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Jean Armour RoomRobert Burns and Jean Armour met in the village of Mauchline in 1785. Following a rollercoaster courtship they married twice within 3 years. Two rooms upstairs in the present day museum were occupied by the couple during 1788. This was their first married home. The adjoining house belonged to Dr John MacKenzie, friend and doctor of Burns. Diagonally opposite Burns House is Nanse Tinnock’s Inn mentioned by Burns in The Author’s Earnest Cry and Prayer and The Holy Fair. The poet is said to have frequented the inn and may even have recited new compositions for the first time within its walls. Cradle
Jean would lay her babies in a little cradle carved from wood, just like this one. Rockers were added to the base to allow the baby to be rocked to sleep. |
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