Famous poets and their favourite drinks
Famous poets and their favourite drinks
Jan 25, 2013 6
(TheDrinksBusiness) - On 25 January, Scots around the world celebrate Burns Night and enjoy a Burns Supper to commerate the life and works of one of their country’s best-known sons.
A traditional Burns supperIn a 2009 poll run by a Scottish television company the Scottish public voted Burns “the greatest-ever Scot”.
Burns Night is celebrated on 25 January, which is the anniversary of Burns’s birth. He lived from 1759 to 1796, dying of rheumatic heart disease on 21 July.
A traditional Burns Supper will feature haggis, neeps and tatties (turnips and potatoes) and is followed by Burns poetry and whisky. While there are certain protocols and formalities to a Burns Night, once they are done and the food is finished all those at the dinner are invited to recite a Burns poem. One poem that you could choose is his work “Scotch Drink”, which contains the verse:
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