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In the Gaelic parts of Scotland and Ireland, the word for heather was fraoch , pronounced nearly like German fröch . There are many regional differences in Gaelic, and fraoch can be pronounced “FREWX” or “FRAWX” in some parts of Gaeldom, perhaps explaining some of the spellings that have come into English for health-related words like frawlin or fraughan for blueberry, and freuchan for the “reinforcing toe cap of a brogue” (shoe, not accent) to prevent excessive wear by the heather.
Dwelly also gives fraoch nam curra bhitheag without translation.
GAELIC ENGLISH fraoch `tuted heather' (a)bhadain fraoch-an- `heath in which wind makes a buzzing sound' or `which crackles when being burnt' fraoch- `cracklng' or `screeching heather' sgriachain fraoch- `heather with a loud sound when burstin' spreadanach
The Celtic names grug and fraoch apparently come from Old Celtic v-roikos , which is cognate (or so says Klein's Etymological Dictionary ) with Latin brucus , meaning `maned or bristled.
And as you search for your ball in the fraoch, keep that fraoch off your face; and though you feel like eschewing your bootlaces, be careful what kind of fraochan you are eating.