Robbie Burns Nights

[macwilkin]

The PM considers Burns to have been for the "common man", and so doesn't see the need for formality of dress at the supper.

True, Burns was for the "common man", but what is never mentioned was that Burns could go between the Ayrshire farming community and the high society of Edinburgh wi' no problems. Burns did not dress like a ploughman when in Edinburgh.

Regards,

Todd

[Cawdorian]

The Burns Supper we attend is black tie. Most of the ladies wear a long dress along with a tartan sash. Be prepared to drink a lot of toasts!

[Pour1Malt]

"Her knife see rustic Labour dight, "

[Pour1Malt]

"The groaning trencher there ye fill,
Your hurdies like a distant hill,"

[Pour1Malt]

" Till a' their weel-swall'd kytes belyve
Are bent like drums;
The auld Guidman, maist like to rive,
'Bethankit' hums."

[starbkjrus]

" Till a' their weel-swall'd kytes belyve
Are bent like drums;
The auld Guidman, maist like to rive,
'Bethankit' hums."

I've always wondered about this picture...it looks as if Emma is about to be sick. If cutting it can do that then that makes me a little nervous about eating it.

[Pour1Malt]

I've always wondered about this picture...it looks as if Emma is about to be sick. If cutting it can do that then that makes me a little nervous about eating it.

naw- it is in the poem (Address tae the Haggis)

" Till a' their weel-swall'd kytes belyve
Are bent like drums;

they will eat until their bellies are swollen as tight as drums

The auld Guidman, maist like to rive,
'Bethankit' hums."

"and old Guidman, most like to explode

be glad he hums (belches, farts)"