Feeding the 5,000 - Haggis - General Chat - Boards

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Member Since: August 2012 Posts: 7,081 Send Message	OneFootInTheGrave	Report	21 Jan 2014 15:46
	The Big Burns Supper festival is hoping to see 5,000 people tuck into a haggis meal over its three days in Dumfries. The event runs from Friday to Sunday with a wide range of concerts, comedy and community activities planned. As part of a drive to get more people enjoying Burns Suppers, a special mascot - Hamish the Haggis - has been touring schools. During the festival, Hamish the Haggis will host an "interactive family show" including a children's Burns Supper. This year Burns Night is on Saturday the 25th January 2014 ;-) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-25827072
	Researching: I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 16,020 Send Message	Sharron	Report	21 Jan 2014 17:55
	We are having a Burns Night supper in the village this year. It is some kind of fund raising event for the church I think and the tickets are a tenner each. Fred will not be going although I could have arranged it had he chosen to. I don't like veggie haggis much but will go for the company and the social scene and I will be one of the youngest there which is always quite pleasing!
Member Since: January 2010 Posts: 57,155 Send Message	'Emma'	Report	21 Jan 2014 18:03
	Enjoy Sharron, me I don't like haggis so never go to a Burns night.
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 16,020 Send Message	Sharron	Report	21 Jan 2014 18:09
	It is the nearest I will get to a birthday party!
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 20,651 Send Message	maggiewinchester	Report	21 Jan 2014 18:14
	I have already bought a haggis, and will gladly demolish it all by myself, though it may take 3 days :-(
	Researching: Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842
Member Since: January 2010 Posts: 57,155 Send Message	'Emma'	Report	21 Jan 2014 18:34
	Sharron behave :-D :-D We will put up a thread for you on yer birthday and have a laugh, when is it <3 Emma :-)
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 16,020 Send Message	Sharron	Report	21 Jan 2014 19:28
	Well, they celebrate it all over Australia. And quite rightly so in my opinion.
Member Since: January 2010 Posts: 57,155 Send Message	'Emma'	Report	21 Jan 2014 19:35
	Would that be Anzac Day ....April 25 th :-D :-D
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 8,791 Send Message	LadyScozz	Report	21 Jan 2014 20:01
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 8,791 Send Message	My genes are 95% Scottish, but I didn't get a haggis gene, I hate the stuff! My brothers love it. If they have or are invited to a bbq they get a haggis from the Scottish butcher and torment people with it. :-D
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 16,020 Send Message	Sharron	Report	21 Jan 2014 21:03
	No, it is Australia Day. The day we stole yet another country from the black man!
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 8,791 Send Message	LadyScozz	Report	21 Jan 2014 22:17
Member Since: June 2005 Posts: 8,791 Send Message	26 January....... our Aussie Aboriginal friends call it Invasion Day. :-)
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 16,020 Send Message	Sharron	Report	21 Jan 2014 22:19
	That sounds more like it.
Member Since: June 2008 Posts: 3,229 Send Message	GlasgowLass	Report	22 Jan 2014 00:47
	I like haggis but ( please don't shout) I prefer the vegetarian variety!
	Researching: Brannan/ McGrath/ Kerr/ Jordan/ Finnigan NI and Free State. Devlin/ Lamont / Lamond/ Fyfe/ Pollock/ Johnston/Struthers/ Smith. Scotland. Avi: Hand Fasting or Tying The Knot. Daughters wedding 2016
Member Since: August 2012 Posts: 7,081 Send Message	OneFootInTheGrave	Report	22 Jan 2014 07:04
	Vegetarian haggis, what is the world coming to Arrrghhh :-( A Haggis with her babies http://ts3.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4558748281539794&pid=1.7 :-D
	Researching: I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 16,020 Send Message	Sharron	Report	22 Jan 2014 08:48
	If there were not such aberrations we vegetarians would never get out. Not such a bad thing you might think.
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 6,330 Send Message	JustJohn	Report	24 Jan 2014 19:26
	Thought there had been a thread for Burns Day. Tomorrow, I believe. I wish all you Scots and poetry lovers a very happy day. :-D :-D
	Researching: Amelie my granddaughter's ancestry. My ban until 1 Jan 2021

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