Celebrating the birth of the bard
Jan. 25 was the celebratory tribute to the great Scottish poet and Bard of Ayrshire, Robbie Burns. The day is known as Robbie Burns Day. “The interesting thing about Robert Burns is that he actually wrote in English, but a Scottish version of English,” said David Hunter, president of the Scottish Studies Foundation. “(He) was a man who used the old Scottish vernacular — the language of the common people … Continued
