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Glaswegian and Scottish Dictionary :
Words and Translations into English.
Glaswegian or Scottish Word:
Burns' Supper
English Meaning :
A Burns supper is a celebration of the life and poetry of the great Scottish poet Robert Burns. The suppers are normally held on or near the poet's birthday, 25 January, sometimes also known as Robert Burns Day or Burns Night (Burns Nicht), although they may in principle be held at any time of the year. During the supper there is a ritual killing and eating of a Haggis, the shifting about on a plate of an inedible vegetable called neeps, the consumption of vast amounts of whisky and, of course, the recital of many a Burns poem. Example
/ Translation of example:
A Burns’ Supper
I got tae be thinking the other night,
A thought that filled me wae great delight,
Whit if one day I’m dead famous,
Just like thon Irish poet Shamus.
Whit if every year they celebrate,
Hae a toast tae me and stay up late,
Whit if they ca’ this a Burns’ Supper?
I wonder if this wid be just like a fish supper.
[From No' Rabbie Burns by Stuart McLean]
Piping in the haggis at a
Burns’ Supper
Haggis neeps and tatties
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