The History of Six Nations New Years traditions: what is ‘No:ia’?

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 1 egg, well-beaten
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 4 cups of flour
• 1 teaspoon of baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon of salt
• 1 teaspoon of nutmeg
• Optional (but not really): 1/2 cup of Raisins.
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar and 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 4 tablespoons of butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups of buttermilk
• 1 egg
• 6 cups of all-purpose flour
• 4 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon of salt
• 3/4 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
• 3/4 teaspoon of ground nutmeg
• Optional: Raisins. Somewhere between 1/3 to 1/2 of a cup. Some say no. Some say yes. Ultimately they belong there.