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Mauchline KirkyardSetting for the annual Holy Fair and burial ground for a host of characters from the poetry of Burns - as well as some members of his immediate family Holy Willie’s Grave
William Fisher was a Kirk Elder (an officer of the church) in Mauchline. Burns wrote about Willie in his famous satire Holy Willie’s Prayer. According to Burns, Willie pretended to be holy, but was anything but! |
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