BURNS NIGHT WORDSEARCH

January 25th is Burns Night, when people commemorate the Scottish poet Robert Burns. Can you do the Burns Night wordsearch? 

F S X F Z J L Y T L S B H R I 
Y F O S W V I O X Y E U L E H 
T R Q N N P O E M Z L R X P K 
Q L T I G G F O O Y K N O P W 
M S G E V D P S K Y I S N U J 
T H T Q O V N S J S R J B S V 
T L U Y N P I D E A K Z L E R 
D E A F V H A P O L N O B O H 
N T Y D W S I G G A H U B Z T 
A S B V D P C L A X E E A E E 
L A L T G I X Q T T R C O R I 
T O Q A K C E M P T J P A A Y 
O T B S C O T T I S H S H R R 
C R E P I P L A S S I E H K G 
S X Z D S Q B I F I T K Y J A 

BAGPIPES
BURNS
GRACE
HAGGIS
JANUARY
LADDIE
LASSIE
NIGHT
PIPER
POEM
POET
POETRY
ROBERT
SCOTLAND
SCOTTISH
SELKIRK
SONG
SUPPER
TOAST
WHISKY

Notes:

The Selkirk Grace is a grace [preghiera prima dei pasti] attributed to Burns but it is probably older.

lassie - a Scottish word for a girl or young woman

laddie - a Scottish word for a boy or young man

WHO WAS ROBERT BURNS?

Robert Burns [25^th January 1759 – 21^st July 1796], also known as Rabbie Burns, is the national poet of Scotland. 

He wrote in the Scots language and dialect as well as in English.Some of his poems use a mixture of Scottish dialect and English.  He also collected Scottish folk songs and many of his poems have been set to music.

His poem Auld Lang Syne, in which days gone by and old friends are remembered, is sung at Hogmanay [New Year] celebrations in Scotland and all over the UK.  His best known love poem, My Love is Like a Red Red Rose, has also been set to music.

Burns Night is celebrated on 25^th January.  People eat Scottish food, including haggis [a savoury pudding] which is “piped” into the dining room [brought into the room to the sound of bagpipes].  The guests then recite poems by Burns and finally sing Auld Lang Syne.