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Correspondence from Canada: Letter 26 - 09.01.82 852 1,037 1 0.96

... 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 ...
Travel journal: Peru 852 12,382 1 0.08

... three of us sat out, drinking mineral water, margharita, an a three-coloured cocktail called Macchu Picchu, until the ...
Evie Barron, Charles 11,528 15 1.30

... 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’ ...
Fooshion Barron, Charles 17,826 6 0.34

... 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. ...
Guts Barron, Charles 22,515 5 0.22

... 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 ...
Dipper: 07 - Furst Bluid Begg, Dr James A 1,246 1 0.80

... 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. ...
Dipper: 11 - Lament for Connel Burn Begg, Dr James A 344 1 2.91

... frae heid tae fuit They'd dam the burn wi stanes, An a gleefu glen wad ring wi cries O bare-scud doukin weans. ...
Dipper: 14 - The Communication Gap Begg, Dr James A 1,013 3 2.96

... 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 ...
Dipper: 26 - The Technicality Begg, Dr James A 2,217 1 0.45

... upstream, wi juist three or fower scrunty slae busses an a fence atween me an the puil. ‘Weel Hiawatha, here we go ...
Dipper: 30 - 'Puggie' Begg, Dr James A 1,346 2 1.49

... 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 ...
Dipper: 32 - Invite Tae Embro [Content label: lesser] Begg, Dr James A 966 1 1.04

... 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 ...
Dipper: 35 - Fair Cop Begg, Dr James A 2,228 3 1.35

... 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 ...
Dipper: 36 - Minnons Begg, Dr James A 265 1 3.77

... 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 ...
Dipper: 46 - Jenny Wren's Jaunt tae Islay - May 1983 & July 1984 Begg, Dr James A 1,340 1 0.75

... western strand, Wi a rock-strewn beach forenent the Hotel, An a haven nearby flaired wi sand. The Doctor an Colin were ...
Dipper: 50 - The Auld Jenny Heron Begg, Dr James A Audio 684 1 1.46

... low, Then faster than lichtnin, a daith-dealin blow An a puir wee bit beardie is gruppt like a vice, Turnt roun ...
Dipper: 51 - Annyntit Begg, Dr James A Audio 1,149 2 1.74

... 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 ...
Dipper: 57 - Bank Pit Begg, Dr James A Audio 350 2 5.71

... 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 ...
Dipper: 61 - Double Anyntit Begg, Dr James A 910 4 4.40

... 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 ...
Allt Darrarie - Burn of the Stunning Noise, Glen Muick Blackhall, Sheena 131 1 7.63

... swan, o' immaculate mystery Doon rowes the burn, on a sang an a wing. Dulcet as Chopin, Menuhin, Beethoven Jinkie's ...
Katy the Crocodile Blackhall, Sheena 2,194 5 2.28

... 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 ...
Loon (extract) [Content label: lesser] Blackhall, Sheena 3,235 4 1.24

... jist gaed back tae the trawlers tae earn eneuch fur a dram an a tinnie o roll ups fin he cam back onshore efter a trip tae ...
... glowerin doon at the custard, watchin it growe three skins an a beard, tryin nae tae cowk, keepin ma een doon on the ...
... in the squar, tae skateboard or jist fur a news an lauch an a bit o a cairry-on. The Hame's a mile an a hauf fae my ...
... a news an lauch an a bit o a cairry-on. The Hame's a mile an a hauf fae my hoose, an the rain wis stottin doon fin I left ...
Minnie Blackhall, Sheena 32,033 37 1.16

... advert fur his trade, as thin as the links o the crook an a permanent dreep at the pynt o his snoot, bit he hid a ...
... pole an led them intae the park wi a wheep at his elbuck an a fag rikkin frae the crook o his moo. Syne intae the lang ...
... an reeted, fur mebbe a twa, three generations, nae a day an a denner...an fermers' bairns kent ilkie stick an steen o ...
... pleat, hair the colour o roosty iron, green cat's een an a hairt-shaped face wi a button snoot an lugs as deinty an ...
... a day's wirk wi the futterat, a slack time at the fairm an a guid chaunce tae kill aff the furry vratches o rubbits. ...
Serendipity and ither poems in Scots and English Blackhall, Sheena 12,339 2 0.16

