Burns Night

Burns night
Celebrating the Immortal Memory of Robert Burns
Burns night is the 25 January, and in 2012 is a Wednesday; around the world, people will be holding Burns Suppers to celebrate the life and birth of Robert Burns. Son of a poor tenant farmer in Scotland, he authored Auld Lang Syne and many other well known poems and lyrics. Scotland's answer to William Shakespeare, the Burns night celebrations can take on a rather formal air, with customs and proceedings following a 250 year old tradition, but undoubtedly most celebrations are an excuse to i...

Burns Night The 25th January Is My Birthday Too
Robbie Burns Night and some other interesting events happened on the same day as my birthday
Most people associate the 25th January as Robbie Burns day. Ever since I was born I've associated it with my birthday! I know that every time my birthday happens people will sing Happy Birthday. The tune to the song Happy Birthday To You was composed by two Kentucky kindergaten teachers, the sisters Patty Hill and Mildred J. Hill in 1893. The original song was called 'Good Morning To All' and is the most well known song in the English language. The song is dogged with controversy over copyr...

Burns Night Supper (25th Jan)
Celebrate Burns Night on 25th Jan
Burns Night is a predominantly Scottish and British Isles celebration of the life and works of the scotish national poet Robert Burns. Celebrated on the 25th January, his birthday, Robert Burns is toasted through various traditional scotish food & drink, entertainment and recitals of his work. 2009 saw the 250th anniversary of the poet's birth so what keeps the celebrations going strong even to this day? It is an evening steeped in whisky and tradition, filled with endless toasts and merryme...