Re: First Steps in ***bric - ***bric Dictionary and Grammar Website

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>> On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:58:31 +1300, in soc.culture.irish   "Fitlike
> A bannock is a kind of a cake, and burn means being on fire - so what is

> bannock burn?

In Scotland small streams are generally called burns. The old Gaelic term 
'beannach' was often used to describe bends in water courses, hence that
is 
one possibility. Another is 'bannog' which was an old variant of 'ben'. 
Although the idea that it was the place where someone burned their cakes 
does have a certain ring to it!

Allan