European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 26, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 18 the stars and stripes Burns Nicht january Hes the Patrick of the scots by Hugh Mulligan writer january a was bums Scotland Patricks except its held at night and usually Tat fan the next morning unless a sudden drought sets my Over the in the Highland and the from both the feuding Campbell and Macdonald from Glen Garry in Ness to where a whole scottish regiment once scots gathered to pay homage to Robert the National As he was affectionately was the Shakespeare of the often Drunken and always repentant Home Loving poet who died at 37 from a heart condition aggravated by his Affinity for the he National dram distilled in the islands and that was nearly to years he ten behind some of the loveliest lines Ever written my love la like a red John my Bonnie wee Mary hearts in the Hes my Dar a mans a Man Lorn Auld Lang and some of the whitest to a to a written on a stanzas on Naething and address to the also some of the most written As they were in the Ementhe obscure 1mb Century Ayrshire dialect which will not deter Modem scots saluting toe Bard on his birthday from nodding their Heads knowingly or in pretended and laughing in All the right places when Tarn Burns Best is read aloud or recited from the its All about a Lowland like bums leaving the pub after a sip too heading Home to his shrewish wife aboard his Gray Mare Meg and running into even worse trouble than Macbeth with some witches on the enjoying bums Nicht to the fullest requires a lot of especially on the part of the the no caledonian guest who has to pretend to like Haggis and at least Toler ate bagpipe every bums Nicht everywhere begins with the ceremonial Entrance of the Haggis to the skill of us pipes and the wiggle waggle of the for the deprived Many unacquainted with the caviar of is giblets and entrails and Cal twins and whatnot led up with Oatmeal and onions and unspecified spices inside the stomach of a what the rest of the world throws the scots claimed one another called it boiled castrated to the gourmet bom beyond Hadrian above die Banks of the in the Bonnie Braes and Glens and Lochs of Haggis is a steaming Daub of the bagpipe also is an acquired if not the Best that can be said for in addition to everything allowed Oscar married on a Nof today newlyweds Kansas up it May came As a surmise to couples who got married on a shoestring and a but Modem newlyweds spend an average of setting up their love Eleanor Pontius Becker of new the executive editor of brides said the business of getting the Bride and Groom to Gether comfortably is a Gold the average Bride and Groom spend furnishing their Home daring their engage ment and the first two or three months of mar and that figure Doest count toe gifts they received from family and she the editor said the modern couple is Able to spend that Money on Ibe they Are older than their Partite probably were when they and usually both Are working and have saved some about r500 is spent on the average wed Ding and Becker and you throw the honeymoon expenses on top of and the Bride is pretty Nice Bride Magazine surveys show that 97 per cent of today newlyweds take trips averaging s900 inside the United and f vis that 11 Doest but then wide was an irishman living in England who died without hearing the band of the Roya scots guards squeeze out amazing Grace on their after tie Haggis is piped the clan chief or dinner chairman intones a written by hailing the Haggis As the great chieftain o the puddle if a Broadsword int he lifts the hem of his reaches into his right sock just above the Fasli or Garter and Pulla out his Stan a wee Dirk used Tor hacking up a haunch of Venison or a rival the knife is thrust into the maw of the and the juices come gushing Forth in a Cloud of Haggis invariably is served with Nocks and rattles bashed turnips and mashed spuds an Oatmeal Pancake with the flavor of old shirt cardboard and Cocka great to is made about everyone wearing proper coloured tartan so that a Keith int found in the drag reserved for a Mac and Cabadas Hucal heresy int committed by a no Scot wearing the Highland to this is All very Burns probably never wore the he was a the tartan was forbidden f my 1746 to during most of his As English troops cruelly crushed the Highland revolt that failed to bring Bonnie Prince Charlie to the somewhere on bums Niche someone always does the sword which is the Way scots pare their and the Highland which terrified the Good burgers of Carlisle when Highland regiments invaded across the end the Gay which is not a group anathema to Anita Bryant but the dance of a regiment raised by a merry Duchess who gave each recruit a Guinea and a near breakfast or the Nicht ends with a wee Deoch an the last wee dram of Golden elixirs with names like Stags Duggans Dew and doctors of course the singing of Auld Lang four performers defect from Dresden state opera Hamburg up four members of East Germany Dresden slate on a guest performance have defected from their Hamburg officials the four said that for political reasons they did not want to return to East across 41 precedes Down i White Datum Kouf pet 41bnndrdriak Isanda Rac a cranes Al pressure tree Engineer trip 3 Monty for ind free flyable Sta Tappe Ubu Bou 4 Empire used wat Jaek state Cote flip by but Noftal Llyn Hricik Are cat Vitta theater Juose award if opaque Insp Anib Dumond Pruun 1 Uke carpet it Ltd Hutc crag for lip 11 pact part Iret Anli lest thaw Otu Herty detest u Bac Tab 11 bunged b private by my Tom one Fwy Mph amour to Start Lor ii baseballs Wel trifled Parade today crossword atomic a not it show anger b sound of m secret Khz in i two bound appoints Asoria it rubber a saturate Bartok or emk13bh Neviles austrian common verb to Wai it butter 41 school 44 grand night for Man Tim a Bury Ameno yesterdays objects 41 love god to sub c0qf Ann Landers dear Ann Landers in Spile of All your Good we still Cei Ved far too Many seasonal form letters written under the k Guise of thoughtful messages to family and close this includes anyone whose last they can among All the form tetters Rived some Mung a fancy announcement informing us of All the deaths in the How Tacky and tasteless can you get in retaliation i plan to for next a form letter of my own which should get the Mes Sage across to even the dullest clods the idea it you dont care to Send a personal note or Send heres my message for Christ 1978 since hearing from sister Clara Mae ran off with the and happily they got married before the baby grandpa fell in a Hole on his Way to the outhouse and has been on crutches Ever we finally got Uncle Joe to quit Messing brother Billy joined the foreign thank the he is an idiot think of you often and wonder in you Are dead or put away write a letter if you feel like otherwise just leave us off your country do you think get the Ann dear hopeful t doubt Brt its Worth the let me know the will Yon dear Ann Landers my Best Friend asked me How i would feel if she had sex with my i told her she ask be cause i give her an honest i i dont think i could respect you any More if you did such a she ignored my advice and had sex with my brother now i dont know what to i am very uncomfortable in her presence and so is my she hangs around our House Unin whenever she comes he 1 think she just wants to be friends with me so she can we my id appreciate some advice from Marcella in san Juan dear Marc la pm Tat Friendship for she b sore to get the if you you have Patuc she cart Juri drop la to byway she met astr of you Jedi cafe the if pm set 4ht is Uii alter dear am my wife ant kids trend making la me these we Hadar sea who to set wild and he lore the draperies and rained two upholstered he seemed to be going from Kitt Enish playfulness getting Ridout so much to that i was starting to worry about the safety of our youngest my wife and i had a big argument Over this nutty cat and the next Day she had it destroyed be cause i raised so much now toe whole family treats me like i have some loathsome unwanted dear put go to a pet Bop and buy a mild tempered maybe Ibe one
