Scotland Puzzle

Robert Burns

By Kay Glasgow

Robert Burns has long been Scotland's national poet but he may well be the most celebrated poet in the world and not just every 25th January! The extent of his poems and songs in translation among world languages must rival the Bible and Shakespeare. The anagrams to unscramble feature familiar aspects of his life, times and legacy.

1 Ayrshire 1759 birthplace of Burns A LAY OWL
2 Burns Cottage is an example of a __ __ __ (3,3,3) BAN DEN TUB
3 Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect published here in 1786 NO CALM KIRK
4 success of poems kept Burns from emigrating to the __ __(4,6) DESIST WINE
5 his favourite pub in Dumfries (5,3) NOBLE GIN
6 taxing occupation of Burns in Dumfries (6,7) FIERCE SEX FOCI
7 maybe Morrison, Campbell, or another woman of many poems (8,4) HAH MY DARLING
8 married Burns April 1788 in Mauchline, Ayrshire (4,6) OUR NEAR JAM
9 A Man's a Man For a' That, song of his time's political upheaval, the __ __(6,10) FERVENT IN OUR LOCH
10 Burns was known in Edinburgh as the __ __ (8,4) NOTE POMP LAUGH
11 his lyrics of this song of parting known worldwide (4,4,4) DANNY SEAGULL
12 celebrants the world over honour his birthday by attending a __ __ (5,6) PUB RUN PRESS

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