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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1773-1786, 1931
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BUTTER'D, ppl.adj. Used in combination with Bannock, Burstin and Sowens, indicating that these dishes had butter as one of their ingredients. Known to Abd.2, Abd.22 1937.Sh. 1931 “Saga” in Shet. Times (14 March) 7:
Aless, fir me an' Kirsty, it taks wir skaar o' tae an' butter'd-burstin' an' sookit hoe, wi da sam klaes apo' wir backs is whit wi wirk athing.Edb. 1773 R. Fergusson Sc. Poems (1925) 38:
Wi' butter'd bannocks now the girdle reeks, I' the far nook the bowie briskly reams.Ayr. 1786 Burns Halloween xxviii.:
Till butter'd So'ns, wi' fragrant lunt, Set a' their gabs a steerin.
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