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
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
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Tam o' shanter (cap)
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A tam o' shanter or "tammie" is a name given to the traditional Scottish bonnet worn by men. The name derives from Tam o' Shanter, the eponymous hero of the 1790 Robert Burns poem.
Tam o' Shanter (poem)
…from later editions; it was not unknown for Burns to make changes at the request of friends. This poem appears to be the first mention of the name.The tam o' shanter cap is named after it. The French Romantic painter Eugène Delacroix based his 1825 painting Tam O'Shanter on the poem. Ada Lovelace named her beloved if…
Tartan tam o' shanters.
Statue of Burns wearing a tam o' shanter.
A sergeant of the Royal Scots Fusiliers (right) wearing a tam o' shanter in 1942.