Which type of cloth cap is named after the hero of a poem by Robert Burns?
Tam o' Shanter (poem) Alexander Goudie worked at a cycle of 54 large format paintings dedicated to Robert Burns' poem, currently displayed at Rozelle House Galleries, near Burns' home at Alloway, Ayrshire. The Tam O' Shanter Urban Cottage on Bidston Hill, Wirral, Merseyside was named after the poem in 1837 after being built beyond a stream which was said to repel witches. It attracts both Robert Burns fans and local witches and Wicca historians. The Tam O'Shanter Inn in Glendale, California was named after the Robert Burns poem and was established in 1922 by the Van de Kamp bakery family. As of 2017, it
Tam o' Shanter (poem) Kirkoswald. An early version of the poem includes four lines that were deleted at the request of one of Burns' friends. The poem originally contained the lines: A handwritten note on the manuscript written by Judge Alexander Fraser Tytler, reads "Burns left out these four lines at my desire, as being incongruous with the other circumstances of pure horror." Burns had the lines removed from later editions; it was not unknown for Burns to make changes at the request of friends. The Tam o' Shanter cap is named after the poem. Lady Ada Lovelace named her beloved if "very wild