The 25th of January is known as Burns Night in celebration of the poet Robert Burns. Many restaurants put on a special evening in celebration, the traditional food on the menu often includes Scotch Broth or Cock-a-Leekie soup followed by the main course of haggis which is traditionally served with mashed potatoes also called ‘tatties’ and mashed swede or ‘neeps’. There is a ceremony help where a piper plays the bagpipes while the haggis is brought to the table, grace is said and there is an ‘address to the haggis’ before it is cut open. Vast quantities of whiskey is consumed and there is often dancing and general joviality until the early hours.