Have you listened to Robert Burns’ “Address to a Haggis”?
The majestic sound of bagpipes introduces a frugal dish - and so begins a Burns Supper, held on January 25th to celebrate the date of the Scottish poet Robert Burns’ birthday (1759-1796).
The tradition originated in 1780, when Robert Burns founded the Bachelors’ Debating Club in Tarbolton for any “cheerful, honest-hearted lad, who if he has a friend that is true and a mistress that is kind, and as much wealth as genteely to make both ends meet - is just as happy as this world can make him”. A sentiment that still seems to ring true more than two centuries later.
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