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   1 Also attrib.
   1898 J A Folklore xi, 279 Empetrum nigrum, L., ...red berry, black berry, rock berry...Newfoundland...Labrador. 1987 FIZZARD 179 The first [berries] to ripen were the blackberries, which grew profusely, especially on the Cape, and were used mainly for blackberry grunts.
   2 1982 MCDOOLING 81-2 In the summer of 1981...much of the 'blackberry fish' had to be salted... These fish are no good for freezing but they can be saved if they are split and salted. 1990 Evening Telegram 14 Jan, p. 19 What happens when the U.S.
   market takes a dip and the collectors don't want to go there; or when there is black berry in the fish?

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