On 25 January each year, the national poet of Scotland, Robert Burns, is celebrated. Burns was born in 1759, and became famous at the age of 25 when his first book of poems was published. His poetry went on to become famous around the world.
The poet died in 1796, aged just 37. Burns Night began five years later when his friends gathered, on what would have been his birthday, to celebrate his life. The evening was held at Burns’s former home, with events that are now traditions. These include a feast, where someone reads Burns’s famous poem Address to a Haggis. The haggis (a kind of sausage made from minced sheep liver, heart and lungs, with oatmeal and spices), is brought to the table as bagpipes play. In the…