... I fell tae winnerin, as ye dae in a sardine tin Wi wings an a toytoon shitehoose Fit’s in a kintra name? Gin ye trepan a ...
... in the press. Nae wyver. Nae bricht hairth-lowe Anely a da an a stepminnie Fas strang teeth snap up aathin ye pit afore ...
The Boddamers' Monkey Blackhall, Sheena 8,148 8 0.98

... Brig o Balgownie, wight is thy Waa; Wi a wife's ae son, an a mare's ae foal, Doon shalt thou faa. Six white feathers ...
... swanky He smokit a pipe like a Turkish laird He'd a watch an a braw strippit hanky He acceptit an invite tae gyang tae a ...
... Ben the showdin hey takk the road inbye Fur a cheery news an a dram. Far the aipple stauns in the kailyaird neuk In the ...
... they sloked their drooth on Irn Bru an shandy Fish fingers an a puckle chips sweeled doon wi Typhoo tea. Fowk waukin past ...
... tho it's mebbe nae endearin It's a cross wi Eggs an Bacon an a tiger caad Machree. If ye ging inby the Rowett, far ...
The Fower Quarters: 03 - A Gey Dour Bitch Blackhall, Sheena 4,030 2 0.50

... aa happit in a shawlie, fin there wis ae great knell, an a streak o lichtnin cam straucht doon the lum an missed the ...
... "No, I dinna suppose ye div. Ye'd raither makk a clart an a soss o yersel," she girned. Sae I sat in the neuk o the ...
The Fower Quarters: 04 - Disraeli for Me Blackhall, Sheena 1,832 4 2.18

... wis a wee pictur (och, twis naething ava - aboot an inch an a hauf squar jist) o Disraeli as a young chiel, Byronic an ...
... as a young chiel, Byronic an broodin, wi blaik ringlets an a richt kittlie moo. Ye cud hae picturs o the Beatles at ...
... speired at my Da fit wis the difference atween a Communist an a Conservative. "A Conservative ains a coo," he cam back at ...
... "A Conservative ains a coo," he cam back at me, "an a Communist disna." Sae I gaed doon tae the nearest ...
The Fower Quarters: 08 - The Warlock's Curse Blackhall, Sheena 4,243 7 1.65

... war plain an orra. Fan he wis riggit in cassen jeans an a weel-worn green anorak, the quinie's skirt wis o blaik ...
... her heid war pleated ticht, syne lowsin them wi a fing! an a furl o her flouncin skirts. Tracy traivelled ten miles ...
... foregaithered, lat inower the i hallowed grun efter a pyot an a craw focht fur his soul. The pyot won, the pit-mirk soul ...
... daunce is on Setterday nicht. Mebbe ye'll nae need a spell an a magic buik. Mebbe Gavin MacInnes'll sikk tae wauk ye hame ...
... licht-fittit hairst moosies. Kate Murdoch cairriet a buik an a caunle in the foun o her jaiket pooch. Tracy Mowat grippit ...
The Fower Quarters: 15 - Blessed wi the Gift [Content label: lesser] Blackhall, Sheena 3,717 5 1.35

... wye tae Perth. Ootside the toon, he stappit fur a fly cup an a Leith's rowie tae weet his thrapple. Syne he streetched ...
... wis in patriotic mood. We war treated tae "Scots Wha Hae" an "A Man's a Man fur aa That". Syne, aa the wye yonder tae Ayr; ...
... ken fin we got there. We didna pack muckle, jist a map an a fyew tinnies meat. Efter aa, Ireland's jist a lowp ower ...
... the ferry dockit at Larne, Da heidit straucht fur Belfast an a B. an B. tae bide in. I mind fine yon placie. We fand a ...
... hame, an unco thing cam aboot. I breenged inno oor room an a wee plastic bowlie stuck bi a sooker fell aff frae ahin ...
The Fower Quarters: 17 - Veesitors [Content label: lesser] Blackhall, Sheena 3,511 4 1.14

