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Alexander Smail

Scotland’s favourite Scots language poems named ahead of World Poetry Day

Scotland's favourite Scots language poems have been revealed ahead of World Poetry Day this week.

With Wednesday marking the yearly event, VisitScotland surveyed 1,000 Scottish adults to uncover precisely which Scots poems are their favourites.

According to the results, ‘To a Mouse’ by Robert Burns is the nation's favourite Scots language poem, with 22 per cent of respondents declaring it their top choice. The poem was first penned in 1785, and concerns a mouse whose nest is ploughed by a farmer (who may be Burns himself).

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