Rake-and-scrape Rake-and-scrape Rake-and-scrape is a genre of music native to the Bahamas. Its main instruments are associated with the Goombay drum, Accordion also known as a Concertina, and a Hand saw. In 1886 an article in the Nassau Guardian mentions the usage of the Banjo, Drums, Concertina and other instruments during a celebration by Black Bahamians. The Concertina is also referenced to be in use in Nassau by Black Bahamians by William Drysdale in his book "In sunny lands: out-door life in Nassau and Cuba pg 29" written in the early 1880's. William Drysdale writes "They were three of a kind
Fleam Dyke was to defend their core settlements in eastern Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk against Romano-British counterattacks in the 5th century AD. Icknield Way may be unremarkable nowadays but it is of huge historical importance. It is certainly a pre-Roman path often claimed as the oldest in England and was later named one of the "Four Highways of medieval England" on which travellers had royal protection. To that extent, Fleam Dyke, Flendish Hundred and Fulbourn have their place in history. Fleam Dyke is one of 286 sites selected by Charles Rothschild in 1912 to 1915 as wildlife sites "worthy of preservation" in