Fallaid

Fallaid

Fallaid, in Scotland, was the refuse of meal left on the baking board, after a batch of bread has been baked. It was dry meal, and put on cakes when fired. An interesting custom used to prevail in the Outer Hebrides, where any remains of meal on the board would be made into a cake in the palm of the hand, and set to fire among the other and larger cakes. The custom has its origin in a superstition, that doing so keeps the store of meal from wasting. It also stems from the days when food was far less plentiful in Scotland and nothing could be wasted, except by the rich and extravagant.

The word may be akin to farl.

Dwelly (fallaid)


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