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Interesting Questions, Facts and Information
- There are a total of 30 general entries.
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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Burns, Robert
| What traditional dish is eaten at Burns Night festivities? | Robert Burns
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haggis. When the haggis is brought in the bagpipes are played.
| 'The best laid schemes of ________ and men, gang oft agley.' What is the missing word from this quote? | Robert Burns
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mice. This is from the poem 'To a Mouse' His other well known quote is from 'To a Louse'. 'Oh wad some pow'r the giftie gie us, To see oursels as others see us'.
| After working on the farm for a while what occupation did he take up? | Robert Burns
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exciseman. An exciseman is a tax and customs official. Burns needed more money to support his growing family.
two years. He had a second book of poems published during this time. After his marriage he returned home and worked on the farm for a while.
| Where did he move to after his first book of poems was published? | Robert Burns
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a few years. Although he didn't spend much time at school his father and mother encouraged him in his self education.
farmer. Burns started working on the farm at a young age.
| Of which country is Robert Burns the national poet? | Robert Burns
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1759. He was born on January 25, 1759 in Alloway on the River Doon.
| Lauth was one of the dogs in Burns' poem 'The Twa Dogs'. What was the name of the other dog? | Poet Robert Burns
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Caesar. Luath is seen as a poor cottager's dog while Caesar is the dog of a rich landlord or Laird.
| Burns was one of the founder members of a Bachelors' debating club in which Ayrshire town in 1780? | Poet Robert Burns
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Tarbolton. It was founded by Burns and six others. In Tarbolton today the building is now a museum.
| In 1784 Burns and a brother rented Mossgiel farm near Mauchline. What was that brother's name? | Poet Robert Burns
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Gilbert. Gilbert later moved with his family to East Lothian.
| How many copies were published of Burns' poems commonly known as 'The Kilmarnock Edition'? | Poet Robert Burns
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612. Published by John Wilson of Kilmarnock in July 1786, at the cost of three shillings per copy.
| Where was Robert Burns farming when he was prompted to write 'To a Mouse' after ploughing up a mouse nest? | Poet Robert Burns
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Mossgiel Farm. Robert and his brother Gilbert rented Mossgiel farm near Mauchline
| Who was the 'sodger Hugh' that Robert Burns referred to in his poem 'The Author's Earnest Cry and Prayer'? | Poet Robert Burns
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Hugh Montgomerie. Hugh Montgomerie (Earl of Eglinton) served in the Army and rose to the rank of Colonel of the West Lowland Fencibles in 1793.
| From which Burns' poem is the following taken: 'O wad some power the giftie gie us, To see oursels as ithers see us'? | Poet Robert Burns
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To a Louse. Composed after seeing a louse on a Lady's bonnet in Church.
| In which town is the house where Robert Burns lived from 1791 until his death in 1796? | Poet Robert Burns
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Dumfries. Burns and family rented a large house in Mill Hole Brae. It was renamed Burns Street, the building is now a museum.
| Robert Burns moved to the seaside town of Irvine in Ayrshire in 1781. Why? | Poet Robert Burns
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To learn the flax business. His lodgings in Irvine were in Glasgow Vennel which is now marked by a plaque.
| The following is the grace used at Burns' suppers: 'Some hae meat and canna eat, And some would eat that want {it;} But we hae meat, and we can eat, Sae let the Lord be thankit'. What is this grace known as? | Poet Robert Burns
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Selkirk Grace. There is some controversy about who wrote the Selkirk Grace!
present. The Bible was an inspiration for Burns to write his poems.
grief. Before Communist Russia, Burns' poems were inspiration for the Russian poor.
| "But Mousie, thou are no thy-lane,
In proving _________ may be vain:
The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men,"
Which word fills the blank?
| Robert Burns: "To a Mouse" Gobbets
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foresight. This poem influenced John Steinbeck to write "Of Mice and Men".
| "That wee-bit heap o' leaves an' stibble,
Has cost thee monie a weary ______!
Now thou's turn'd out, for a' thy trouble,
But house or hald,
To thole the Winter's sleety dribble,
An' cranreuch cauld!"
Which word fills the blank?
| Robert Burns: "To a Mouse" Gobbets
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nibble. Robert Burns died in Dumfries, in 1796.
| "Thy wee-bit housie, too, in ruin!
It's silly wa's the win's are strewin!
An' naething, now, to big a new ane,
O' foggage green!
An' bleak December's ________ ensuin,
Baith snell an' keen!"
Which word fills the blank?
| Robert Burns: "To a Mouse" Gobbets
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winds. Robert Burns was also known as Rabbie Burns; he felt sympathetic to the plight of animals.
| "I doubt na, whyles, but thou may thieve;
What then? poor beastie, thou maun live!
A ________ in a thrave 'S a sma' request:
I'll get a blessin wi' the lave,
An' never miss't!"
Which word fills the blank? (This is 2 words. Don't put hyphens). | Robert Burns: "To a Mouse" Gobbets
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damien icker. A damien icker is an ear of corn. The mouse is requesting for an ear of corn, or food in general.
| "I'm truly sorry Man's dominion
Has broken Nature's __________,
An' justifies that ill opinion,
Which makes thee startle,
At me, thy poor, earth-born companion,
An' fellow-mortal!"
Which word fills the blank?
| Robert Burns: "To a Mouse" Gobbets
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social union. Burns always was wondering about how man came to triumph over other creatures.
brattle. A pattle, in Scots, means a plough.
| "Wee, sleekit, cowrn', tim'rous beastie,
O, what _____ is in thy breastie!
Thou need na start awa sae hasty,"
Which word fills the blank?
| Robert Burns: "To a Mouse" Gobbets
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panic. In Burns' poems, there are Scots variations of English. Awa means away in Scots, and na means never. This stanza of the poem was written on Burns' birthday, or so it is said.
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