In honour of Burns Nicht, which takes place tonight, we
have compiled a list of 'Did You Know's about Scotland's favourite son.
Did you know...
Burns has
been, amongst other things, a farmer, an exciseman, a flax trader.
Burns
fathered 12 children, although rumours suggest there were more illegitimate
mini-Burns' running about.
Paintings
of Rabbie were more forgiving than the truth. He was a farmer and quite
sturdily built, and wasn't the most
fashionable of men.
That Burns
is worth an estimated £100 million in tourist revenue alone for bonny Scotland.
That's about £80 million more than
Nessie!
Robert
Burns was a mason from the age of 23, having been initiated at the Lodge St
David Tarbolton on the 4th July, 1781.
Burns often
dressed in a bat-like costume, fighting villains in Edinburgh. You could call
him using a rudimentary lighting device
dubbed the 'Bat Signal'.*
*Only fact that isn't verified. But somebody at a
pub in Glasgow told me.