{"id":10528,"date":"2022-01-21T16:27:12","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T15:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countryfile.com\/?p=51096"},"modified":"2022-01-24T10:01:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T09:01:19","slug":"burns-night-traditions-recipes-and-great-scottish-walks","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/rss_feed\/burns-night-traditions-recipes-and-great-scottish-walks\/","title":{"rendered":"Burns Night: traditions, recipes and great Scottish walks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Daniel Graham\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 21 January 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Every January, people across the world celebrate the life and work of Scottish poet Robert Burns. Born on 25 January 1759, he is most well known for writing that new year belter, Auld Lang Syne.<\/p>\n

Our essential guide looks at the history of Robert Burns, Scottish traditions to celebrate Burns Night and the best walks in Scotland to remember him on.<\/p>\n

When is Burns Night in 2022?<\/h2>\n

Burns Night is on 25th January, and in 2022 this falls on a Tuesday. Across the world, Scots traditionally celebrate this with a Burns supper \u2013 which should traditionally include haggis, Scotch whisky and plenty of recitals of Robert Burns\u2019 work.<\/p>\n

Who is Robert Burns?<\/h2>\n

Robert Burns was a Scottish poet, born in Alloway on the south-west coast of Scotland. Also known as Rabbie Burns, the National Bard and the Bard of Ayrshire, he is considered by most to be the national poet of Scotland.<\/p>\n

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What is Robert Burns\u2019 most famous poem?<\/h2>\n

Robert Burns has many famous poems. Most of his poetry revolved heavily around farm life (he was a tenant farmer), traditional culture, class and religion. He also wrote a number of controversial, lewd poems that would have been censored today! Perhaps his best known is Auld Lang Syne<\/em>, often sung on New Year\u2019s Eve to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new.<\/p>\n

The Robin cam to the wren\u2019s nest\nAnd keekit in and keekit in,\nO weel \u2018s me on your auld pow,\nWad ye be in, wad ye be in.\nYe \u2018se ne\u2019er get leave to lie without,\nAnd I within, and I within,\nAs lang \u2018s I hae an auld clout\nTo row you in, to row you in.