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You don't have to use Scots every day to recognise its poetry

We�re learning a lot of Burns in our house right now.

We're learning a lot of Burns in our house right now. That our youngest is being tasked to recite various of the Bard's poems by heart delights me, since I hold fast to the horribly unfashionable view that leaning by rote is extremely good for children.