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Evening Standard
Lucinda Cameron

Robert Burns cup returns to Scotland after more than 100 years in Australia

The cup belonging to Robert Burns has returned to Scotland (Robert Burns Ellisland Trust/PA) -

A drinking cup that belonged to Robert Burns has returned from Australia to go on show at the farmhouse where the poet is thought to have used it more than 200 years ago.

The cup was owned by the Taylor family for many generations after they bought it at a sale of the poet’s effects in 1791.

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