#robertburns

[scotland]

My heart’s in the Highlands, my heart is not here,

My heart’s in the Highlands, a-chasing the deer;

Chasing the wild-deer, and following the roe,

My heart’s in the Highlands, wherever I go.

Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North,

The birth-place of Valour, the country of Worth ;

Wherever I wander, wherever I rove,

The hills of the Highlands for ever I love.

Farewell to the mountains, high-cover’d with snow,

Farewell to the straths and green vallies below;

Farewell to the forests and wild-hanging woods,

Farewell to the torrents and loud-pouring floods.

My heart’s in the Highlands, my heart is not here,

My heart’s in the Highlands, a-chasing the deer;

Chasing the wild-deer, and following the roe,

My heart’s in the Highlands, wherever I go.

— Robert Burns, 1789

[dwellerofthedark]

HALLOWEEN CELEBRATION Day 6: 'Hallowe'en' & 'Tam o' Shanter' by Robert B...

[alliterative-endlessknot]

For Burns Night, the surprisingly connected origins of "haggis" and "mediocre".

[letstalkbeautyuk]

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[excb]

Observe #burnsnight all year long with our Dram Watch. #slowfashion #watches #unusualwatches #dram #whiskeywatch #ohiomade #watchdesign #robertburns (at Akron, Ohio) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn4obEcJmet/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[charlotte-bopp]

Its burns night in Scotland so I made this Highlands inspired piece and it really reminded me of the Katie Morag books that I used to read as a kid. ----- #burnsnight #scotland #scottishhighlands #scottishhighlander #katiemorag #celebration #dance #landscape #illustration #illustrator #happyburnsnight #robertburns #charlotsart #childrensbookillustrator #childrensillustrations #picturebookillustration #kidlitillustration #kidlitart #childrensillustrator #digitalillustrator #digitalillustration #watercolouranddigitalillustration (at Scottish Highlands) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn2S5yQsUxR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[thenewgentlemangolfer]

And happy Burns Night to you all. #burnsnight #robertburns #haggis #scottishpoetry #scotland #homeofgolf https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn2KCt7t41t/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[shuckerpaddy]

Posted @withregram • @theceilicottage What better way to Celebrate Robert Burns’ night - than With Haggis Neeps&Tatties Oysters&Whisky a few Tunes of Pipe&Drum and finish with an Atholl Brose - Whisky, Oatmilk, Heather Honey, Drambuie #RobertBurns #BurnsNight #AddressToAHaggis #GreatChieftan #PuddinRace #Scottish #ScottishFood #Haggis #Oysters #OysterPub #Bagpipes #PipeAndDrum #InAPub #PubLife #Shucker #ShuckersLife #OysterCalendar #EverydayOyster #Vintage #January25 @haggisracer @torontofirepb @chefcumming @seafoodfromscotland (at The Céilí Cottage) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn2HI2CrAzj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[clittleshop]

Happy Robert Burns Day for all my Scottish Friends! Now bring on the Haggis! #robertburns #robertburnsday #piper #bichpoo #scotland #bagpipes #haggis #dog #celebrate #burnsdinner (at CLittleShop) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn1oRBCO7bm/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[doronjosama]

My youngest brothers (twins!) sent me a traditional Burns Night supper in a box, as my birthday falls on the traditional holiday! I laughed so hard I cried, and the kittens are OBSESSED with that rutabega. The card reads "sending our best wishes to you this Burns Night" (their birthday is the day after mine, and now I have to figure out something cool!) #burnsnight #myfam #beweirdstayweird #neepsandtatties #haggis #robertburns #quirtles https://www.instagram.com/p/CnxJ6QipqMO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[scotland]

Address to a Haggis

Robert Burns

Fair fa’ your honest, sonsie face, Great Chieftain o’ the Puddin-race! Aboon them a’ ye tak your place, Painch, tripe, or thairm: Weel are ye wordy of a grace As lang ‘s my arm.

The groaning trencher there ye fill, Your hurdies like a distant hill, Your pin wad help to mend a mill In time o’ need, While thro’ your pores the dews distil Like amber bead.

His knife see Rustic-labour dight, An’ cut ye up wi’ ready slight, Trenching your gushing entrails bright, Like onie ditch; And then, O what a glorious sight, Warm-reekin, rich!

Then, horn for horn, they stretch an’ strive: Deil tak the hindmost, on they drive, Till a’ their weel-swall’d kytes belyve Are bent like drums; Then auld Guidman, maist like to rive, Bethankit hums.

