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Anne Rankine : ウィキペディア英語版 | Anne Rankine
Anne Rankine was the youngest daughter of a tenant farmer, John Rankine from Adamhill Farm that lay two miles from the Robert Burns's family farm at Lochlea.〔 She married John Merry, an inn-keeper in Cumnock on 29 December 1782,〔Mackay, Page 72〕 and is buried in Cumnock old churchyard.〔(Burns Encyclopedia ) Retrieved : 2012-10-15〕 She maintained she was the 'Annie' of Robert Burns' song 'The Rigs o' Barley', however some maintain that she was merely trying to encourage business at their inn at Cumnock.〔(Google Books ) Retrieved : 2012-10-15〕 Her father was brother-in-law to John Lapraik the poet.〔Purdie, Page 19〕 ==Life and character== As stated, Anne was the daughter of a tenant farmer, a friend of Robert Burns, who is described by him as ''"rough, rude, ready-witted Rankine"''.〔 She married an inn-keeper, John Merry, who died in 1802 and thereafter she ran the inn herself until she died in 1843, aged 84.〔〔Boyle, Page 1〕 Burns lodged at the inn in August 1786, four years after the song was written.〔(Traditional Scots Songs ) Retrieved : 2012-10-15〕
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