Scottish LassThe scene of the crime. Haggis nae ower lang for this world... followed by the autopsy. Entrails dispatched.
Haggis, neeps and tatties. Hamely fare 😋
Assoc for Scottish LiteratureIn 1881 the New York Times, reviewing Helen Kendrick Johnson’s OUR FAMILIAR SONGS & THOSE WHO MADE THEM, asserted that no song was “more glorious”, & that once Burns’s poem had been set to the tune of “Hey, Tuttie Tatie”, it “marched through the land forever, loud, & triumphant”
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#Scottish #literature #RoberBurns #18thcentury #19thcentury #music
In 1881 the New York Times, reviewing Helen Kendrick Johnson’s OUR FAMILIAR SONGS & THOSE WHO MADE THEM, asserted that no song was “more glorious”, & that once Burns’s poem had been set to the tune of “Hey, Tuttie Tatie”, it “marched through the land forever, loud, & triumphant”
#Scottish #literature #RoberBurns #music
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Angela MillerAnother bit of #RoberBurns lore I came across recently tied him to the Buchanites, although this remains both niche and unverified.
According to The Buchanite Delusion by John Cameron, Burns was in and around the cult during its time in Irvine, attracted, unsurprisingly, by one of its female members, Jean Gardiner. Jean was sister to Katherine, one if the last surviving Buchanites, and both of them were servants of Patrick Gibson and his family.
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#history #BurnsNight
According to The Buchanite Delusion by John Cameron, Burns was in and around the cult during its time in Irvine, attracted, unsurprisingly, by one of its female members, Jean Gardiner. Jean was sister to Katherine, one if the last surviving Buchanites, and both of them were servants of Patrick Gibson and his family.
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#history #BurnsNight
It was #RoberBurns birthday this week!
Have you heard the story about his ruined boots?
Well, here you go then.
Kenmure Castle & Robert Burns
'O, Kenmure's on and awa', Willie,
O, Kenmure's on and awa';
And Kenmure's lord's the bravest lord
That ever Galloway saw.' -Robert Burns
#RoberBurns visited Kenmure Castle once, and while he got Scot's Wha Hae out of the trip, he also left with plenty to moan about...
My latest wee #history #video : Kenmure Castle and Robert Burns
#galloway #scotland #castle #burnsnight
https://youtu.be/Dbkq7sDm5wA
O, Kenmure's on and awa';
And Kenmure's lord's the bravest lord
That ever Galloway saw.' -Robert Burns
#RoberBurns visited Kenmure Castle once, and while he got Scot's Wha Hae out of the trip, he also left with plenty to moan about...
My latest wee #history #video : Kenmure Castle and Robert Burns
#galloway #scotland #castle #burnsnight
https://youtu.be/Dbkq7sDm5wA