Greg's Column: "The estimable 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica described Grose as 'a sort of antiquarian Falstaff - at least he possessed in a striking degree the knight's physical peculiarities; but he was a man of true honour and charity, a valuable friend.' After sharing a few bottles of port with Grose, Burns agreed, writing 'I have never seen a man of more original observation, anecdote and remark.' It was for Grose that Burns wrote his famous supernatural poem, 'Tam o'Shanter,' and in a poem about Grose he wrote 'But wad ye see him in his glee, For meikle glee and fun has he, Then set him down, and twa or three Gude fellows wi' him; And port, O port! Shine thou a wee, And THEN ye'll see him!'"