Robert Burns and All That by Allan Burnett

Author:Allan Burnett
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Birlinn
Published: 2011-03-15T00:00:00+00:00

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Auld Reekie

The journey to Edinburgh was sixty miles long. On the way, Burns kept getting stopped by people who wanted to meet him.

Burns was determined to have a good time in Edinburgh, and he did a lot of partying in the town during the few months he was there. He didn’t write much during his stay, but he did write one very good poem – ‘Address To A Haggis’. Now what was that all about?

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Address To A Haggis

‘Address To A Haggis’ is about a haggis that’s going to be eaten. Now, as we all know, a haggis is a mythical Scottish creature with one leg longer than the other so that it can run around the Highland hillsides with ease.

Only joking. Haggis is of course a very old, traditional Scottish meal that’s been around for centuries, and possibly more than a thousand years. It has slimy and squishy ingredients.

Don’t read the next bit unless you really want to know how haggis is made …

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