... polished mahogany. Rose hips bluid-spattered the sheugh, an a bigsie cock pheasant struttit ooto the whins, trailin his ...
... her, "fin they war plaisterin the waas ahin the fireplace. An a doctor chiel cam oot frae Aiberdeen tae see them, an said ...
... brakk in yon auld roost-bucket Chae rins!" Efter a fly cup an a piece, at the eyn o the twa oors, Chae an Winnie left. ...
... a jam jar, pittin flooers inno't fan she heard a cracklin an a scooshlin soon. Luikin ower tae a far neuk, she scried the ...
The Fower Quarters: 19 - Ceevic Duty Blackhall, Sheena 1,672 4 2.39

... did the builders drain the bog, than the heivens opened up an a doonpish held the wirkers up fur wikks. The cement mixers ...
... bi nicht. Bulldug Gray hid a jaw o granite, een o flint, an a daud o grey hair that luikit fell like a auld Brillo pad ...
... bairns, judged the fowk o a toon bi the look o the place, an a body wis anely daein his ceevic duty bi keepin aa the ...
... Geographic that Masai warriors can reach a heicht o sax an a hauf fit! Will you sleep easy in yer bed the nicht, Mr ...
The Humpty Dumpty Man [Content label: serious] Blackhall, Sheena 6,223 6 0.96

... raw salmon wis communin Wi a daud o mutton, A heeze o peas An a purple pudden, A fooshty orral hytered tae his feet An ...
... bizz in paradise. Ongauns at Auchensheen Twa mobile phones an a piper's drones sat doon tae hae a blether, Wi a singin ...
... dine an sup gweed wine wi the laird an his fine ladye, An a great strathspey wis born thon day aboot fowk fa'll ne'er ...
... skerries grey. In Meldrum toun he set him doun, wi faith an a Christian zeal, Tae read the wird o the Risen Lord wi ...
... zeal, Tae read the wird o the Risen Lord wi peats an a pucklie meal. Syne he fand a reest as a pairish preist, in ...
The Lan o Tea an Tigers: Poems fae the Muckle Furth Blackhall, Sheena 6,393 1 0.16

... fae its birthbed o slime A tiger wi teeth, baith a purr an a roar, Yer a lowe in the bluid that the mind canna smore. ...
The Quarry Blackhall, Sheena 23,932 14 0.58

... Nava hid a Mars Bar. Bappy tuik oot a pyoke o crips an a can o Coke. Kieran set doon three bars o chuddy. The ...
... “Ye’re haiverin,” quo Brian. A hale year aulder than Nava, an a loon, he thocht that gied him the heich grun in aa ...
... taen wis merryin Jenny, ten year his junior, efter a lick-an-a-spit o coortship, his feet scarce skiffin the grun frae ...
... ’cept noo he wis a boozed-up orral wi a hoast, an ulcer, an a niver-eyndin peenge fur siller. There wis ay some exkeese ...
... Joe’s flash-in-the-pans. Some pan! Some flash! A junkie an a drooth – a kirn made bi the Earl o Hell as iver wis. Myra ...
The Toad on the Rock's Opinion Blackhall, Sheena 5,941 1 0.17

... wabbit Fin the gale deed doon, the whale looked roon An a passin boat he grabbit. 'Oh will ye gie me a hurl ?' quo ...
The Win an the Rain Blackhall, Sheena 8,793 3 0.34

... could need Aathin’s awa bi twelve fifteen Selt fur fags an a fix o speed. Connor McGraw he’s haived a brick Throwe the ...
... Music in Hospitals, Aberdeen Music Hall, 3/12/04 A wagtail an a nightingale met in the Music Haa The nightingle, a native ...
... tune Buenos Aires an Connecticut, Loch Earn an Bogieside An a magpie at the concert pianie playin Clair de Lune Music is ...
The Wizard o the North Blackhall, Sheena 5,141 7 1.36

... Since your wee Sam clogged up its plugs, Wi a jar o glue an a pooch o bugs. Its the anely handwirk he's dane aa year, ...
... clean lums. There wis cholera, typhoid, Diptheria as weel An a muckle black tawse Fin ye gaed tae the skweel They hung ...
... Skweel denne's trendy, mine's a pyoke O chips wi a burger an a can o coke. Kali frae Bali in classroom three, Swallaes ...
... o tea. Dod Jean an Donna sit doon tae dine, On a parten an a labster frae the ocean brine. Hame tae teas- snuff the ...
... kirk steeples soar Her neebors? The Northern lichts, an a pirn tae doo. Skyscrapers rise like gravesteens aside her ...
Winnlestrae [Content label: serious] Blackhall, Sheena 7,366 1 0.14

