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Robert Burns Day is a time of unheralded revelry & drunken
antics
DIR By: KatO9Tails
Date: January 25, 2019, 1:19 pm
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I figure y'all will be able to place this properly when site is
set up
It is the old mans birthday so for Scots world wide it is a time
to break out the bottles and sing and belt out the works of the
most famous Scot poet
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HTML https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/scotland-now/how-well-you-know-robert-13904130
It's that time of year again when it's kilt and tartan trews as
far as the eye can see and the haggis go into hiding.
As the world raises a dram to the Bard on Burns Night, we offer
you 25 interesting facts about Scotland's greatest poet, Robert
Burns.
1. His family name was actually Burnes . He was born in Alloway,
Ayrshire, on January 25, 1759, to William Burnes and Agnes
Broun.
2. Burns wrote his first poem aged 15. He ended up writing 716
altogether, all of which have been archived and recorded by the
BBC.
3. The notorious lothario fathered 12 children, nine of them
with his most famous love, wife Jean Armour.
4. His other lovers included Ann Park, Elizabeth Paton, Agnes
Maclehose, known as Clarinda in their secret letters, and her
maid Jenny Clow.
5. In 2009, Burns became the first person to appear on a
commemorative Coca-Cola bottle.
6. His famous song Auld Lang Syne is the third most performed
song in the world, according to the Guinness Book of World
Records – behind Happy Birthday and For (S)He’s a Jolly Good
Fellow.
7. Auld Lang Syne has played a central part in some of the
biggest movies of all time, such as When Harry Met Sally, Sex
and the City, Minions, Elf, Forrest Gump, It’s a Wonderful Life
and The Poseidon Adventure.
8. The song has been covered by artists including Bing Crosby,
Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, BB King, The
Beach Boys, Jimi Hendrix and Mariah Carey.
9. The first Burns supper was held on July 21, 1801, when a
group of nine of his pals got together in Alloway to mark five
years since his death. The meal was haggis, his works were
recited and a tribute speech was given, which has now become
known as the Immortal Memory. Subsequent events moved to his
birthday, with suppers now held all over the world to celebrate
Burns and Scots culture in general.
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