Burns night

[Newsreader]

As an immigrant to this bonnie country, I'm curious to know what, if anything, you natives get up to for Burns Night.

My kids all have to learn a Scottish poem for school, and they have to bring something Scottish in. There is a little display of it all, and some dancing etc, which I think is a good thing. :)

[Madoobri]

Well ...
Recite the poetry of Robert Burns
Sing the songs of Robert Burns
Eat Haggis,Neeps & Tatties
Get ****hed ... hic! :rolleyes:

My favourite Burns song :-

Is there for honest Poverty
That hings his head, an' a' that;
The coward slave-we pass him by,
We dare be poor for a' that!
For a' that, an' a' that.
Our toils obscure an' a' that,
The rank is but the guinea's stamp,
The Man's the gowd for a' that.


What though on hamely fare we dine,
Wear hoddin grey, an' a that; A Man's a Man for a' that:
For a' that, and a' that,
Their tinsel show, an' a' that;
The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor,
Is king o' men for a' that.


Ye see yon birkie, ca'd a lord, Tho' hundreds worship at his word,
He's but a coof for a' that:
For a' that, an' a' that,
His ribband, star, an' a' that:
The man o' independent mind
He looks an' laughs at a' that.


A prince can mak a belted knight,
A marquis, duke, an' a' that; that!
For a' that, an' a' that,
Their dignities an' a' that;
The pith o' sense, an' pride o' worth,
Are higher rank than a' that.


Then let us pray that come it may,
(As come it will for a' that,)
That Sense and Worth, o'er a' the earth,
Shall bear the gree, an' a' that.
For a' that, an' a' that,
It's coming yet for a' that,
That Man to Man, the world o'er,
Shall brothers be for a' that. :)

cheers,

Madoobri

[Newsreader]

Nice one Madoobri :)

Well for the second year running two of my kids won the Scottish poetry reading at school ... not bad for a bunch of sassenachs :p

[Madoobri]

Hehe ... that`s good Bernie, glad to hear it, well done to them for that! You have obviously settled in well & got into the swing of things in the Heilan`s :)

cheers,

Madoobri

[Newsreader]

Hehe ... that`s good Bernie, glad to hear it, well done to them for that! You have obviously settled in well & got into the swing of things in the Heilan`s :)

cheers,

Madoobri
Thanks :hugegrin: