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Robert (Rabbie) Burns only lived for 37 years, but he made a lasting impact on the Scottish dialect (and on many a lass). He wrote “Auld Lang Syne” and “Address to a Haggis.” Burns is a poet who is revered around the world. Thousands of people take part in the annual festivities for his birthday, called “Burns Nights.” Who else would write “Wee, sleeket, cowrin, tim’rous beastie” to a mouse?
Maya Sutton graduated from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and received her PhD from UNM. Sutton’s great-grandmother, Jane MacNichol, was from the Isle of Skye, contributing to Maya’s 93% Scottish-Irish DNA ancestry. She is a dual citizen with the Republic of Ireland. She has created many Burns Night celebrations and participated in many more around Albuquerque.