Celebrating Burns Night

Burns Night, held in honour of Scotland’s most famous poet Robert Burns, is celebrated at the end of January every year. The night is a way to remember the life of the 18th century bard and it falls on his birthday – January 25th

Everyone enjoys a hearty Burns Night meal (which includes haggis, neeps and tatties, rounded off with drams of whisky), some of Burns’ poems and songs are recited and tributes are made to the great Bard.

Neeps and tatties is a classic Scottish dish of mashed swede (or turnips) and potatoes which are either served separately or mashed together. The haggis was popularised by Robert Burns in his poem Address To A Haggis. Later, in 1801, when his friends got together to celebrate his life five years after his death, they served haggis in his memory. Since then it has become the centre of Burns Night celebrations.