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Description: | Robert Burns (1759-96) Scotland's National Poet was born in Alloway, Ayrshire and during his short lifetime was to write a wealth of songs and poems. His early introduction to the local stories of witchcraft was brought to the fore in the tale of Tam o' Shanter.
Tam is shown peering through a window of the Kirk 'amaz'd and curious' while the core of witches and warlocks conduct their dance. Auld Nick is shown seated in the window playing the pipes.
This carving in limewood by Thomas H. Tweedy, c1860, depicts the central scene in the poem by Robert Burns of Tam o' Shanter, where Tam reaches Kirk Alloway and is stopped in his tracks to watch, in the ruins, a dance of witches. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | Burns Monument Trust | Temporal: | 1860-01-01 - 1860-12-31 | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | Carving in limewood by Thomas Tweedy tit | Go to resource |
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