HAVE you ever caught a haggis?
Found in the highlands of Scotland, it is a shy creature that, during the mating season, makes a sound similar to bagpipes.
The foot-long beast has legs longer on one side than the other, making it easier to stand on the steep slopes of the Scottish Highlands. It also can only run round in circles.
This is crucial for catching it.
Experts say you need to disguise your scent by downing liberal amounts of and adopt a stumbling gait, swerving from side to side, so that the haggis won’t see you.
Work out which direction it is running in and then approach it from the opposite way.
Once confused the wee beastie can be captured easily.
Traipsing up to the Scottish highlands sound like too much hard work?
Wetherspoon is here to help.
The Back of Beyond and The Hope Tap in Reading town centre are currently serving some haggis it prepared earlier.
The wee timorous beastie is on the menu to mark Tuesday’s Burns Night. Between now and Wednesday, January 26, it has two special meals: haggis, neeps and tatties for those that want a traditional celebration.
Alternatively, there is the Caledonian burger, a 6oz beef patty burger with haggis and whisky sauce, served with chips and six beer-battered onion rings.
And to accompany the meals there are a mixture of Scottish gins, whiskies, rum and beer.
