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Description: | Robert Burns (1759-96) Scotland's National Poet was born in a small thatched cottage in Alloway, Ayrshire the son of a market gardener who feued 7 acres locally. During a short lifetime the farmer poet composed a wealth of songs and poems. He died in Dumfries of heart disease aged only 37 years.
The milking stool with other Burns relics are on display at the Poets' birthplace in Alloway.
The milking stool on display is said to have belonged to the Burnes family while farming at Mossgiel, Mauchline. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | Burns Monument Trust | Temporal: | 1784-01-01 - 1788-12-31 | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | Rustic Milking Stool used by the Burns f | Go to resource |
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