Grice
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The grice was a breed of swine found in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland and in Ireland. It became extinct, surviving the longest in the Shetland Isles, where it disappeared sometime between the
A reconstruction of a grice
Scilla verna
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Scilla verna, commonly known as spring squill, is a flowering plant native to Western Europe and Morocco. It belongs to the squill genus Scilla. Its star-like blue flowers are produced in April and Ma
Grice
…grice population, and sometime between the middle of the 19th century and the 1930s the breed was extinct. Grice's legacy remains in the wild bulb Scilla verna, known locally as "grice's onions" because it was a favourite food of the swine. In 2006, curators at the Shetland Museum and Archives commissioned a…
Scilla verna Cornwall
Spores of Antherospora tractemae on flowers of Scilla verna