Good evening fellow steemits, while I hope alot of you around the world today enjoyed tucking into haggis, neeps and tatties and toasting a dram of whisky to celebrate the birth of Scotlands most famous and greatest poet and lyricist of all time I thought you might like to no some interesting facts about Burns himself and some of his most famous work
Here we go
-there are more statues worldwide dedicated to Rabbie Burns than any other non-religious figure after Queen Victoria and Christoper Columbus
-Burns was a father to 13 children by 4 different woman
-His youngest child, son Maxwell, was born on the day of his funeral and obviously never met him
-"Auld Lang Syne" is sang by millions across the world on hogmany(new years eve) and along with happy birthday is the most frequently sung song in the english language
-"Scots Wha Hae" has served as an unofficial national anthem for Scotland
-He is the first person to feature on a commemorative bottle of coca cola
-One of americas most famous presidents Abraham Lincoln could recite Burns work by heart
-Burns tragically died at th age of 37 thought to be through a blood infection caused by a tooth extraction
-The first ever burns night was held on the anniversary of his death rather than on his actual birthday when we celebrate it now
-The greatest Scot of all time was born in the Alloway south of Ayr, Scotland
-He was mainly educated by his father William who was also a self educated farmer
I hope you guys have enjoyed and learned some more about this historic day that we Scots love to celebrate to mark the birth of Scotlands greatest ever poet and here is a final picture of a statue of him and his poem, close to my heart in my home town of Aberfeldy, Scotland where he wrote "The birks of Aberfeldy"
