Souter Johnie's Flowers

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Souter Johnie's Flowers by Mary and Angus Hogg as part of the Geograph project.

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Souter Johnie's Flowers

Image: © Mary and Angus Hogg Taken: 25 Feb 2009

A flower tub outside Burns Cottage, showing Souter (shoemaker) Johnie. The lines of poetry come from the famous work, "Tam O' Shanter". The character in the poem was John Davidson, who lived in the nearby village of Kirkoswald.

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Image Location

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Latitude
55.432904
Longitude
-4.63321