{"id":159,"date":"2010-01-25T16:03:10","date_gmt":"2010-01-26T00:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ups.edu\/studyingabroad\/?p=159"},"modified":"2013-04-01T08:48:30","modified_gmt":"2013-04-01T15:48:30","slug":"burns-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/studyingabroad\/2010\/01\/25\/burns-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Burns’ Night!"},"content":{"rendered":"

January 25th marks the celebration of Burns’ Night in Scotland. The evening commemorates the birth of Robert Burns, who was born 25 January 1759, and who was a famous Scottish poet. Traditionally, the night is a formal event (women wear dresses; men wear kilts) consisting of a full supper: potato soup, haggis, neeps and tatties, whiskey, and more. Burns’ poetry is also read, and it usually ends with a celidh (a Scottish folk dance). The student union hosted a Burns’ Night tonight. It was definitely formal, and they served haggis, neeps, and tatties (I had the vegetarian variety… I can’t bring myself to eat real haggis). Then we went up to the celidh! It was so much fun! The dances were pretty difficult, so I only tried to learn a couple of them, but I’m so glad I went. It was definitely a “Wow! I’m in Scotland!” night. Here are some pictures:<\/p>\n

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Haggis (the vegetarian variety) is the brown stuff; “neeps” (turnip mash) is orange; and “tatties” (potato mash) is white. Yum!!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Two pictures of ceilidh dancing… Notice the guys wearing the kilts! <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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