" well , and that will do , " said the woman . " now look at the sloe bush . " " we have also some near relations in the home of the potatoes , but higher towards the north than they grew , " said the sloes . " there were northmen , from norway , who steered westward through mist and storm to an unknown land , where , behind ice and snow , they found plants and green meadows , and bushes with blue - black grapes -- sloe bushes . the grapes were ripened by the frost just as we are . and they called the land ' wine - land , ' that is , ' groenland , ' or ' sloeland . ' " " that is quite a romantic story , " said the young man . " yes , certainly . but now come with me , " said the wise woman , and she led him to the bee - hive .
because there were bushes with blue - black grapes -- sloe bushes -- near where the potatoes grew .
why were the lands named "wine-land", or "groenland" or "sloeland" ?
why were the lands named "wine-land", or "groenland" or "sloeland" ?