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- Auld Lang Syne 'Auld Lang Syne' was based on an anonymous verse which Burns took down from an old man's singing, and which so enchanted him that he wrote: 'Light be the earth on the beast of the Heaven-inspired poet who composed this glorious fragment.' Little did h...
- Robert Burns Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796) (also known as Rabbie Burns, Scotland's favourite son, the Ploughman Poet, the Bard of Ayrshire and in Scotland as simply The Bard) was a poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national p...
- Traditional Scottish Toasts * Freedom and whisky gang thegither-Tak aff your dram! * Here's our noble sel's, weel met the day! * Here's tae us! Wha's like us? Deil the yin! * Here's to the heath, the hill and the heather, the bonnet, the plaid, the kilt and the feather! * Here's to...
- New Year's Eve: The Coolest Birthday Ever Babies born on January 1 seem to be the ones lavished with prizes, but I guess my mom couldn't wait. Despite missing out on a month's supply of free diapers, my parents were pretty excited to have an instant family during their first year of marriage...
- Auld Lang Syne Written by: Robert Burns (1788) Translates to: Old Long Since, Long Long Ago, Days Gone By Auld Lang Syne (English Translation) Should old acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? Should old acquaintance be forgot, and old lang syne? Ch...
- Scottish Wedding Music cIn fact, the Highland pipes are so loud that people shouldn't get too close to the piper... which makes them great for a processional from FAR AWAY... ... after that, best put the bagpipes away and play some of the less raucous music of Scotland: f...
- Rabbie Burns Robert "Rabbie" Burns was born on 25th January, 1759 in Alloway, Ayrshire, in a small cottage which has since been established as an official museum. The occasion of his birthday continues to be celebrated around the globe, but most particularly here...
- The Death of Poetry Have you ever tried asking a teen or perhaps a kid who Edgar Allan Poe was? I'll bet all the next lenses I create they wouldn't have the faintest idea. Well most of them anyway. But ask them who the Lich King is... and they will give you the king's c...
- Homecoming Scotland 2009 I must admit that I was initially deeply touched and immensely flattered. I only moved back to Scotland in early December 2008 - and it at first appeared that the powers that be in the Scottish Government had decided to dedicate the whole of the foll...
- Lallans Scots Poetry Come and explore the treasures of Lallans Scots Poetry. This lens has some notes on the dialect along with Lists of and Links to major poets, anthologies, and other information sites.
