Tag: Burns Night

• Burns Night (and Haggis?!) | Holly Goes Abroad

  A few days ago I had the pleasure of celebrating an interesting and hilariously fun tradition: Burns night. This Scottish tradition is typically celebrated on January 25th in honor of Robert Burns (1759-96), who is considered the national poet of Scotland. There were bagpipes, several toasts, many lines of poetry read in thick Scottish accents, and…

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  January 28, 2018

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