Flies Graveyard or Flies Cemetery are nicknames used in various parts of the United Kingdom for sweet pastries filled with currants or raisins, which are the "flies" in the "graveyard" or "cemetery". In Scotland the formal name is fruit slice or fruit squares. In Northern Ireland the formal term is currant squares. In the North East of England they are called fly cakes or fly pie.
The mixture is similar to sweet mince pies, which are traditionally eaten at Christmas time in the United Kingdom.
Famous quotes containing the words flies and/or graveyard:
“As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods,
They kill us for their sport.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Since the last one in a graveyard is believed to be the next one fated to die, funerals often end in a mad scramble.”
—Administration in the State of Texa, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)