Burns Day at Canada-Haus In honour of the Scottish national poet Robert Burns, who was born on 25 January 1759, Scots all over the world get together to celebrate, especially those many descendants of Scottish emigrants to Canada. On this occasion, the Lahr German-Canadian Friendship Club and the Canada-Haus Association got together to invite all Scots, Canadians and Lahr residents to a traditional Scottish "poor people's meal" of haggis, mashed turnips and potatoes. The many guests, including Lahr's Lord Mayor Dr. Müller, were somewhat surprised at the haggis ceremony, brought in by Trisha Cornforth, piped in by Andy Huggan and the famous address to the haggis was spoken by Ian Milburn. The notorious haggis was not the reputed strange bird with three legs but turned out to be a stuffed sheep's stomach, which guests of all nationalies found very tasty. The meal was accompanied by Scottish whisky and other drinks; shortbread and Dundee cake were served as dessert. Ian Milburn und Trisha Cornforth not only performed the haggis ceremony but also the popular Scottish folk dance "Gay Gordons". Then Charlotte Haarmann recited a short love poem by Robert Burns the evening concluded with everyone singing "Should auld acqaintance be forgot".