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| Correspondence from Canada: Letter 26 - 09.01.82 | 852 | 1,037 | 1 | 0.96 | |
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... I've got one of my essays back - American Lit. - and I got an A- so it isn't that I'm doing badly. But the literature side ... |
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| Travel journal: Peru | 852 | 12,382 | 1 | 0.08 | |
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... three of us sat out, drinking mineral water, margharita, an a three-coloured cocktail called Macchu Picchu, until the ... |
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| Evie | Barron, Charles | 11,528 | 15 | 1.30 | |
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... Nae wonder you’re refusing to join me. (Takes a bite.) An’ a biscuit, ana! This is sinful, this. (She is delighted with ... ... wee news wi’ a nice middle-aged mannie in stripey troosers an’ a sympathetic expression. But fit’s here but a lassie, nae ... ... a richt send-off, in front o’ his chummies fae the club an’ a’thing. But the thocht o’ spendin’ a’ that siller on a ... ... there. A real een – strippet troosers, mornin’ coat an’ a face like Boris Karloff. Withoot a word he gets a wee ... ... like Boris Karloff. Withoot a word he gets a wee brush an’ a dustpan fae ahin the coonter, gets doon on his knees, a’ ... |
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| Fooshion | Barron, Charles | 17,826 | 6 | 0.34 | |
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... walking hame wi' a wee pig under his airm one day - an' a week later we were eatin' its pork chops. It maks ye ... ... her on a Sunday morning. LORETTA Of course, she bade here an' a'. BESSIE In 'ere, far Neil is noo. (She points.) I was ... ... resist keeping Gladys on the right track.) It was on fire, an' a', min'. GLADYS (Furious that her story has been ... ... his tea on the table fan he gets in. It's a' they kent - an' a' they wanted. LORETTA (Gently, sadly.) Dinna knock it, ... ... afore Gladys is here to get her up. He gi'es her a cuppie an' a bowl o' flakes in her bed and it sets her up for the day. ... |
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| Guts | Barron, Charles | 22,515 | 5 | 0.22 | |
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... Princess Margaret Rose does. She’s real modren. Smokes, an’ a’thing. LIZZIE G’wa, she’s only a quinie. MURIEL She’d be ... ... frien’. In confidence, mind you. Sweer him to secrecy, an’ a’thing. But next mornin’ you’d be the spik o’ the Broch. By ... ... they're affa good at it. (Both laugh wickedly.) ANGELICA An' a' this advice I'm gettin'? It's a based on personal ... ... up to be very brave) A hoosie o’ your ain. (Pause.) An’ a man o’ your ain. (Pause.) An’ bairnies o’ your ain. (Her ... ... hard. He finds this embarrassing.) I’ve got my ain hoose. An’ a weel-paid job. Efter the war … TEENIE (breaking in) I’ll ... |
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| Dipper: 07 - Furst Bluid | Begg, Dr James A | 1,246 | 1 | 0.80 | |
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... tae oor side, wi anither man gruppin the middle o the net, an a third haudin the ither end o the rope on the faur bank. ... |
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| Dipper: 11 - Lament for Connel Burn | Begg, Dr James A | 344 | 1 | 2.91 | |
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... frae heid tae fuit They'd dam the burn wi stanes, An a gleefu glen wad ring wi cries O bare-scud doukin weans. ... |
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| Dipper: 14 - The Communication Gap | Begg, Dr James A | 1,013 | 3 | 2.96 | |
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... Anjuist as we were aboot tae gie up, there wis a creckle, an a faint furren vyce cried, 'Dere eez anodder yin! Bliddy ... ... chipped in, 'we were nae shuiner settlt whan the gairdner an a guest frae the Big Hoose cam doun tae fish for seatroot. ... ... luvvvvv me?" She didnae say ocht, but gied a wee giggle an a wiggle nou an again, tae lead him oan, as they daunert up ... |
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| Dipper: 26 - The Technicality | Begg, Dr James A | 2,217 | 1 | 0.45 | |
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... upstream, wi juist three or fower scrunty slae busses an a fence atween me an the puil. ‘Weel Hiawatha, here we go ... |
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| Dipper: 30 - 'Puggie' | Begg, Dr James A | 1,346 | 2 | 1.49 | |
