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Scotland (English and Scotts. Scotland, Gaelic. Alba) - in the past (before 1707), an independent kingdom in northern Europe, now - most standalone (which has its own parliament, the legal system and the state church, etc.) from all countries components of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.Scotland is the north island of Great Britain, bordered by land with England.The capital of Scotland - Edinburgh.The Scottish Parliament - a unicameral legislature of Scotland.
Robert Burns was born on January 25, 1759 in the village of Alloway (three miles south of Ayr, Ayrshire County), in a peasant family of William Burness (William Burness, 1721-1784). In 1765, his father rented the farm of Mount Oliphant, and the boy had to work as adults, enduring hunger and other deprivations. In 1781, Burns joined the Masonic Lodge, Freemasonry quite strongly influenced his work. [9] In 1783, Robert began writing poetry at eyshirskom dialect. In 1784 his father died, and after a series of failed attempts to farm with his brother Robert Gilbert moved to Mossgil. In 1786 he published the first book of Burns, Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish dialect («Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect"). To the initial period of work also included: "John Barleycorn» (John Barleycorn, 1782), "The Jolly Beggars» («The Jolly Beggars», 1785), "The prayer of hypocrites Willie» («Holy Willie's Prayer»), «The Holy Fair" («The Holy Fair», 1786). The poet is quickly becoming known throughout Scotland. [10]