{"id":10326,"date":"2026-01-26T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/?p=10326"},"modified":"2026-02-11T17:56:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T17:56:30","slug":"burns-night-january-25th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/burns-night-january-25th\/","title":{"rendered":"Burn&#8217;s Night January 25th"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/edinburgh_writersmuseum_burns-monument-from-Campbells-Close-Canongate-by-john-bell-2-1024x744.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/edinburgh_writersmuseum_burns-monument-from-Campbells-Close-Canongate-by-john-bell-2-1024x744.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/edinburgh_writersmuseum_burns-monument-from-Campbells-Close-Canongate-by-john-bell-2-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/edinburgh_writersmuseum_burns-monument-from-Campbells-Close-Canongate-by-john-bell-2-768x558.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/edinburgh_writersmuseum_burns-monument-from-Campbells-Close-Canongate-by-john-bell-2-1536x1116.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/edinburgh_writersmuseum_burns-monument-from-Campbells-Close-Canongate-by-john-bell-2-2048x1488.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Edinburgh Writer&#8217;s&#8217; Museum &#8216;Burn&#8217;s Monument from Campbell&#8217;s Close Canongate&#8217; by John Bell. The Burn&#8217;s Monument is is on the hill in the background.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Burn&#8217;s Night is an increasingly important date on the calendar of Scotland&#8217;s Cultural Heritage. Wikipedia says it began:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> &#8216;<em>at <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Burns_Cottage\">Burn&#8217;s Cottage<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ayrshire\">Ayrshire<\/a> by Burns&#8217;s friends, on 21 July 1801<\/em>&#8216;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was 5 years after his death. It is now celebrated around the world, making clear the importance of Robert Burns. Burns himself would have been astonished at the spread of Burn&#8217;s Night. He was modest about his attainments, saying, in his introduction to the Commonplace Book:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8216;As he was but little indebted to scholastic education, and bred at a plough-tail, his performance must be strongly tinctured with his unpolished rustic way of life. &#8216;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To celebrate Burn&#8217;s Night here is one of his most famous works.  Also have a look at my post on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/why-do-you-think-cutty-sark-has-been-popular-as-a-name-for-whiskey-and-sailing-ships\/\">his great narrative poem, Tam O&#8217;Shanter and the Cutty Shark<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Address to a Haggis<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Fair fa\u2019 your honest, sonsie face,<br>Great Chieftain o\u2019 the Puddin-race!<br>Aboon them a\u2019 ye tak your place,<br>Painch, tripe, or thairm:<br>Weel are ye wordy of a <em>grace<\/em><br>As lang \u2018s my arm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The groaning trencher there ye fill,<br>Your hurdies like a distant hill,<br>Your <em>pin<\/em> wad help to mend a mill<br>In time o\u2019 need,<br>While thro\u2019 your pores the dews distil<br>Like amber bead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His knife see Rustic-labour dight,<br>An\u2019 cut ye up wi\u2019 ready slight,<br>Trenching your gushing entrails bright,<br>Like onie ditch;<br>And then, O what a glorious sight,<br>Warm-reekin, rich!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(for the other five verses have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk\/poem\/address-haggis\/\">wee lookie here<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Lost Burns Portrait<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently, a long lost portrait of Burns turned up and it provides an image of the poet as a young man. The story is interesting and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cx2pgnel9xeo\">worth reading here:<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-dominant-color=\"bc948f\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #bc948f;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"758\" height=\"857\" src=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-31-20.47.01.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10729 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-31-20.47.01.webp 758w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-31-20.47.01-265x300.webp 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Screenshot of BBC web page on the lost portrait of Robert Burns.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Writer&#8217;s Museum<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/edinburgh_aug19_48-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/edinburgh_aug19_48-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/edinburgh_aug19_48-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/edinburgh_aug19_48-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/edinburgh_aug19_48-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/edinburgh_aug19_48-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Writers&#8217; Museum photo K. Flude<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Often bypassed by the tourists on a visit to the wonderful City of Edinburgh is the Writer&#8217;s Museum. It is in one of those remarkable Tower houses which seem unique to the High Street in Edinburgh. Inside, it gives a great introduction to the great writers of Scotland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;<em>Is it not strange&#8217;<\/em> wrote philosopher David Hume in 1757  &#8216;<em>that a time when we have lost our Princes, our Parliament, Independent Government &#8230;..that we shou&#8217;d really be the people most distinguish&#8217;d for literature in Europe?&#8217;<\/em>  (source: Museum display panel)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/edinburgh_writersmuseum_apr_19_04-1024x590.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/edinburgh_writersmuseum_apr_19_04-1024x590.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/edinburgh_writersmuseum_apr_19_04-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/edinburgh_writersmuseum_apr_19_04-768x443.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/edinburgh_writersmuseum_apr_19_04-1536x886.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/edinburgh_writersmuseum_apr_19_04-2048x1181.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Edinburgh Writer&#8217;s Museum Burns, Scott, Stevenson.  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"776\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/edinburgh_writersmuseum_apr_19_25.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/edinburgh_writersmuseum_apr_19_25.jpg 460w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/edinburgh_writersmuseum_apr_19_25-178x300.jpg 178w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Visual for Burn&#8217;s Night &#8216;Window in the Writer&#8217;s Museum, Edinburgh&#8217; Photo by K Flude<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>See my post on <a href=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/edinburgh-what-a-city\/\">Literary Edinburgh here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>On This Day in Scotland<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1759<\/strong> &#8211; The birth of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk\/usbiography\/b\/robertburns.html\">Robert Burns.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1784<\/strong> &#8211; The death in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk\/edinburgh\/edinburgh\/index.html\">Edinburgh<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk\/usbiography\/w\/alexanderwebster.html\">Alexander Webster,<\/a> a writer and church minister who is best remembered for the country&#8217;s first census. The first UK census was in 1801.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1817<\/strong> &#8211;  The Scotsman newspaper publishes its first edition in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk\/edinburgh\/edinburgh\/index.html\">Edinburgh.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2012<\/strong> &#8211;  First Minister Alex Salmond launches a consultation on the SNP Government&#8217;s proposals for a referendum on Scottish independence. on the question &#8220;Should Scotland be an independent country?&#8221;. The voters answered  &#8220;No&#8221;  55.3%  and 44.7% voting in favour.  (for more on Scottish Independence, see my post <a href=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/the-queensberry-house-cannibal-inspector-rebus-and-the-scottish-referendum-september-11th-1997\/\">here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source <a href=\"https:\/\/www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk\/usfeatures\/onthisday\/index.html\">www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First published Jan 2023, republished Jan 2024, 2025, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burn&#8217;s Night is an increasingly important date on the calendar of Scotland&#8217;s Cultural Heritage. Wikipedia says it began: &#8216;at Burn&#8217;s Cottage in Ayrshire by Burns&#8217;s friends, on 21 July 1801&#8216; This was 5 years after his death. It is now celebrated around the world, making clear the importance of Robert Burns. Burns himself would have &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/burns-night-january-25th\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Burn&#8217;s Night January 25th&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[120,112,116,115,7,13,24,259],"tags":[516,224,261,517],"class_list":["post-10326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-19th-century","category-almanac-of-the-past","category-calendar","category-folklore","category-georgian","category-literary-history","category-museums","category-scotland","tag-burns-night","tag-edinburgh","tag-robert-burns","tag-writers-museum"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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