Robert Burns Archives – spooky scotland

January 2020

Did Robert Burns’ Trip to Rosslyn Inspire lines from his Poem Tam o’ Shanter?

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On the 25th of January, Burns’ Suppers are held all around the world to celebrate the birth of the great Scottish Poet, Robert Burns. Perhaps one of his most well-known poems’ is Tam o' Shanter. Is it possible that lines to this poem were inspired by his trip to Rosslyn Castle in 1787? A Trip [...]

Did Robert Burns’ Trip to Rosslyn Inspire lines from his Poem Tam o’ Shanter?Ch_Ka51tj42020-01-24T14:52:56+00:00

October 2018

The Scottish Origins of Halloween

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In the Beginning… Halloween began as a Celtic harvest festival. The early Celts marked the end of summer with a festival they called Samhain (pronounced sow-in). As part of these celebrations they built fires and burnt animals as sacrifices. Samhain means "summer's end" in Gaelic, according to the Indo-European Etymological Dictionaries. However, because ancient records [...]

The Scottish Origins of HalloweenCh_Ka51tj42018-10-31T19:19:28+00:00