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This truth fand honest Tam o’ Shanter, As he frae Ayr ae night did canter, (Auld Ayr, wham ne’er a town surpasses, For honest men and bonny lasses.) O Tam! hadst thou but been sae wise, As ta’en thy ain wife Kate’s advice! She taul thee weel thou was a skellum, A blethering, blustering, drunken blellum; That frae November till October,
Tam O’ Shanter or “Tammie” is a traditional Scottish bonnet worn by men and it is frequently abbreviated as “Tam O Shanter” in the Scottish Military. The name was derived from “Tam O Shanter”, a titular character in a ballad by Robert Burns written in 1790. It is a humorous and absurd folktale for the modern day.
The 'real' Tam o' Shanter may have been Douglas Graham (1739-1811), a tenant on the farm of Shanter. His wife, Helen McTaggart (1742-98), was as well known for her nagging as he was for his drinking.
In Cutty Sark. …Nannie in Robert Burns’s poem Tam o’Shanter. On February 16, 1870, the Cutty Sark left London on its maiden voyage, sailing to Shanghai by way of the Cape of Good Hope. The vessel served in the English-Chinese tea trade through the 1870s, later in the Australian wool trade, and finally….
Tam o'Shanter is Burns most sustained single poetic effort, as well as the only example among his poems of this kind of narrative poetry. It was written at a time when he was beset with all kinds difficulties and worries, after a spell of scanty production and it showed him to be a master of verse narrative as no Scots poet had been since the ...
A 5.677-hectare parcel at the southeast corner is leased to the City of Scarborough for local park purposes. Tam O’Shanter Golf Course occupies the remaining 42.353 hectares. Metro Toronto Parks and Culture undertook a comprehensive $1.17 million redevelopment of the golf course in 1980. Improvements included a new clubhouse, automated ...
