Robert Burns' birthday on January 25, 1759 is always celebrated with the piping in of the Haggis. 2009 is the 250th anniversary of his birth in the cottage kitchen.
Address to a Haggis by Burns
Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face,
Great chieftain o the puddin'-race!
Aboon them a' ye tak your place,
Painch, tripe, or thairm:
Weel are ye wordy of a grace
As lang's my arm. ...