Bawbee
Baxterians
Joseph Baxendell
Baxendell's Nebula
Bay Laurel
Le Chevalier de Bayard
Bayardo
Bay Salt
Bay Rum Distilled
Bay Rum Aftershave
Bay Rum Tree
Bryce Bayer
Bayer Filter
Bayer Heroin
Friedrich Bayer
Bayer Aspirin
Bayer Dyestuff Factory
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 New.jpg "A Bawbee is a debased silver coin representing six Scots pennies and about equal in value to a half penny English, first issued in 1541, in the reign of James V. The word is probably derived from the laird of Sillebawby, a contemporary mint-master, as appears from the- Treasurer's account, September 7th, 1541, ‘ argento receptis a Jacobo Atzinsone, et Alexandra Orok de Sillebawby respective’ Jenny's bawbee. Her marriage portion. Wha'll hire, wha'll hire, wha*ll hire me? Three plumps and a wallop for ae bawbee. An old rhyme embodying a reflection on the supposed parsimony and poverty of the Scots. The tradition is that the people of Kirkmanhoe were so poor, they could not afford meat for their broth. A cobbler bought four sheepshanks, and for the payment of one bawbee would ‘plump’ one of them into the boiling water, and give it a ‘wallop’ or whisk round. The sheep-shank was called a gustin bone, and was supposed to give a rich ‘gust’ to the broth.")
