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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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†BUTTER BRAUGHTINS, -BRUGHTINS, n. comb., pl. “A dish . . . prepared . . . as part of the entertainment provided for the shepherds at the Lammas feast. An oat-cake or bannock is first toasted, then crumbled down, and being put in a pot over the fire, has butter poured on it. This is used as a sort of pottage, and receives the name Butter-brughtins” (s.Sc. 1825 Jam.²).Peb. 1805 J. Nicol Poems II. 11:
An' last, an' best, their gabs to please, A coag o' butter braughtins Appear'd that day!