Cutty-sark (witch)
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Cutty-sark is a nickname given to Nannie, a fictional witch created by Robert Burns in his 1791 poem "Tam o' Shanter", after the garment she wore. In the poem, the erotic sight of her dancing in such
Cutty-sark figurehead on the British clipper of the same name.
John Faed illustrated the witch in the poem
'Ae spring brought off her master hale'. John Faed RSA. 1855
Tam o' Shanter (poem)
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"Tam o' Shanter" is a narrative poem written by the Scottish poet Robert Burns in 1790, while living in Dumfries. First published in the second volume of Francis Grose's Antiquities of Scotland in 179
Cutty-sark (witch)
…18th century Scots for a short chemise or undergarment) is a nickname given to Nannie, a fictional witch created by Robert Burns in his 1791 poem "Tam o' Shanter", after the garment she wore. In the poem, the erotic sight of her dancing in such short clothing caused the protagonist Tam to cry out "Weel done…
Alloway Kirk, from Grose's Antiquities Of Scotland, 1797.
Souter Johnnie's Cottage, Kirkoswald.
The actor Ken O'Harrah plays Tam O'Shanter at Tamfest 2019
Robert burns