Is there that owre his French ragout, Or olio that wad staw a sow, Or fricassee wad mak her spew Wi’ perfect sconner, Looks down wi’ sneering, scornfu’ view On sic a dinner?

Poor devil! see him owre his trash, As feckless as a wither’d rash, His spindle shank a guid whip-lash, His nieve a nit; Thro’ bluidy flood or field to dash, O how unfit!

But mark the Rustic, haggis-fed, The trembling earth resounds his tread, Clap in his walie nieve a blade, He’ll make it whissle; An’ legs, an’ arms, an’ heads will sned, Like taps o’ thrissle.

Ye Pow’rs wha mak mankind your care, And dish them out their bill o’ fare, Auld Scotland wants nae skinking ware That jaups in luggies; But, if ye wish her gratefu’ prayer, Gie her a Haggis!

[thetithingman]

Robbie Burns

[docnad]

Auld Lang Syne https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2012/12/auld-lang-syne.html #RobertBurns https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm2-fdasIp0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[stellaholman]

Should old acquaintances be forgotten and never brought to mind?

Friendship Should old acquaintances be forgotten, And never brought to mind? Should old acquaintances be forgotten, And days of long ago! We two have run about the hillsides And pulled the daisies fine, But we have wandered many a weary foot For times gone by. We two have paddled (waded) in the stream From noon until dinner time, But seas between us broad have roared Since times gone…

[maximumwobblerbanditdonut]

Do you remember when SH mentioned buying a pair of Scottish 22-bore flintlock all-metal belt pistols from the mid-18th century?

The pistol SH used yesterday while filming Outlander season 8 at Eglinton Country Park is not the same style that SH bought in London, but it is from the same period in the mid-18th century. As a historical fiction series (actually, it’s more of an alternate history) I don't think he owns the pistol.

The image is not sharp and details are not clear but the pistol looks like a replica of the 1759 Light Dragoon Flintlock Pistol, often called the "Eliott Dragoon Pistol”. These are named after General George Augustus Eliott, an officer of the British Army, the man who made this design. Born in Scotland he rose through the ranks to become Aide-de-Camp to King George II by 1756.

In 1759, he raised and commanded "The Kings's Own Royal Light Dragoons", the 1st Light Horse and thus began the concept of Light Dragoons in the British Army. He was responsible for raising and training the regiment, as well as procuring their armaments. At the time, commanders of irregular forces could outfit the men as they chose, and Elliot went about designing improved weapons and gear for his Troop of Horse.

This marked one of the first times that the British Board of Ordnance worked with leaders of men in the field to design new weapons, which would be better suited to their needs. The flintlock pistol was introduced into the service of the British Light Cavalry in 1760 to correct perceived defects in the models.

His legacy is the Elliot Light Dragoon Pistol, the Elliot Light Dragoon Carbine, and the Elliot Light Dragoon Saddle.

Pattern 1759 Elliot's Light Dragoon pistol with walnut stock, round barrel, rounded brass mounts and straight-bottomed regulation lock for the pattern. Regulation cast brass mounts and reproduction brass tipped wood ramrod. This is a light, handy pistol with a good feel to it when aiming. The barrel is 9" long and usually 62” calibre. They vary in bore diameter at times. The overall length is 16 1/2". The furniture is all brass and very similar to the civilian pistols of the era.

During the Jacobite Rebellions, and after the Battles of Prestonpans and Falkirk, Dragoons played a significant role at the Battle of Culloden by charging both flanks of the Highland army.

Inspired by Prussian designs of the time, this model of Dragoon pistol was common amongst Britain's mounted troops throughout the 18th Century, the pistol was used by British officers during the American Revolution, and it likely would have been seen used on both sides during the conflict.

These pistols represent an important step in the way that firearms were designed and procured in the British armed forces.

General George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield, was mentioned in Robert Burns's cantata “The Jolly Beggars” as an inspiring figure. The old soldier singing the air "I Am a Son of Mars" says: "Yet let my country need me, with Elliot to head me, / I'd clatter on my stumps at the sound of a drum."

By Robert Burns

#Outlanderseason8 #EglintonCountryPark #Scotland #Elliot'sLightDragoonpistol #pistol #BritishArmy #BritishLightCavalry #18thcentury #1stBaronHeathfield #TheJollyBeggars #GeneralGeorgeAugustusEliott #RobertBurns #LightDragoonFlintlockPistol #cantata

Posted 20th August 2024

[letstalkbeautyuk]

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