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• scottish art: auld alloway kirk

  
  Stushie's Art — Authority: 127
  …where Tam O’Shanter met the Devil
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  Book by Book — Authority: 115
  The annual Robert Burns Supper at the Kisco Masonic Lodge is gearing up once again and will be held later this month.  Local organizers caution that kilts will be worn but not mandatory. The  dress code is business casual. Actually, this year is the 251st anniversary of the birth of Robert Burn, Jan. 25, 1759.  ...
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• More about Robert Burns and Ulster

  
  Bloggin fae the 'Burn: Ulster-Scots thoughts — Authority: 125
  (NB: If youre reading this on Facebook, the original post is from my blog ) A wee snippet I found the other day: "...there are few persons of any cultivation, who would willingly admit, that they were ignorant of the songs of Burns" Alexander Knox s History of the County of Down , p 63 (Belfast, 1875)
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• Scottish Art: Moon over Tarbolton

  
  Stushie's Art — Authority: 127
  How the Bachelor’s Club in Tarbolton, Scotland may have once looked… A frequent favorite drinking and debating place of Robert Burns.
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• happy new year, thanks, and Robert Burns

  
  Music Road — Authority: 116
  Thank you for coming along the music road this year. Many of you have been with us in the years since the beginning, four years ago now, and some of you are finding us for the first time today. Thank you for reading and for being part of the community, and as always, youre invited to stay awhile and explore. You may ...
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• Eric Zorn on “Auld Lang Syne”

  
  Culture Club — Authority: 585
  Hed drink to that. Last night - at Powell Symphony Hall and many other places - people sang Robert Burns’s archaic Scottish-dialect classic, “Auld lang syne.” If you’re not quite up on archaic Scottish dialect, Chicago Tribune columnist Eric Zorn is,…
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• Take a Cup o’ Kindness

  
  The Tax Lawyer's Blog — Authority: 488
  A Scot, Robert Burns, wrote Auld Lang Syne and a Scot can sing it best. Here’s the best rendition I ever heard:Bookmark & Share:
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• Auld Lang Syne

  
  Traveling Through Time and Space — Authority: 115
  So long, 2009. You had some stellar moments and some sad times, but Im glad I knew you. Im looking forward to meeting your replacement, and have high hopes for amazing things. To commemorate the personnel change, Id like to offer a few clips. The first is just silly, as only Bill Crystal can do it: The next is ...
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• Happy New Year 2010!

  
  Infosecurity.US — Authority: 132
  Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to mind ? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And days o’ lang syne ? For auld lang syne, my jo, For auld lang syne, We’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet, For auld lang syne. And surely ye’ll be your pint-stowp ! And surely I’ll be mine ! And we’ll tak a ...
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• Thursday video fun — “Auld Lang Syne”

  
  David Kirkpatrick — Authority: 132
  Since the poem the song is based on was written by the Scottish bard Robert Burns, it seemed pretty appropriate to offer the traditional New Year’s Eve song on the bagpipes. Everyone be safe and have fun tonight, and I wish everyone happiness and success in all endeavors in 2010.
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• Auld Lang Syne

  
  Vie de Malchance — Authority: 131
  I like to think this is more how Bobbie Burns heard it. Aye, one bonny tune deserves another. I had to run by the bank this morning and availed myself of the nearby Harris-Teeter . We’d planned a big salad, baked potatoes and a steak for this evening. I stood before the pathetic meat case for fifteen ...
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• HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

  
  Penn Palz — Authority: 103
  The song, "Auld Lang Syne," is sung at the stroke of midnight in almost every English-speaking country in the world to bring in the New Year. It is a Scottish poem, thought to be composed by Scottish poet and lyricist Robert Burns in 1788. It is sung to the traditional folk tune Roud 6294. First published in 1796 ...
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• Auld Lang Syne at the Scottish parliament

  
  Marathon Pundit — Authority: 501
  Scotsman Robert Burns wrote "Auld Lang Syne" in 1788. Watch and listen as it is sung at the Scottish parliment. Lots of hand-holding going on here. Happy New Year! Oh, and a Happy Hogmanay too. Technorati tags: uk scotland poetry Robert Burns Music culture politics new years eve
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• Did You Know? Countdown to New Years Day 2010 (12/31)

  
  Holiday Rap - Holidays on the Net Holiday Blog — Authority: 146
  Did You Know? Facts, Figures & Folklore about About New Year’s Eve & New Year’s Day Dec 31 : New Years Eve 1 Day till New Years Day Did you know that “ Auld Lang Syne ” was written in the 1700’s? The song was written by Robert Burns in Scotland, as a song of remembrance and reflection. ...
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• Scottish Art: Brig O’ Doon

  
  Stushie's Art — Authority: 127
  The real Brigadoon is just outside Alloway, Ayrshire, in Scotland
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• Scottish Series: Poetic Moonlight

  
  Stushie's Art — Authority: 127
  Robert Burn’s birthplace in Alloway, Scotland. My rendering of how it may have looked in Robert’s day.
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• Prince Charles Tour of Scotland

  
  Adelaide Green Porridge Cafe — Authority: 134
  Prince Charles is visiting an Edinburgh hospital. He enters a ward full of patients with no obvious sign of injury or illness and greets one. The patient replies: “Fair fa your honest sonsie face, Great chieftain o the pudding race, Aboon them a ye take yet place, Painch, tripe or thairm, As langs my airm.” ...
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• musicology #459

  
  http://themusicologist.wordpress.com — Authority: 123
  TheManWithTheBag #9 (Amos Milburn – Let’s Make Christmas Merry Baby) Intended on breaking the mould today and throwing the cut early?, (unless of course you’re in NYC, LA, ‘Chi’ or pretty much any State in America), but as Robert Burns wrote: “The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men Gang aft agley, ...
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  Ayrshire Scotland Business News — Authority: 116
  Clydesdale Bank features Robert Burns on its new £10 note Robert Burns, one of Scotland’s most famous sons, is featured on Clydesdale Bank’s new £10 note, which is now in circulation. This note is the fourth of Clydesdale Bank’s new world heritage banknotes which are now available at selected Clydesdale Bank ...
  4 weeks ago

• Kevin McKenna | Tired of the same old top Scots? Try these

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 985
  Robert Burns, Jock Stein, Billy Connolly – theyre all great people. But Jim Baxter, Sawney Bean and Hot Shot Hamish surely have a claim on posterity too The 10 greatest Scots were unveiled last week and all the usual suspects were on it. Robert Burns jostled for position with Jock Stein and Billy Connolly . They ...
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