When we toast these admirable lassies, as Burns reminds us, we celebrate the full range of human experience, the heroic in ...
Earlier this week, we published Jenni Lang’s Reply to the Toast to the lassies given at the Edinburgh South Burns Supper. We said we’d put up Andy Wiliamson’s original toast to which she ...
The Toast to the Lassies at Burns Suppers used to basically be a riot of misogyny. In fact, at one time the only women allowed near a Burns Supper were the ones serving the food. In modern times ...
The formal event at the Colonial Heritage Club featured Scottish traditions, bagpipes, whisky and a dinner that included several traditional dishes.
There was many of the traditional aspects of a Burns Supper including Toast to the Lassies and Toast to the Laddies, as well ...
"Women tend to get rolled out just to do the reply to the Toast to the Lassies." This year, five of the six people at the top table of The Sandyford Burns Club supper are women. Ms Burley says ...
While some families have their own Burns Supper at home, you will often find more ceremony ... Dessert can vary: apple crumble, pineapple tart, shortbread. After toasts to the lads and lassies and a ...
The Burns Supper is an institution of Scottish life ... A whisky-bearer should also arrive to ensure the toasts are well lubricated. During the procession, guests clap in time to the music ...