Burns Night

Well, January 25th is upon us and Burns' night is galloping towards our storytelling club at amazing speed. For everyone outside the Scottish arena, Burns night is the night where all self-respecting Scottish persons celebrate the anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns, with a night of storytelling, poem reading, eating, drinking and merrymaking. The traditional food served at Burn's suppers is haggis, tatties and neeps . The picture illustrating this Scottish delicacy was done by Matt Hamm . There are rituals surrounding the ceremony concerning the presentation of the food and drink; for example the haggis gets presented to the sound of bagpipes and clapping! Have a look at a film about Burns' night done by Kirkmichael Tinwald & Torthorwald Church in Dumfries & Galloway, the region of Robbie Burns. The photograph of the piper was done by Thomas Ormston.



I wonder, however, how many Scottish children would know that the humble potatoe does not come from Scotland, but from Latin America? So, my proposition for Burn's night on DigiStory is to celebrate Burn's birth with poems and songs, but also with a tale of the travelling of a humble potatoe from Peru, to Europe. Wouldn't that make a splendid addition to multiculturalism?