Robert Burns Day Celebration
January 21, 2010
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 Scottish poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who have written in the Scots language, although much of his writing is also in English and a “light” Scots dialect, accessible to an audience beyond Scotland. He also wrote in standard English, and in these pieces, his political or civil commentary is often at its most blunt.
To celebrate we will be offering a special menu from Friday until Monday, his birthday. On Monday at 7:00pm we will be doing an Address to the Haggis, one on Burns’ poem and then the Haggis will be served.