It's Burns Night

[Sticks]

Ode to a Haggis


Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face,
Great chieftain o' the pudding-race!
Aboon them a' yet tak your place,
Painch, tripe, or thairm:
Weel are ye wordy o'a grace
As lang's my arm.

The groaning trencher there ye fill,
Your hurdies like a distant hill,
Your pin was help to mend a mill
In time o'need,
While thro' your pores the dews distil
Like amber bead.

His knife see rustic Labour dight,
An' cut you up wi' ready sleight,
Trenching your gushing entrails bright,
Like ony ditch;
And then, O what a glorious sight,
Warm-reekin', rich!

Then, horn for horn, they stretch an' strive:
Deil tak the hindmost! on they drive,
Till a' their weel-swall'd kytes belyve
Are bent like drums;
Then auld Guidman, maist like to rive,
Bethankit! hums.

Is there that owre his French ragout
Or olio that wad staw a sow,
Or fricassee wad make her spew
Wi' perfect sconner,
Looks down wi' sneering, scornfu' view
On sic a dinner?

Poor devil! see him owre his trash,
As feckles as wither'd rash,
His spindle shank, a guid whip-lash;
His nieve a nit;
Thro' blody flood or field to dash,
O how unfit!

But mark the Rustic, haggis-fed,
The trembling earth resounds his tread.
Clap in his walie nieve a blade,
He'll mak it whissle;
An' legs an' arms, an' hands will sned,
Like taps o' trissle.

Ye Pow'rs, wha mak mankind your care,
And dish them out their bill o' fare,
Auld Scotland wants nae skinking ware
That jaups in luggies;
But, if ye wish her gratefu' prayer
Gie her a haggis!



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[Nowhere]

Cheers for that Sticks,better than the old death threads lol. :flowers:

It's gonna be a good day today, I can feel it. :tongue:
Ok for some reason my 'gonna' gets changed to 'going' when I post lol, what's that about?! lil odd..

[bonnie43uk]

i think its disgusting that Pete Burns should get his own "night" .. his behaviour in the Big Brother house was deplorable.

I'm going to write to channel 4 and complain about this .. i am so angry , i cant even begin to tell you.

[Diablo]

its not burns night til night time.. lol :tongue:

i hate all this burns night stuff.. I dont want haggis for my dinner either!

[andybigbro]

Cool i only thought Scotland Celebrated

Or do they: :conf2:

[Diablo]

I suppose anyone who likes rabbie burns can celebrate it..

[James]

I live in Burns country.

I won a Burns poetry recital competition once - well jointly.

:hugesmile:

[Rory]

Burns night? Is this a complete night dedicated to Pete Burns!?

[Diablo]

Originally posted by Rory
Burns night? Is this a complete night dedicated to Pete Burns!?

LMAO.. its Rabbie Burns.. a Scottish poet..

[Rory]

Originally posted by Diablo
Originally posted by Rory
Burns night? Is this a complete night dedicated to Pete Burns!?

LMAO.. its Rabbie Burns.. a Scottish poet..
Oh god thank you!

If Pete Burns had his own night I would think that everyone who celebrates it is insane

I feel wayy much better.

[Diablo]

I think Bonnie43UK was just having a joke.. lol

I like Pete Burns, though I wouldn;t celebrate his existance. lol

[Lauren]

Happy Burns Night!

:hello:

(Random, but is there a Shakespeare night?)

[Siouxsie]

Originally posted by bonnie43uk
i think its disgusting that Pete Burns should get his own "night" .. his behaviour in the Big Brother house was deplorable.

I'm going to write to channel 4 and complain about this .. i am so angry , i cant even begin to tell you.


pmsl i love pete burns

[Dan_]

Imagine a Pete Burns night.People could dress up in monkey coats and wear wigs and sing you spin my right round whilst spinning around on office chairs.

[lily.]

Originally posted by James
I live in Burns country.

I won a Burns poetry recital competition once - well jointly.

:hugesmile:

Oh god.. remember at school James.. every bleedin year.. we had to stand up and recite that rubbish.. (I'm not a Burns fan in case you hadn't guessed). Now I have to listen to my kids practising it every year... LoL

[Siouxsie]

Originally posted by BB fernzy
Imagine a Pete Burns night.People could dress up in monkey coats and wear wigs and sing you spin my right round whilst spinning around on office chairs.


lmfao yeah great night that would be id buy some huge lips :laugh:

[bonnie43uk]

Originally posted by Supersue
Originally posted by BB fernzy
Imagine a Pete Burns night.People could dress up in monkey coats and wear wigs and sing you spin my right round whilst spinning around on office chairs.


lmfao yeah great night that would be id buy some huge lips :laugh:

My God, ... thinking about it ,... this is a bloody GREAT Idea!!! Channel 4 could have an alternative Burns night.. with a whole evening dedicated to Pete Burns!! .. I'd watch it. i hope some bigwig from C4 is reading this!!!!

[BB-Rocks]

OMG!! I never even new it was burns day the other day. Im ashamed. Usually we do something in school for it but this year we did nothing. Knowone even mentinoed it this year. Gutted

[lily.]

Davie, you should be glad, not gutted.

Ok, I know I will probably go to hell for saying this, being Ayrshire born & bred, but OMG.. Burns is sh!te!!!!

[Siouxsie]

Stropz d ya eat Haggis ?

[MarkWaldorf]

:puzzled:

[Sticks]

I eat haggis, unfortunately when I was visiting Grainger Market this morning, the stall was selling them for £5 and as money is tight at the moment I could not get one, which is frustrating as I still have half a neep in the fridge.

[lily.]

Originally posted by Supersue
Stropz d you eat Haggis ?

NO CHANCE!!! :laugh:

[Siouxsie]

never fancied it myself although i like black pudding

[Sticks]

Originally posted by Supersue
never fancied it myself although i like black pudding

I can get that as well in the Grainger Market - it is quite nice

[Sticks]

:hello::hello:

This time I have a proper haggis

I did get a factory plastic wraped one for the squeamish last weekend, but fortunately I managed to get one on Grainger Market yesterday from a proper Scottish Meat butcher.

I have a neep ready to be peeled after my laundry is done and tatties to mash, plus plenty of black pepper.

And now I realies I need to pick up a large bottle of Irn Bru

:dance:

[Sticks]

From the BBC website (http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/history/burnsnight/index.shtml)

[Lauren]

Originally posted by Sticks
:hello::hello:

This time I have a proper haggis

I did get a factory plastic wraped one for the squeamish last weekend, but fortunately I managed to get one on Grainger Market yesterday from a proper Scottish Meat butcher.

I have a neep ready to be peeled after my laundry is done and tatties to mash, plus plenty of black pepper.

And now I realies I need to pick up a large bottle of Irn Bru

:dance:

Nice one Sticks.
I'm having neeps, tatties and haggis tonight too - and of course Irn Bru!

[mistress]

I may have a wee dram in honour of Rabbie Burns.

[Sticks]

Tonight's tea

[BigSister]

happy burns day every1

[MR.K!]

Happy burns night ! Even though im Scottish i cant even look at Haggis :yuk:

[MR.K!]

Originally posted by Sticks
Tonight's tea Irn-Bru... Legend :thumbs:

[andybigbro]

Woo Happy Burns Night:hello:

[Lauren]

I had haggis, neeps and tatties with a few tipples of glenlivet whiskey :thumbs: