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Old Photograph Crofter Making Bannocks Isle Of Skye Scotland
Old photograph of a crofter making bannocks in her cottage on the Isle Of Skye, Scotland. Traditional bannocks were heavy, flat cakes of unleavened barley or oatmeal dough formed into a round or oval shape, then cooked on a griddle, or girdle in Scots. In Scotland, before the 19th century, bannocks were cooked on a bannock stane, Scots for stone, a large, flat, rounded piece of sandstone, placed directly onto a fire, then used as a cooking surface. Historically, specially made bannocks were used in rituals marking the changing of the Gaelic seasons: St Bride's bannock for spring, Beltaine bannock for summer, Lughnasadh or Lammas bannock for autumn harvests, and Samhain bannock for winter. Other special Scottish and Gaelic bannocks include beremeal bannock, bride's bannock, cod liver bannock, cryin' bannock, fallaid bannock, fife bannock, Hogmanay bannock, Marymas bannock, mashlum bannock, Michaelmas Bannock, pease bannock, Pitcaithly bannock, salt bannock, sautie bannock, Silverweed bannock, St Columba's bannock, teethin' bannock, and Yetholm bannock. History Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to travel and visit one day.
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