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‘Burn's Cenotaph, Allaway, near Ayr. The foundation of this monument was laid on 25th January 1820, the anniversary of the poet's natal day. It contains a bust of the poet by Park, and an interesting case of relics, including the Bibles presented by Burns to Highland Mary, one of them containing a lock of her hair’.
‘Tam O'Shanter and Souter Johnny from the original and far famed statues by "Thom" now in the Burns Cenotaph, Ayr’.
‘The town of Ayr. The Wallace Tower and High Street Ayr. The drowsy dungeon clock had numbered two And Wallace Tower had sworn the fact was true. The Brigs O' Ayr’.
‘Burn's cottage, Alloway, near Ayr. In this cottage, on 25th January 1759, the poet Burns was born’.
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‘The town of Ayr. The Wallace Tower and High Street. Auld Ayr, whomn e'er a town surpasses for honest men and bonnie lasses-Tam O' Shanter’.
‘The Auld Brig O' Doon over which Tam O' Shanter fled when pursued by the witches from Alloway kirk’.
‘Trinity College Dublin (a junior freshman's entrance examination) .Is year honner the master or the big schule bekase I’ve brought Little Mickey to be eddicated here, as I’m tould ye give grate larnin intirely an that ye taches the dead langwidges which in coorse manes "Munsther Irish" an that’s what I’d like Little Mickey to know so I would!!’
‘The Boyne Wather Alsy Sandy disturbin "the ilimints" here wid yer "Scots wha hae" play up "The Boyne Wather "softly jist to thry could I shtand it!!’