In 'Little Scotland', please note a man of straw (4-4)

'in little scotland please' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'note a man of straw' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'note' could be 'nb' and 'nb' is present in the answer.
'a' is found in the answer.
'man' could be 'corby' and 'corby' is found in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?