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  2. Address to a Haggis - Wikipedia

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    The poem is most often recited at "Burns supper" a Scottish cultural event celebrating the life of Robert Burns where everybody stands as the haggis is brought in on a silver salver whilst a bagpiper will lead the way towards the host's table. The host or a guest will then recite the poem while slicing open the haggis at the right moment with a ...

  3. Burns supper - Wikipedia

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    A Burns supper is a celebration of the life and poetry of the poet Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796), the author of many Scots poems. The suppers are normally held on or near the poet's birthday, 25 January, known as Burns Night (Scots: Burns Nicht; Scottish Gaelic: Oidhche na Taigeise) [1] also called Robert Burns Day or Rabbie Burns Day (or Robbie Burns Day in Canada).

  4. Man Was Made to Mourn - Wikipedia

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    The Age and Life of Man" that Burns wrote about hearing his mother sing was a 17th-century ballad. it served as the basis of "Man Was Made to Mourn". [2] An early draft of the poem was included in The First Commonplace Book , a work that was largely texts intended to be sung to the tunes of existing songs.

  5. Big Burns Supper Festival - Wikipedia

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    Big Burns Supper was founded by Graham Main in 2011, [6] who celebrated Burns Night with friends across the world and invited them to his hometown Dumfries on 25 January 2010, only to discover that there were no events that local people or visitors could take part in.

  6. Why Steve Burns says this 'Blue's Clues' catchphrase to kids ...

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    Original "Blue's Clues" host Steve Burns had fans feeling nostalgic when he delivered a commencement speech at SUNY Delhi in New York on May 18. Videos of Burns , 50, speaking to the crowd of new ...

  7. To a Mouse - Wikipedia

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    "To a Mouse, on Turning Her Up in Her Nest With the Plough, November, 1785" [1] [2] is a Scots-language poem written by Robert Burns in 1785. It was included in the Kilmarnock Edition [3] and all of the poet's later editions, such as the Edinburgh Edition.

  8. ‘Opioid of Opioid’ Documentarian Ken Burns lays into Donald ...

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  9. The Trouble with Trillions - Wikipedia

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    Insisting he's innocent, Burns protests that the government oppresses the average American. Moved by Burns' speech, Homer knocks out the FBI agents and frees Burns. The two men go to Smithers, who suggests they leave the country. Burns takes Smithers and Homer in his old plane, setting off to find an island and start a new country.