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Food can carry cultural meaning. Burns Night provides a concrete Scottish example in which dishes, music and remembrance form one event.

Event card

Burns Night is held in Scotland on 25 January in honour of the poet Robert Burns. A traditional gathering may include spoken words, bagpipe music and a ceremonial presentation of haggis. Some gatherings close with Auld Lang Syne, a song associated with remembering times past; no lyrics are reproduced here. The exact programme varies by host and community.

Menu and meaning

Haggis is a savoury Scottish dish traditionally made from sheep offal, oatmeal, onion and seasoning. Cock-a-leekie soup is associated with chicken and leeks. Oatcakes or a trifle may appear as later courses. Naming a dish is not enough: a cultural description should explain where it appears in the event.

Respectful description

Use traditionally, may include and in this celebration instead of claiming that every person in Scotland eats the same food. Do not reproduce poems or song lyrics when the task is about dishes and customs.

Burns Night reading card

Burns Night is held on 25 January to mark the life and work of the Scottish poet Robert Burns. A supper may include haggis, neeps and tatties, soup or oatcakes, but menus vary. A host may introduce the occasion, guests may hear poetry or music, and the gathering may include a shared meal. These are possible features of an event, not habits of every person in Scotland.