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Example sentences for "elderberries"

Lexicographically close words:
elbowing; elbows; elde; elded; elder; elderberry; elderly; eldern; elders; eldership
  1. But he said I must go and stump elderberries just the same" said Peter.

  2. When you've been stumping out elderberries all the afternoon it'll take more than the Judgment Day to keep you awake all night," he said.

  3. In autumn they may be taken in nooses, by suspending elderberries near them, either in orchards or thickets.

  4. Towards winter they may be caught in spring-traps with elderberries hung opposite.

  5. Towards the end of summer, spring-traps may be set, with elderberries and gooseberries hung near them.

  6. They may be entrapped in autumn with spring traps and springes, by hanging elderberries before; but, after every precaution, they generally break their legs.

  7. In the house they eat the same things as other tits; but at first, ants' eggs and elderberries must be added.

  8. At their departure, towards the end of summer, they also eat elderberries and currants.

  9. As he is generally caught in the autumn he is soon accustomed to artificial food, by having elderberries and meal worms mixed with it for several successive days.

  10. Towards autumn, when the latter fail, it is contented with elderberries till the time of its departure which never varies.

  11. But only of late has chemistry explained that Elderberries furnish "viburnic acid," which induces sweating, and is specially curative of inflammatory bronchial soreness.

  12. And only a few elderberries did spill out.

  13. Brave Horatius did have feelings those elderberries ought to be going to the house we live in.

  14. He had eaten his fill from a cluster of elderberries I had hung on the tree, and he lingered to sing a little, as he often did.

  15. Early in the season elderberries ripened, and offered food to whoever would come.

  16. The elderberries tried to hold out too, but they were no match for the lad's perseverance.

  17. But the elderberries did not seem to mind either moon or mowing, and flourished alike in all the quarters.

  18. For the past two years Old Thomas had given up the contest, and the elderberries had it all their own sweet way.

  19. The Fillmore Elderberries "I expected as much," said Timothy Robinson.

  20. I'll finish with your elderberries before I leave them," promised Ellis.

  21. I am picking elderberries for your mother,' said the lieutenant at last, humbly.

  22. The charm of fruit-gathering to girls is enhanced in the case of elderberries by the inoffensive softness of the leaves, boughs, and bark, which makes getting into the branches easy and pleasant to the most indifferent climbers.

  23. One fine afternoon she accompanied Molly in search of elderberries for making the family wine which was drunk by Mrs. Loveday, Anne, and anybody who could not stand the rougher and stronger liquors provided by the miller.

  24. Elderberries canned in a thin syrup, one cup of water, two of sugar, and all the berries the jar will hold, are excellent for steamed pudding.

  25. Pick the elderberries when full ripe; put them into a stone jar, and set them in the oven, or in a kettle of boiling water, till the jar is hot through.

  26. Then strain the liquor through a hair sieve, draining it all from the raisins, and put to it three pints of the juice of elderberries and a pound of loaf-sugar.

  27. Mash eight gallons of picked elderberries to pieces, add as much spring water as will make the whole nine gallons, and boil slowly for three quarters of an hour.


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