... sang ben warld wars Barehillock an Newbiggin A godly an a hamely life Crossfauld an Balnagowan Frae toddlin bairn ...
Extract from "One Fine Day In The Middle Of The Night" [Content label: serious] Brookmyre, Christopher 4,155 1 0.24

... knowledge. Never pictured you wi’ a bucket of popcorn an’ a bandana, you know?” “Oh, James and I were always big on ...
Ahint 'e Herst Brown, Charles W 251 1 3.98

... mi is sma Twid bi gran' gin 'e warld cuid a' news awa'. An' a birn A' manidgt ti mak tolrent o' ithers Fan thir religion ...
Bonny in Black [Content label: lesser] Bruce, Eddie 4,823 1 0.21

... nae sure John should be drinkin’ – whit wi’ the medicine an’ a’,” she ventured. “Nonsense lass! Whisky’s a cure for all ...
Thy Neighbour's Wife [Content label: lesser] Bruce, Eddie 2,813 1 0.36

... I get miserable an' lonely wi' the kids maistly at school an' a man that winna come hame till the pubs shut." He looked ...
Peggy's Party Connell, Andrina 2,769 2 0.72

... hospital. “I only had a wee drink, honest son. Jist a hauf an a haul pint an A niver even swallied that fur it was flat.” ...
... had a wee drink, honest son. Jist a hauf an a haul pint an A niver even swallied that fur it was flat.” Archie excused ...
Took Fur a Ride Connell, Andrina 2,077 1 0.48

... Then, afore A knows wher A um, ma troosers get yanked doon an A get a jag on ma bum. That wiz fur tetynus. A didnae see ...
The Stalking Cure [Content label: lesser] Corbett, Dr John B 6,214 3 0.48

... Arab, anither estate rented bi a Dutch corporation, an a third cried Balmoral. Thair letter o challenge shaws the ...
... reversal o Buchan’s imperial ethos – an Arab aristocrat an a Dutch consortium. Tae cock a snook at the stereotypes o ...
... resolve’t whan, makin a jynt getaway involvin a hanglider an a brace o grouse, Alasdair owercomes his phobia, an the ...
Article for the Shetland Times- An apology to Shetland knitters De Luca, Christine 901 1 1.11

... wi her camera gear an mi doubts stowed awa. A deck chair an a picnic basket wid a bön mi preferred tackle, but no, shö ...
A shuttle o soonds De Luca, Christine 362 1 2.76

... an da hill: some lost on da wind owre da flakki o years. An a kyist-foo o soonds for aa kinds o sea wark wi a hoidy-hol ...
Growin auld (Wasterwick) De Luca, Christine 214 1 4.67

... reck oot bi clett an stack. Dy sang is da sang o sels an a thoosand shiftin shalls is dey beach demsels. Da Waarie ...
Magnus, da Yöl pony De Luca, Christine 329 1 3.04

... roond tae da sun; dan dey slippit aff Magnus, wi tanks an a wave at da lambie-hoose whar dey'd begun. Is peerie bairns ...
Reefed in De Luca, Christine 404 1 2.48

... wind at lifts da sail, keeps wirds clos ta her breest. An A'll miss da tilfer underfit, da gunwale's tilt, relief when ...
Re_ Scots Corpus De Luca, Christine 704 4 5.68

... I tink whit du's suggestin will do fine ... aboot an oor an a half aa > tagiddir. We can decide whit bit's we tak ...
... dy Lungawattir > poyim!) > > aa da best > > an a peerie smoorikin > > Alan > > *************** ...
... poetry nicht? > See whit du tinks. > Aa da best > An a peerie smoorikin ta dee anaa! > Christine > PS Hit ...
... Hi aye Christine Na na lass, gying du ahed wi hit. An A'm plaesed t'gying alang wi hit - evin if dis program ...

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