On January 25, the life and work of Scottish poet Rabbie Burns is celebrated with a ritual of food, drink and poetry.

The Burns' Supper was started by friends of Burns, a few years after his death in 1796, as a tribute to his memory, but it has also become a celebration of Scottishness, and, increasingly in Northern Ireland, of Scottish ancestry.

Wherever you are, and however Scottish you are, you can join in with our recipes for the supper and a selection of the great man's poems and songs.

You can even write your own poem in the Burns' style and either send it to friends or submit it for publication here.

Northern Ireland has its own tradition of poets in the Burns' style, the weaver poets of Antrim and Down.

Find out more about Ulster-Scots today with A Kist o' Wurds.