Reply to the Toast to the Lassies
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Reply to the Toast to the Lassies is a humorous and often witty speech traditionally delivered by a woman at Burns Night celebrations, offering a playful response to the preceding Toast to the Lassies.
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Burns Night tradition
ⓘ
speech ⓘ |
| audience | Burns supper guests ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| follows | Toast to the Lassies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGenre | humorous speech ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasOccasion |
Burns Night celebration
ⓘ
Burns supper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
celebrate women
ⓘ
entertain guests ⓘ provide humorous balance ⓘ respond to the Toast to the Lassies ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Scottish culture
ⓘ
gender relations ⓘ women ⓘ |
| hasTone |
playful
ⓘ
witty ⓘ |
| honours | Robert Burns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isAssociatedWith |
Burns Night speeches
ⓘ
Scottish poetry ⓘ |
| isCustomarily | given after the Toast to the Lassies ⓘ |
| isCustomarily | given after the meal ⓘ |
| isDeliveredBy | woman ⓘ |
| isOften |
informal
ⓘ
personalised to the audience ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Burns Night NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPerformedAt |
formal Burns suppers
ⓘ
informal Burns suppers ⓘ |
| isRelatedTo |
Immortal Memory
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Toast to the Lassies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isTraditionally |
good-natured
ⓘ
light-hearted ⓘ |
| requires |
public speaking
ⓘ
sense of humour ⓘ |
| timePeriod | modern Burns Night tradition ⓘ |
| usesDevice |
irony
ⓘ
satire ⓘ wordplay ⓘ |
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