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Old 25-01-2006, 07:58 PM #26
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Does this look like Pete Burns?



Robert Burns. (1759 - 1796)

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Robert Burns was born into a farming family at Alloway in Ayrshire in 1759. He died in Dumfries at the early age of 37. Yet in that short time he had taken the Scottish literary world by storm, and had secured a place for himself in history and in legend.
Here endeth your Scottish history lesson for today.
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Did they sing this one ...............

Oh ye cannae fling pieces oot a twenty story flat,
Seven hundred hungry weans will testify tae that.
If it's butter, cheese or jeely, if the breid is plain or pan,
The odds against it reaching earth are ninety-nine tae wan.


The Jeely Piece Song. Pure class.
Puts me in mind o a big ootsider on a Mothers Pride loaf! ha ha
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Does this look like Pete Burns?



Robert Burns. (1759 - 1796)

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Robert Burns was born into a farming family at Alloway in Ayrshire in 1759. He died in Dumfries at the early age of 37. Yet in that short time he had taken the Scottish literary world by storm, and had secured a place for himself in history and in legend.
Here endeth your Scottish history lesson for today.
Oo thanks Kaz. I learn something new everyday!
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Old 25-01-2006, 09:20 PM #29
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Happy Burns Night, Scotties.

Errr... what is Burns night?
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poetry and haggis basically lol ...
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That's about it, Steph.

For Lance ........... At a traditional Burns Supper, the meal usually starts off with cock-a-leekie soup (chicken & leek! ), followed by haggis, neeps and tatties.

The haggis is ceremonially piped in, and someone recites Rabbie Burns' poem 'Address To A Haggis', after which they're toasted with a glass of Scotch whisky.

Often the hn&t is followed by steak pie and all the trimmings, and sometimes even trifle!

And there's always a rendition of 'Tam O'Shanter' ...... brilliant!

Google for the poems if you've never heard of them before ......... go on, you know you want to!
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Is it like a National feast day or something like that? Like we have Paddy's Day?
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Happy burns day to every1 from yesterday (i'm a bit late)
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I'm shocked at the number of people who don't know what Burns Night is! *gasp*
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