BURNS Night this week, of course, and Bob Forsyth in Uplawmoor tells us of attending a Burns supper where the chairman was teetotal.
BURNS Night this week, of course, and Bob Forsyth in Uplawmoor tells us of attending a Burns supper where the chairman was teetotal.
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Says Bob: "He was determined to do the right thing when the piper played in the haggis, and had arranged with the hotel staff to provide him with two glasses – one with the cratur and the other with cold tea. When the moment arrived he gave a glass to the piper and took one himself and duly toasted the haggis.
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BURNS Night this week, of course, and Bob Forsyth in Uplawmoor tells us of attending a Burns supper where the chairman was teetotal.
Says Bob: "He was determined to do the right thing when the piper played in the haggis, and had arranged with the hotel staff to provide him with two glasses – one with the cratur and the other with cold tea. When the moment arrived he gave a glass to the piper and took one himself and duly toasted the haggis.
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