Burns Supper in the South of Scotland - An Authentic Burns Supper

[cessna152towser]

My wife and I attended a Burns Supper at The Gordon Arms in the Yarrow Valley, here in the south of Scotland last week.
The Gordon Arms is an inn at a crossroads of east/west and north/south roads.
The kilt and the bagpipes are not part of the Robert Burns tradition.
The kilt and the bagpipes are Highland (Gaelic) traditions, while Burns hailed from the Lowlands.
Burns was Scottish, the kilt and bagpipes are Scottish, and our English, Mainland European, and North American cousins love to combine both as part of "Scottish culture", but they are from different areas of Scotland. Here is a picture of the host entertainers, note the absence of kilts and bagpipes.
"Tam" with the bunnet wore his tartan trews and he rendered excellent recitations of the usual Burns poems including Tam o'Shanter and Holy Willie's Prayer, and led us all in a sing-along of Burns songs. The chef was led in with the haggis by the Scottish Fiddler (note there is NO piping in of the haggis - you might say the Haggis is "fiddled in" here in Lowland Scotland) and then we enjoyed a traditional Burns Supper feeding frenzy of Haggis, Neeps and Tatties, followed by a cheese board and tea or coffee.
I was the only person wearing a kilt, simply because I find the kilt comfortable but the kilt is NOT part of the traditional Burns Supper.

[ThistleDown]

Of course, Alex, women are not present at 'traditional' Burns suppers, either