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This material tells about an ancient bush rye still cultivated in the North of Europe to a small extent. Slash-and-burn rye was mainly cultivated by finno-ugric tribes, most receantly by Finns in Finland, Sweden and Norway.

Finnish / Suomi: kaskiruis, juhannusruis, juureksinen; juureisruis, korpiruis
Estonian /  Eesti: puhmasrukis, alerukis, jaani-rukkis, laanerukis, kõrverukis  
Swedish / Svenska: midsommarråg, svedjeråg, finnråg