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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Burns, Robert
1759. He was born on January 25, 1759 in Alloway on the River Doon.
| Of which country is Robert Burns the national poet? | Robert Burns
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farmer. Burns started working on the farm at a young age.
a few years. Although he didn't spend much time at school his father and mother encouraged him in his self education.
| Where did he move to after his first book of poems was published? | Robert Burns
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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.
| 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.
| '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'.
| 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 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!
| 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.
| 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.
| 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.
| 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.
| 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
| 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.
| 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.
| 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.
| 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.
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