A land where plastic shamrocks are rare, whin bushes are plentiful and the green isn't made in Taiwan. |
So she is understandably dismissive of the dismal gorse and whin on view outside the living room window of her Council house. |
Beyond that, weed draped on fence wire and whin bushes by the roadside, marked a Princess. |
He felt glad he had not left the white goat tethered in the whins on the hill. |
The smell of fresh turf, blooming heather and the nearby gorse or whins are never forgotten once experienced. |
His heart filled with fear of the unseen before him, the little dog lay for a long time in a clump of whins. |