{"id":816,"date":"2021-01-25T11:23:13","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T11:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/?p=816"},"modified":"2021-10-20T08:30:32","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T08:30:32","slug":"burns-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/2021\/01\/25\/burns-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Burns Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Picture the donning of tartan, tables full of haggis and whisky and loads of traditional Scottish fanfare and poetry readings.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Born on this day 262 years ago, Robert Burns is Scotland&#8217;s national poet and every year, on the day of his birth, the 25th of January 1759 , Scots hold suppers and pay tribute.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-crNyjn sc-cpHetk fjhTnG\">\n<p>Burns was born as the first of seven children to parents William and Agnes and lived on the banks of the River Doon in Alloway, just two miles south of Ayr in Scotland. Throughout his life, Burns wrote hundreds of poems, songs and letters including the well-known works of Auld Lang Syne, Ae Fond Kiss and Tam O\u2019Shanter.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">&#8220;Should auld acquaintance be forgot,<br \/>\nAnd never brought to mind?<br \/>\nShould auld acquaintance be forgot,<br \/>\nAnd auld lang syne!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">For auld lang syne, my jo,<br \/>\nFor auld lang syne,<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll tak a cup o&#8217; kindness yet,<br \/>\nFor auld lang syne.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">And surely ye&#8217;ll be your pint stowp!<br \/>\nAnd surely I&#8217;ll be mine!<br \/>\nAnd we&#8217;ll take a cup o&#8217; kindness yet,<br \/>\nFor auld lang syne&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Burns Night is celebrated with a very traditional meal. 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