I will soon be off to celebrate Burns Night for the first time. If you don't have any Robert Burns on your shelf, or haggis in your kitchen, then at least try to read a poem today.*
*January 25th, in case the time stamp doesn't show up the same in more westerly parts of the world.
Fun was had. You have not lived until you've heard "Address To a Haggis" properly recited by a knife-brandishing Scot.
A friend of mine in Germany is from Scotland, and she invited several of us to her flat in order to celebrate the day, which is practically a Scottish national holiday. So that's why.
Hope you had fun! Why were you celebrating it?
ReplyDeleteFun was had. You have not lived until you've heard "Address To a Haggis" properly recited by a knife-brandishing Scot.
ReplyDeleteA friend of mine in Germany is from Scotland, and she invited several of us to her flat in order to celebrate the day, which is practically a Scottish national holiday. So that's why.
Burns Night rocks. Right up there with Guy Fawkes day for me. Santa Fe has a pretty respectable celebration. Glad to hear you had fun.
ReplyDeleteAh, the poet Burns! Spike was in fine form on Burns Night, I can assure you. Piratical ramblings in a thrilling brogue! You are missed here.
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Don't forget two other 200th anniversaries -- Edgar Allan Poe and Abraham Lincoln, fine writers all.
ReplyDeleteFine writers, indeed. It's a shame, though, that neither of their birthdays (as far as I know) are celebrated in such dramatic style as Burns'.
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