Burns' Night on the 25th January celebrates the birth of the
Scottish poet Robert Burns. Burns wrote poetry and song lyrics
in the Scots language and also in Scots English. The quote
written on the banner is taken from the poem Tam O'Shanter. His
most famous poems are probably Tam o'Shanter and To A Mouse and
the most famous songs Auld Lang Syne, and Ae Fond Kiss . The
complete works are here He was born in Ayrshire, Scotland in
1759 to a poor farming family. The small cottage where he spent
his early years is still standing. It is now part of the Burns
National Heritage Park and can be visited. Despite the lack of
money and the necessity for the children to help out on the
farm, Burns' father made sure that his children were well read
and employed a tutor, John Murdoch, to teach them Latin, French
and maths. Robert Burns [and his brother Gilbert] tried to farm
at Mossgeil after the death of their father in 1784 . By 1786,
Robert was planning to emigrate to Jamaica - the farm was not
making money and his love