The Selkirk Grace

Today's the day .................. to etch

“Some hae meat and canna eat, and some wad eat that want it, but we hae meat and we can eat, and sae the Lord be thankit.”

So goes the Selkirk Grace written by the Scottish poet, Robert Burns. Many believe that it was at the Selkirk Arms Hotel in Kirkcudbright that Burns penned the famous grace prior to attending at dinner hosted by the Earl of Selkirk at his home on St Mary's Isle.

The Selkirk Arms Hotel dates back from 1777 and is known to have had Robert Burns as a lodger on several occasions around 1794. The grace is etched on to one of the windows of the bar reputedly by the man himself.

We had a bar supper there tonight - and it does look very authentic .......................?!