Bonnie Story

Item #1051

(February, 1984) The Gnomes from Scotland crossed the Atlantic in the 18th century and settled along the Cape Fear River in eastern North Carolina. To celebrate their heritage, they named this lovely shell the “Scotch Bonnet.” Bonnie is sitting on it and remembering the Canadian ship that brought her family from Scotland. If you hold this statue up to your ear, you can hear bagpipes playing “My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean.”

Dr. Thomas F. Clark