A Guid New-year I wish thee, Maggie! Hae, there's a ripp to thy auld baggie: Tho' thou's howe-backit now, an' knaggie, I've seen the day Thou could hae gaen like ony staggie, Out-owre the lay.

A farm built by Robert Burns and where he wrote Auld Lang Syne is a step closer to being saved for the nation after securing ...