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... Puggie wis a poacher, a pest, an a thorn in the flesh o the byllies for near on five year. He ... ... jerkin his thoum at the depairtin Eck. 'He's a byllie, an a bad bugger. He's had me pit aff hauf the streitches on the ... |
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| Dipper: 32 - Invite Tae Embro [Content label: lesser] | Begg, Dr James A | 966 | 1 | 1.04 | |
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... Wha, in this land o pride an plenty, Cuid cut ye deid; - An a Plouman Poet maun aye be tentie O's daily breid! But ... |
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| Dipper: 35 - Fair Cop | Begg, Dr James A | 2,228 | 3 | 1.35 | |
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... No the place for poachers, ye wad think - an so did I an a wheen mair - but we were wrang! For alang the south bank o ... ... horseshoe wi a heich bank o beech trees on the oot-bend an a braid holm on the ither side, sawn this year wi barley. It ... ... as he wis tellt. He wis a man aboot forty, no that big, an a bit thin on tap, wearin a green byler-suit an saft shune ... |
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| Dipper: 36 - Minnons | Begg, Dr James A | 265 | 1 | 3.77 | |
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... A wee roun hole caad oot its dowp, A string roun its neck an a weel-corkit mou Tae haud in the breid-crumbs - an that is ... |
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| Dipper: 46 - Jenny Wren's Jaunt tae Islay - May 1983 & July 1984 | Begg, Dr James A | 1,340 | 1 | 0.75 | |
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... western strand, Wi a rock-strewn beach forenent the Hotel, An a haven nearby flaired wi sand. The Doctor an Colin were ... |
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| Dipper: 50 - The Auld Jenny Heron | Begg, Dr James A | Audio | 684 | 1 | 1.46 |
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... low, Then faster than lichtnin, a daith-dealin blow An a puir wee bit beardie is gruppt like a vice, Turnt roun ... |
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| Dipper: 51 - Annyntit | Begg, Dr James A | Audio | 1,149 | 2 | 1.74 |
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... wis Sanny Todd, a committee member o the Fishin Club, an a regular in oor shop! 'Whit the hell are you daein here?' ... ... a wee bit sorry for Sanny, for I kent he had a puir wife an a hantle o weans tae keep on Benefit - tho it did cross my ... |
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| Dipper: 57 - Bank Pit | Begg, Dr James A | Audio | 350 | 2 | 5.71 |
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... An this poem is a memorial tae a vanished community an a deein industry. Snaw-white steam rents the blue veil O ... ... hunner lums As cauld tea's jawed Oot the back door, An a fresh pot masked On the bleck-leid grate For the ... |
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| Dipper: 61 - Double Anyntit | Begg, Dr James A | 910 | 4 | 4.40 | |
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... story went! True or fause, we were for takin nae chances, an a team o five byllies linkit up wi fower o the Castle ... ... the caur an crowded roun the back. There were saft thuds an a clink o chains as secks o poachin graith were dumped on ... ... an rand three nets wi chains, mair secks for the fish, an a wee Tate an Lyle seerup tin fou o holes, tied tae a ... ... ither things, but Jimpy finally met his poachin Watterloo, an a £350 fine, whan he got careless an the Polis themsels ... |
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| Allt Darrarie - Burn of the Stunning Noise, Glen Muick | Blackhall, Sheena | 131 | 1 | 7.63 | |
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... swan, o' immaculate mystery Doon rowes the burn, on a sang an a wing. Dulcet as Chopin, Menuhin, Beethoven Jinkie's ... |
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| Katy the Crocodile | Blackhall, Sheena | 2,194 | 5 | 2.28 | |
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... Sic weather! He cried, an pued his hornies doon A weeter an a wycer loon. Snailie (iii) Slivvery, slivvery, bubbly snoot ... ... the chukkenpox, They sent him hame frae skweel Wi a fever an a furry tongue He really wisna weel That's the wye he's ... ... Coo MOO MOO MOO I'm a Heilan coo, Twa horns fur a hat, An a winnerfu view. I dinna ett sweeties, Or skirly or stew, ... ... got a blackboord. Teacher's got a stick o chakk, computer an a pen Teacher's got a heidache, teacher takks a teabreak ... ... Afore he gings tae play At fitbaa wi a mermaid A labster an a sole Bit every kick he catches, They can niver score a ... |
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