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Description: | Robert Burns (1759-96) Scotland's National Poet was born in a small thatched cottage in Alloway, the son of a market gardener who feued 7 acres locally. During a short period the farmer poet composed a wealth of songs and poems. He died in Dumfries of heart disease aged only 37 years.
The Cottage in Alloway was lived in by Burns until the age of 7 years when he moved with his family to nearby Mount Oliphant Farm.
On display in the Cottage kitchen is the bannock toaster, a cooking implement for use over the fire. It was given to Burns' wife Jean Armour on the occasion of their marriage in 1788. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | Burns Monument Trust | Temporal: | 1788-01-01 - 1788-12-31 | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | Bannock Toaster wedding gift to Jean Arm | Go to resource |
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