It has been too long since I read any of them save for the Address to a Haggis, so I need some recommendations

  • linzid83@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    I loved Scot’s Wha Hae when I was younger. Haven’t heard it in a while though! In School we will have a Burns celebration and will teach some Scots Poetry, but I teach P1 so Burns can be a bit difficult for them to get to grips with, so my Burns’ poetry knowledge isn’t great! 😬

    • Skua@kbin.earthOP
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      9 days ago

      Thank you for introducing them to part of our shared heritage like that, even if they find it tricky at such a young age!

    • Skua@kbin.earthOP
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      9 days ago

      I don’t think I’ve actually ever read Holy Willie’s Prayer, thank you for that! Tam O’ Shanter is absolutely a classic. My friend’s dad knows the whole thing by heart and absolutely will recite all of it if prompted at all

      • SanguinePar@lemmy.world
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        9 days ago

        Ha, yeah, the benefits of being a set text at high school for a long time (possibly still now, not sure).

        I couldn’t do the whole thing, but I could have a good stab at the first 10 lines or so!

        HWP is a fun one, the speaker is such a hypocrite, and you can tell Burns was relishing making him look so stupid 😁

    • Skua@kbin.earthOP
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      9 days ago

      I’ve not been able to go a-wandering myself for a little while, I think I need this one just now

  • Skua@kbin.earthOP
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    9 days ago

    I knew that he wrote a fair few ruder and funnier poems and songs. I did not, until today, know that he wrote one quite so direct as “Nine Inch Will Please A Lady”

      • Sturgist@lemmy.ca
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        8 days ago

        It’s just literally the only one I remember from school. Yes. We definitely learned about Robbie Burns in school. The haggicide left an impression when I was a teen, and, as an adult living in Scotland the trappings of Burns night keeps it there.