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Who are all having a Burns Night this weekend.? I have one with the usual traditional Haggis neeps and tatties.I have been left Scotland for over 30 years but still hold one every year and most of my friends are English and love it.
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Hello there,
Two bit of trivia allied to Burns Night.
One:~ Neeps,which is a Scottish shortening of the word Turnips,that is ***nip =neep, are of course actuall what we English (and Welsh?) call Swede.
When I asked my Scottish Son in Law what they call the little hard round turnips we eat,he said "oh we don'e eat them",so I presume that explains that?
Two:~
Much to the surprise,and then disgust of same Son in Law,I asked him why the Scots loved Raggie Burns so much when he was a traitor.Well,I explained to him.Burns job was as aCustoms & Excise man for the ENGLISH,collecting revenues and taxes(a very heavy burden on some poor Scots) which were grealy despised,as the English punished the Scots nation after the Battle of Culloden in 1746.
I am not putting Rabbie down,just pointing out that heas a collaborator,and not such a true Scot as people think!
Two bit of trivia allied to Burns Night.
One:~ Neeps,which is a Scottish shortening of the word Turnips,that is ***nip =neep, are of course actuall what we English (and Welsh?) call Swede.
When I asked my Scottish Son in Law what they call the little hard round turnips we eat,he said "oh we don'e eat them",so I presume that explains that?
Two:~
Much to the surprise,and then disgust of same Son in Law,I asked him why the Scots loved Raggie Burns so much when he was a traitor.Well,I explained to him.Burns job was as aCustoms & Excise man for the ENGLISH,collecting revenues and taxes(a very heavy burden on some poor Scots) which were grealy despised,as the English punished the Scots nation after the Battle of Culloden in 1746.
I am not putting Rabbie down,just pointing out that heas a collaborator,and not such a true Scot as people think!
Thanks for your replies and I hope you all enjoy your Burns night party. Now for those that dont know what Haggis is here it is. The shy Scottish Haggis can be found at the summit of most Scottish mountains. Their right legs are longer than there left enabling them to run around the summit at great speeds in an anti-clockwork direction without falling over.However should they attempt to run in the other direction they will roll down the hill and lie helpless in the valleys below.Here they are collected by the Highland Haggis gatherers and sold throughout Scotland where they are considered a great delicacy.
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