1. Robert Burns, or… Rabbie! By Sally Barker Dalry PS Burns was born on the 25 th January, 1759, in Alloway.

2. Rabbie’s interest in poetry was prompted by his mother who sang to him in ‘auld’ Scots

3. Burns wrote his first poem at the age of 15

4. Rabbie originally wrote another tune for ‘Auld Lang Syne’ but his publisher didn’t like it. The Japanese claim the one we use today is their tune!

5. Does anyone know which famous Edinburgh street Burns’ lived on? Plenty of people want to see where this famous man lived.

6. In fact, he’s so famous, There’s even a statue of Burns in Central park, New York!

7. Burns died on the 25 th July, 1796. This is the same day that the last of his children was born. The baby’s name was Maxwell Burns

8. Can you answer all these questions? Now let’s think…. WHO was Burns? WHAT did he do? WHY is he so famous? WHEN did he live?