Burns Day

[The Wolf]

Today is the 250th anniversary of Rabbie Burns birth (The Bard). Today is the day to have Haggis, Neeps & Tatties. If you are having this, enjoy....

Address to the Haggis:

Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face,
Great chieftain o the puddin'-race!
Aboon them a' ye tak your place,
Painch, tripe, or thairm:
Weel are ye wordy of a grace
As lang's my arm.

If you are interested in any other Burns poems, some you might know here is the link:Robert Burns Tribute - Burns Supper, Haggis, Poems and more

 

[Nana]

Happy Birthday "Rabbie"!
Jake, I think you have a wee bit of the bard in you too!

 

[Juju]

Happy Birthday to the Bard!

I'm a big fan of Burns, ever since I studied his Scots dialect poems when I was an undergraduate. And of course even we Americans still sing "Auld Lang Syne" on New Year's Eve. Enjoy your haggis today!

 

[Ozarkryder]

Lo, these many years ago while in high school, an english teacher taught us a trick to remember the Ploughman Poet's name. She said to think of a poet on fire, and that would remind us of Burns. Hmm - it's been a while - maybe she was talking about Robert Browning.

 

[Yellow Trike]

You may have my share of haggis!