Of Brownyis and of Bogolis

Today’s questions begin with a person born on this day and continue in a theme from there.

One

Robert Burns, the national poet of Scotland, was born in Alloway, Ayrshire on this day. In what century did he life?

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Two

The title character in a Robert Burns narrative poem had a horse, Maggie, which was left without a tail — ‘And left poor Maggie scarce a stump’ — who was this title character?

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Three

In The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield bases his fantasy of being a ‘catcher in the rye’ on a misheard line from a song. What song?

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Four

Where did Robert Burns die in 1796, and where is he buried?

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Five

What item was Burns describing with these words?

Fair fa’ your honest, sonsie face,
Great Chieftain o’ the Puddin-race!

— Scottish Poetry Library

Good luck! I’ll post the answers later.

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