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- A day late due to illness but if you've not read 'Tam O'Shanter' & your groove is Horror & Folklore then you are in for a treat. (Tam by Norman Lindsay)

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2020-01-27

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.

Happy

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2020-01-26

tonight! We assume Brian MacDonald stand M3 will be celebrating so let’s add a toast to all our exhibitors for a good evening & last day tomorrow (Sunday 26 Jan till 6pm) distinctive C19th c 4 x 1.5m from Brian

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2020-01-26

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Then let us pray that come it may,
As come it will for a' that,
That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth,
May bear the gree, an' a' that.
For a' that, an' a' that,
It's coming yet, for a' that,
That man to man, the warld o'er,
Shall brothers be for a' that.

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2020-01-25

‘And, vow! Tam saw an unco sight
Warlocks and witches in a dance;
Nae cotillion brent-new frae France’

This woodcut with stencil colouring from broadsheet of Tam o’Shanter was printed in Glasgow during the early 19th century.

Have a great ! 🎉🥃

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2020-01-25

'Thistle' illustration by Scottish botanical artist and engraver Elizabeth Blackwell from the book 'A Curious Herbal', 1737

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2020-01-25

It's and today.

And if you spend more than £30 in our shop you'll receive a Burns themed surprise gift in a red envelope.

Valid 25th-26th January.

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2020-01-25

Neeps and tatties you wouldn’t want to eat on from the Welsh National Herbarium

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2020-01-25

For & my weekly word I decided to a love poem + learned that 'jo' meant sweetheart or love or dearest or joy. 'John Anderson, my Jo.' https://t.co/JSMpBwrYf5

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2020-01-25

"Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi’ the sun;
I will love thee still, my dear,
While the sands o’ life shall run"
- A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns

We hope you a have a wonderful Burns Night filled with celebration and poetry

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2020-01-25

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

我が心ハイランドにあり
我何処へ行こうとも

ロバート・バーンズ

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2020-01-25

In there is an ancient belief that if you plant a tree near your front door it will ward off witches’ spells as well as faeries & bad spirits. Rowan is also known as witchentree or witch-wood. month, Img: Cicely Barker

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2020-01-23

Jan 25 was Burns Night a celebration of Scottish poet Robert Burns. I was meant to create a design for inspired by one of his poems but since Scots is basically gibberish the only part I understood was “mouse.”

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2019-01-30

A few Hielan’ Laddies in honour of Burns’ Night.

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2019-01-25

For - here is Tam O'Shanter fleeing the 'Hellish Legion' pulling Meg's tail, courtesy of William Scarse. Lady Ada Lovelace named her beloved if "very wild and ... quite vicious" stallion Tom O'Shanter

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2019-01-25

Happy Burns Night. We thought we'd share a picture of a this lovely Royal Doulton plate depicting Robert Burns which is normally tucked up in our store.

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2019-01-25