. It can
alternatively be
served on a bed of
seaweed (
vraic). A
plateau de
fruits de mer may include:
Oysters Shrimp Lobster Periwinkle...
- south-facing côtils (steeply
sloping fields). They were
originally grown using vraic as a
natural fertiliser,
giving them
their own
individual taste; only a...
- "Braye Harbour". One or two
words linger on in the
local English, e.g.
vraic (seaweed
fertiliser – a word
common throughout the
Channel Islands), and...
- "soy". One or two French/Auregnais
words are
still in
common use, e.g.
vraic (seaweed fertiliser), as well as impôt,
which is the word used for the island's...
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British Isles; but they have no
permanent inhabitants;
though fishermen,
vraic (seaweed used for fertilizer) collectors, yachtsmen, kayakers, and even...
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commercially significant industry based around the
harvesting of
seaweed (or
vraic in the
local language, Guernésiais).
Records suggest considerable activity...
- that
island by
sending all the
snakes and
toads from
Guernsey to Jersey.
Vraic is the
Jersey word for seaweed, and the
collection of
seaweed for fertiliser...
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linguistic heritage such as the word "hougue" from the
Norse meaning hill and "
vraic"
being a type of seaweed. The island's loss of the
language reflects a significant...
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officer at elections, or
other functions),
projet (parliamentary bill),
vraic, côtil,
temps p****é (time past), vin d'honneur (muni****l or
official reception)...
