| 31. | Dried gorse or blackthorn was traditionally used.
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| 32. | British Railways closed Blackthorn station in 1953.
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| 33. | According to Gillis, Blackthorn " had some of the best moments in the book.
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| 34. | The undergrowth consists of Holly, Blackthorn and Bramble, with a rich ground flora.
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| 35. | There is a mixed shrub layer of hazel, hawthorn and blackthorn throughout the woodland.
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| 36. | It is a hundred year old oak plantation with an underlayer of hawthorn and blackthorn.
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| 37. | Isobel Blackthorn is a writer of fiction.
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| 38. | The Gaymer Cider Company, a subsidiary of Blackthorn and Gaymer's Olde English cider.
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| 39. | Blackthorn makes an excellent fire wood that burns slowly with a good heat and little smoke.
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| 40. | The flowering of the blackthorn might have been associated with the ancient Celtic celebration of Imbolc.
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