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Scottish Traditions: Burn’s Night<\/h2>\n

Burns Night is a traditional celebration of Scotland\u2019s national bard, or poet, Robert Burns. It is held on 25th<\/sup> January, Burns\u2019s birthday, when Burns suppers<\/a> are held. They consist of a meal, poetry recitals and songs. The first supper was held at Burns Cottage by his friends on 21st<\/sup> July 1801, the fifth anniversary of his death.<\/p>\n

If you think that you don\u2019t know any of Burns\u2019s work, ask yourself if you have ever sung Auld Lang Syne on Hogmanay\/New Year\u2019s Eve or used the lines \u201cMy love is like a red, red rose\u201d on a Valentine card. If you have then you are familiar with some of his best-known work. Burns wrote his first poem aged 15 and in his short life wrote a vast number of songs and poems that can be accessed here.<\/a> He wrote in a light Scots dialect which was easier for those outside Scotland to understand and often wrote about very humble subjects, for example, his poem \u201cTo a Mouse\u201d is inspired by the field mice Burns saw while ploughing on his farm.<\/p>\n

The Life of Robert Burns<\/h3>\n

Burns was born on 25th<\/sup> January 1759 in Alloway south of Ayr, the son of poor tenant farmers. He received little regular schooling, but his father taught him to read and write along with arithmetic, history and geography. He was also taught Latin, French and maths by John Murdoch.<\/p>\n

For much of his life Burns, like his father, was a tenant farmer, all the while writing poetry and songs. But he struggled to make a living from farming and when he was offered a position on a plantation in Jamaica, he decided to emigrate. He could not afford the passage and a friend suggested he try to publish some of his work to raise the funds. In 1786 Poems in the Scottish Dialect<\/em> was published and became an immediate success. Later that year Burns left for Edinburgh to publish a second edition which again was successful and earned him a substantial sum of money. He was well received in Edinburgh, often a guest of aristocracy, and made many friends, some becoming sponsors.<\/p>\n

In 1787 Burns returned to southwest Scotland taking a lease on a farm in Dumfriesshire, but he also trained as an exciseman\u00a0in case the farm was unsuccessful.\u00a0He gave up farming in 1791 and moved to Dumfries where he made contributions to several volumes of songs, sometimes adding his own lyrics to traditional folk melodies and composing his own melodies from fragments of tunes. He continued to write poetry too, some advocating reform such as \u201cThe Slaves Lament<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n

He continued to work as an exciseman, often making long journeys on horseback in all weathers and this may have contributed to his ill-health at a rather young age for the time. On 21st<\/sup> July 1796 Burns died aged just 37. \u00a0His body lies in the Burns Mausoleum is St. Michael\u2019s Kirkyard, Dumfries along with that of his wife at the time, Jean Armour.<\/p>\n

Burns is renowned for having had many romantic relationships which resulted in several children being born, although not all survived infancy. Today over 900 people worldwide claim to be descendants of Burns.<\/p>\n

Host your own Burns Night<\/h4>\n

Due to covid-19 restrictions, many Burn\u2019s suppers will be cancelled this year, but you could host your own with your household.<\/p>\n

Need some inspiration to host your own Burns Supper? Why not try out some Burns Night recipes here<\/a>. Penguin books<\/a> have a guide on how to run your night and for inspiration, you can listen to or read some of Burns’s work through our Library.<\/a><\/p>\n

By Vivienne Hamilton<\/p>\n

Learn about other World traditions on our blog by reading:<\/p>\n

New Year Traditions from Around the World<\/a><\/p>\n

Spanish Christmas Traditions<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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