wimberry

plural wimberries

1. alternativeAlternative form of whimberry.

   "Well; I've just made a wimberry cake, for these childer. Yo can have a bit of that, if yo'n a mind."

   1879, Edwin Waugh, “The Wimberry Cake”, in The Chimney Corner, Manchester: Abel Haywood and Son, page 98

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   Wimberry tarts and pies are sold in pubs around Shropshire and the Marches. In Yorkshire they are known as 'mucky-mouth' pies and served as part of funeral teas.

   1996, Richard Mabey, “Heathers Ericaceae”, in Food Britannia, Sinclair Stevenson, →ISBN, page 163

   'It's only Lancashire people, and only those who live within a small vicinity, who've heard of a wimberry pie.'

   2012, Andrew Webb, “The North-West and the Isle of Man”, in Food Britannia, Random House, →ISBN, page 137