When they're going about in the fields or (are found) under wood, they are not good eating.

The best are those which are kept, or live through (literally _sleep_) the winter.
Take 'em and wash 'em and throw 'em into the kettle, with water and a little salt.

The broth's good for the yellow jaundice." "So you call a snail"-- "A bawris," said the old fortune-teller.
"Bawris! The Hungarian Gipsies call it a _bouro_.

But in Germany the Rommanis say stargoli.

I wonder why a snail should be a stargoli." "I know," cried the brother, eagerly.