The Abernethy biscuit wis foremaist makkit by doctor John Abernethy[1] in the 18t yearhunner[2] fur tae impruive disgeestion[3] an syne helpin halth.[4] Ithir doctors hid makit disgeestion biscuits (Bath Oliver, Graham Cracker).[5]
The Abernethy biscuit wis a fauvourit o William Gladstone[6] an is in the Dicken's buik The Pickwick Papers, whan a Mr Solomon Pell is (in Inglis) "regaling himself,...., with a cold collation of an Abernethy biscuit and a saveloy."[7] It is the king's disguise in a lesser kent comic opera by W.S.Gilbert, Princess Toto.[8]
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↑Russell, George William Erskine (1907). "Seeing and Hearing". www.gutenberg.org. p. 169. Archived frae the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2022.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
↑Gilbert, W.S. (1876). "Princess Toto"(PDF). GS Archive. Archived frae the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2022.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)