St Andrews Day | Australian Children’s Poetry

Cullen skink and haggis,

fresh scallops and much more,

Stornoway Black Pudding,

we’ll eat them, shore to shore.

St Andrew’s Day is our day,

we’ll feast and dance till late,

a legend of a thousand years

is ours to celebrate.

Teacher’s note: November 30th celebrates St Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland, although he never set foot in the country. A Galilean fisherman, he was the first Christian disciple, St Peter’s brother, and an early martyr. According to legend, his bones were brought to Scotland for safe keeping by a monk, and later vanished into the mists of time. Scotland’s national flag is St Andrew’s Saltire Cross. (Cullen skink is a delicious creamy seafood soup, a true Scottish delicacy!)

Photo from Pexels by Engin Akyurt

Where has the year gone! Only two months to go and we’ll be in 2025. So many great poems and wonderful things have been celebrated already this year in both prose and rhyme. So for the month of November let’s focus on ‘The Race That Stops A Nation’ – The Melbourne Cup, Remembrance Day, World Kindness Day, Thanksgiving and St Andrew’s Day. I am also going to celebrate a day that caught my eye – National Chicken Soup for the Soul Day on November 12th. Of course you are welcome to send in poems about other events or ideas that you’d like to highlight.

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