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Robert Burns
Robert Burns was born in a small cottage in Alloway on 25 January 1759. By the time of his death , aged 37, on 21 July 1796, he had become Scotland 's best-loved poet and, perhaps more importantly, the symbol of the regeneration of a nation.
At Mount Oliphant, when he was 15, Robert wrote his first song, Handsome Nell, for his partner in the fields at harvest time, Nellie Kirkpatrick.
Robert had to work as a flax dresser in Irvine to earn money for family but his real passion was poetry . At the age of 27 he had 3 children , two of them were twins.
In July of 1786 , Burns had succeeded in publishing the first book of his poems , the "Kilmarnock Edition", which became enormously popular. He decided to move to Edinburgh where new editions of his poetry were published. He made a number of tours of Scotland and began collecting traditional Scots songs and tunes for "The Scots Musical Museum ". The gathered many old scotish tunes and songs that could have been lost otherwise. Even Haydn and Beethoven got inspiration from the songs he had put down.
Burns is the author of the version of the Scots song Auld Lang Syne, which is generally sung at Hogmanay and other New Year celebrations around the English -speaking world.
Burns got ispiration from nature and beauty around, he wrote about love, universal brotherhood and the human condition. His poetry came straight from the heart and, to this day, his words are considered timeless.

Burns Night

A Burns Supper is a celebration of the life and poetry of the poet Robert Burns. The suppers are normally held on or near the poet's birthday, January 25, sometimes known as Burns Night, although they may in principle be held at any time of the year. Burns suppers are most common in Scotland (and also in Russia, where nationally televised Burns nights are held in the Kremlin). Wherever there are Burns clubs, expatriate Scots, or indeed lovers of Burns' poetry the celebrations take place .
The first suppers were held in Ayrshire at the end of the 18th century by his friends on the anniversary of his death, July 21, In Memoriam and, although the date has changed to the 25th of January since then, they have been a regular occurrence ever since. The traditional Burns supper menu consists of cock-a-leekie soup (or Scotch broth ) and haggis with "tatties and neeps" (potatoes and rutabagas), Tipsy Laird (sherry trifle) followed by oatcakes and cheese , all washed down with "water of life" - Scotch whisky .)