Everyday Heritage, Everyday Life, PHOTOGRAPHY,, Scotland

25th….a very Special Night

Robert Burns was born on the 25th January 1759…..and tonight those with Scottish Heritage will celebrate his life  on what is known as Burns Night….

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Robert Burns Birth place Alloway,  Ayrshire

This simple one time farm dwelling in Alloway was Burns birth place and for several year his family home.  Today it is an interesting and intimate museum depicting his life…. well worth a visit.

Robert Burns (also known as Rabbie Burns) became one of Scotland’s most famous, and possibly  favourite Poet and Story Teller; many of the stories reflecting Scottish life and folklore and told in song often written in Scots dialect.

Auld Lang Syne is perhaps the most widely sung of Burns writings…and of course a New Year favourite.  Burns even has a hat named after one of his charismatic  character’s   Tam o’ Shanter.

His short life (he died in 1796) made a big impact in Scottish Literary circles of the time and continues to have an influence on the Scots Literary Education today.

Of course the Haggis will be the centre piece of any celebrations and with it a toast with Scotland’s favourite dram!

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The Robert Burns Memorial Park, Alloway

A short life but one that left an enduring literary legacy worthy of celebrations….

No wonder that in 2009 Rabbie Burns was voted Scotland’s Greatest Scot by popular Public vote

25th January

(C) David Oakes 2016

6 thoughts on “25th….a very Special Night”

  1. I’ll join you with the wee Dram. Got two bottles here waiting for that. But haggis? Eewww… I do not eat meat so that must be an incentive for me to really not want haggis…. brrr…. hehehehe

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  2. Thanks for reminding me, David. I was in a Burns Choir when I was a kid and got to love singing his songs. His poems … well ‘Tam O Shanter’ is best ghost story … and a favourite quote, like a proverb in our family – “O wad sum Power the giftie gie us, tae see oursels as ithers see us” Cheer! Meg

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    1. There is more than one. His Birthplace, simple and not over commercialised, then up at the Park a Burns Centre usual y packed with coaches, then in the Memorial Park itself with its walk down to Brig a Doon….then if that is not enough Burns for your sole then there is the old Kirk. Worth a visit and good luck with the sunshine (make your own arrangements for that!)

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