During his absence, the dog hurried up to the cottage, as on the previous day, and went off again immediately he had received his bannock.
"Stories of Animal Sagacity"
W.H.G. Kingston
On his return, sick at heart, at nightfall, he heard that his dog had appeared during the day, received his accustomed meal of a bannock, and then scampered off at full speed across the moor, being out of sight before any one could follow him.
"Stories of Animal Sagacity"
W.H.G. Kingston
So foolish writers are filching our good name by ignoring the Terms of Union, and deliberately or unconsciously are working up another scrap on the banks of the bannock-well, so be it, the times are a little dull; and we need a little national stiffening north of Tweed.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch