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A Small Book of Translations: 21 - Ronsard 4 Hutchison, Alexander 133 1 7.52

... it winna tak direction – bit loo me noo for my scant hair, an a'll catch yer haun fan it trimmles at the stair. ...
An epistle tae Wullie wi the broken jaw Hynd, George 250 1 4.00

... like a ventriloquist's dummy, "Gi'es us a gottle o'geer an a wee dark rummy" So tae help ye oot here's a wee gift frae ...
Kin Ye Mind? Hynd, George 338 1 2.96

... Marchin' ahint the pipe band Wi a tin cup roon yer neck, an a wee bag o buns The happiest lad in the land Kin ye mind o ...
Ma Gairden Hynd, George 307 2 6.51

... upon the heather Well we got Lobelia's an' tiny wee shrubs An a pair o minature roses An soon the scent o ma gairden Wis ...
... an joy My it wis a wundrous creation Ah built a burd bath, an a wee totty barry Then added a big muckle gnome An noo ma ...
The Monday club Hynd, George 805 2 2.48

... lay on the flair an he giggled 'cos he wis as fu as a bit An a stranger whae walked ower him on his way to the toilet Wis ...
... woke up next mornin' aboot 6 o'clock Fair stiff, a' cauld an a' sair Well the Bear he went oot on the Tuesday morn An hap ...
Whit is a dug? Hynd, George 367 1 2.72

... ask much, just some grub every day, A wee bit o' a walk an' a wee bit o' play. So keep this in mind when it nuzzles your ...
A lock o hellery Johnson, Laureen 1,933 1 0.52

... wir such a hellery o cars.’ ‘We catched twartree haddocks an a hellery o piltocks.’ It was time to call for help. Axin ...
Divinin for cables Johnson, Laureen 571 1 1.75

... cables wis lyin anunder da grund. Dey wir Tammie an me an a fellow fae Glessgow an peerie John Alec (just oot o da ...
Saands o Maywick Johnson, Laureen 1,333 1 0.75

... But you say naething. Hit wis been a lang weet hairst, an a braa strug ta get baith coarn an tatties. We wir wrocht in ...
Cairtes in the Scots Leid Kay, Billy 709 2 2.82

... for their veice tae be heard in a Europe o a Hunder Flags an a hunder tongues, a Europe whaur linguistic diversity is ...
... a challenge tae our praisent, a dedicatioun tae our past an a declaratioun o our faith in the future o Scots as a leivin ...
Scots - in Scots Kay, Billy 487 1 2.05

... for their veice tae be heard in a Europe o a Hunder Flags an a hunder tongues, a Europe whaur linguistic diversity is ...
Foolish Citizens All Kay, Prof Christian 824 1 1.21

... looking man;” “I didn’t really notice his face;” “He had an .. a … well ... ordinary voice.” I was not merely a sucker, but ...
Email correspondence 1 - C Kay & J McGonigal Kay, Prof Christian,
McGonigal, James		 1,115 2 1.79

... some of their Scots stuff (grammar broonie etc-- I mean, an a' that). She'll phone me the morn's morn. Awrabest-- Jim ...
... 2 recently. Otherwise it's in cowhand English-- 'a-hootin an a-hollarin' etc. I want to make a point about current usage. ...
Inaugural speech by John Kirk to launch the Scottish Corpus of Texts and Speech Kirk, John M Video 6,982 1 0.14

... Scots Wants Fae Govrenment. Sae nou A come tae ma pirlicue an a short leit o whit the Scots leid wants fae Govrement. ...
...Auld Zimmery [Content label: serious] Kydd, Robbie 73,728 4 0.05

... She's had a coupla days aff (why can't I have a day off?) an a couple mair in loo o workin on bank holidays. She explains ...
... he said, 'living in a big hoose, wi plentya money comin in an a joab waitin fir ye.' A job waiting for me? In this town? ...
... an the 'work-force' it's British Airways Executive Class an a Daimler wi a chauffeur, bit when I gang beggin tae Lunnon ...
... pals a wumman ever had, it's like haein fifty dochters an a hunner pals, oh, it's better than haein dochters, an I ...
Scots Extended Grammar Essay 1 Lawson, Robert 2,786 2 0.72

... Ilka pair o modals is dividit intae a ‘near’ modal an a ‘distant’ modal. "Near modals express proximity in time, ...
... This left yit another gap in thi modal verb system, an a ‘dominoes effect’ took place resultin in a ‘modal shift’. ...
Scots version of History of Scots essay Lawson, Robert 3,112 3 0.96

... literature, an influential literary renaissance, an a wide range o speakers, it’s seen bi mony folk as wrang, ...
... (Webster, para 5:1997) In Scots a nummer o dialects exist, an a comparison o Northiastern dialect an Glaswegian dialect ...
... than 5 year syne Scottish Literature consistit o Burns an a few othir Scottish writers, an Scottish leid was ne’er ...
Scots Haiku Leeming, Mr Bruce 1,102 1 0.91

... aghast I' the drumly burn skelterin doon - a morkin an a babbie's bunnet In the mud-dark stream rushing down - a ...
Makin Pancakes Love, Rowena M 208 1 4.81

... coonter. Sweet bit flat, Ah guzzlet it doon, gritty syrup an a, whaur Ah sat tucked high oan hur bentwood chair, legs ...
The Feartie-Cat Love, Rowena M 151 1 6.62

... ah?! A hushle o’ hey in runkelt claes Wi a tumshie heid an a battered hat Mochie, holie, seen better days - Whae on ...
The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12 MacDonald, Hamish 2,071 1 0.48

... ther? Eh? Tell mi that." Right enough! Ther wis a buildin. An a wee road leadin tae it tae. Me an Spencer an Mairead ...
The Girnin Gates - Chapter 3 MacDonald, Hamish 564 1 1.77

... tae me, the new arrival. A new-boarn wean, a fallen angel, an a comatose nun. Hauf a Clydeside blootert bi the Ned Storm. ...
Daft Jackie McGonigal, James 2,850 1 0.35

... wi nae breeks? My husband has taen tae walkin in his sleep an a fortnicht past this Tuesday he wandered oot o the hoose at ...
Poems from "Stravaigin" Niven, Liz 215 1 4.65

... foondations crummlt, as butcher builders fleed. A million an a hauf stanes pave memorials in monie tungs. A brick fir ...
Review of "The Crimson Petal and the White" (Michel Faber) Niven, Liz 502 1 1.99

... ‘Crimson Petal and the White’ transports ye tae a time, an a scrievin style, lang gaun by thou dealin wi timeless ...
The New Mannie Niven, Liz 363 1 2.75

... the wean tae it's gran roon the street get oot fir a drink an a wee bite tae eat, wi some o the lassies she's kent aw her ...
Gled Stanes Paisley, Janet 121 1 8.26

... stair. Auld Reekie sings an auld sang tae a newborn tune, an a staur is kenled whaur stane mounts stoor tae heicht us up ...
Refuge [Content label: serious] Paisley, Janet 22,040 1 0.05

... fur ye. No this time. If he comes here, wi the polis, an a section order, ye'll hae tae speak fur yersell. (BETH ...
Vampire Paisley, Janet 1,700 2 1.18

... swell up.” I’ve got a vampire oan the run. Flushed oot an a fearty gowk. Ya belter! “Dinnae talk daft, man,” I laugh. ...
... a fencepost aw day. Noo it’s a stake shoved doon ma jooks an a hammer inside ma jaiket. That’s whit ye yaise. Come oan, ...
Ane Auld Sang Purves, David 7,319 4 0.55

... drums. * * * * But war an its traivels haes made me waesum an a fell feim nou bleizes inby me: it’s thinkin o hou Ah hae ...
... bebbin an never taen tent o the gloamin. Ah sat tipplin an A never kent ‘twes the forenicht, or the fawin petals filled ...
... stream. The war muinlicht, the trees war breirdin blossom an a lown wund saftent the nicht air, for it wes Spring. *** ...
... Ah daursay, the wund wul hae lowdent, syne ye can gae, an A’l no fash aboot ye. *** GLOSSARY The Scots spellings used ...
Gean Blossoms Purves, David 6,034 1 0.17

... traivlar. A tass o wyne thegither wul mak us blyth, an a pikkil freinship is nae smaw maitter. *** From the Chinese ...
Gowd Tree an Siller Tree Purves, David 2,511 1 0.40

... island haed a keing o its ain, an the keing haed a queen an a littil princess for himsell cawed Gowd Tree, that wes the ...
Habetrot the Spinstress Purves, David 3,608 2 0.55

... an sweet-scentit violets, keikit oot frae amang the gress, an a wee wattir-waggie cam an lichtit on a stane in the middil ...
... o a mukkil aik tree wi a stick she heild in hir haund, an a green dure Mysie didnae mynd o seein afore, flew open, an ...
Hou Finn Fand Bran Purves, David 3,251 2 0.62

... did. . At midnicht, the laddie bairn cam inti the warld, an a mukkil haund cam at aince doun the lum an hystit the bairn ...
... aw owre his kintrie, an the splore gaed on for a year an a day, afore Finn an Bran coud git leave ti gang hame til ...
Jade Lute Purves, David 7,581 2 0.26

... Gret Sea. Whit sal Ah send him for a praisent? Twa paerls an a kaim o tortoise-shell. * * * * Ah hear word he is no true: ...
... Auld duds is better nor nae claes ava. An ugsum wyfe an a fashiuss byde-in is aye better nor a tuim houss. But whan ...
Pompitie Finnds a Needle Purves, David 1,886 1 0.53

... but afore Ah can tak it out, Ah maun finnd a whyte fether an a green leaf.” An at this, Pompitie gied a mukkil lowp an ...
Pompitie Finnds a Needle - play Purves, David 11,406 6 0.53

... the Heuchie Knowe. His wee houss haed twa windaes in it, an a door, am a lum as heich as heich. In the front gairden, ...
... dae fyne wi a guid cup o tea. Tak thir! Here twa pennies an a siller thummil! Watch an dinna you loss the pennies! ...
... it and sticks it in his coat) Wul ye no byde for a cup an a bit crack wi me? Ah’m gey thrang wi this toll, but Ah can ...
... can tak it oot yeir jaiket, Ah maun finnd a whyte feather an a green leaf. (At this, Pompitie gives a great leap of ...
... aboot hir nou! She haes a neb on hir lyke a hungirie gled, an a face that wad soor milk. Pompitie: Wha can tell whit she ...
Rashiecoat Purves, David 984 2 2.03

... “Say ye winna tak him binna thay gie ye a coat o rashes an a perr o slippers!” Weill thay gied hir a coat o rashes an a ...
... an a perr o slippers!” Weill thay gied hir a coat o rashes an a perr o slippers, but she didna want ti tak him for aw ...
The Braw Guidwyfe an hir Nicht Veisitors Purves, David 2,460 3 1.22

... an polish, feed the hens an milk the kye? Thay did aw that an a sicht mair, for the war butter ti kirn an kebbok, an monie ...
... feshin an cairriein, afore we can sit doun til oor wark, an a rowth the ir o that!” Sae Mhairi wrocht awa, but the mair ...
... war the wurds oot hir mou, nor a chap cam ti the dure, an a smaw vyce cryin: “Heich Mhairi, braw wyfe that ye ir, Ah ...
The Draiglin Hogney Purves, David 1,841 3 1.63

... his brither haed made. He, anaw, wantit a horse, a hawk an a hound, an ti hae leve ti gang oot an seek his fortuin in ...
... lyke cummin hame, pled on this faither for a horse, a hawk an a hound, for ti gang seekin thaim. An the puir auld caird, ...
... ingil. An here did it no whuff up wi a bricht reid lowe an a hiss lyke a sairpent. “Whit’s that fizz-fizzin Ah hear?” ...
The Ettin's Guidwyfe that Greined for Paerls Purves, David 3,176 2 0.63

... an he haed a wee fisherman’s butt an ben aw til himsell, an a boat ti fish frae. He haed a lass, tae, cawed Catriona, an ...
... she micht spin for naebodie but hissell? He did juist that—an a sicht waur. For he gart hir spin an mak claes for him, no ...
The Ill-Gien Guidmither Purves, David 2,005 1 0.50

... she, “on yeir wey hame the-nicht ye wul jag yeir fuit, an a skelf wul stick anaith yeir skin. Syne yeir fuit wul stert ...
The Ill Guidmither [Content label: serious] Purves, David 18,119 6 0.33

... Juist think, Moula, hou luckie we ir wi oor cosie beds an a guid ruif ower oor heids ti keep oot the blashin rain! ...
... been a blythsum tyme for us aw: ma faither wi a wyfe again an a son o his ain for the first tyme, but awthing’s gaen ...
... ee that on yeir wey hame the-nicht, ye wul jag yeir fuit, an a sherp skelf wul stick anaith yeir skin. Syne yeir fuit wul ...
... ye ocht she coud wryte wi? Knicht: Ah hae a bit pairchment an a crayon in ma poutch, (He rummages in a satchel at his ...
... Ah’m here for. Eilidh, wul ye fesh me a pikkil het wattir an a clout in a bowle? (Eilidh leaves smartly) Lat me hae a ...
The Knicht o the Riddils Purves, David 2,721 4 1.47

... licht-hertit, stappin but the aince for ti buy sum breid an a morsil kebbok wi thair lest pennie piece. An on the ither ...
... lassie ti Cormac an thair waddin splore lestit a year an a day, an gret wes the luiv atwein thaim. Syne, at the end o ...
... wes the luiv atwein thaim. Syne, at the end o the year an a day, whit did Cormac dae, but send Alasdair hame til his ...
... he haed nae need o onie ither kinrik. He hae yin o his ain an a bryde he loued weill. Sae in the hinner end, baith the ...
The Lang Tale o the Weidae an hir Thrie Dochters Purves, David 3,890 1 0.26

... the lassie ti mak reddie the prince’s denner. This she did an a sicht mair. An whan the prince cam hame forfochen frae the ...
The Lest o the Ettins Purves, David 1,071 1 0.93

... he bullert. “A’m tellin ye the God’s honest truith, an A’l pruive it ti ye. Dottilt, is it?” He cryit out loud til ...
The Ootlaw Purves, David 7,971 1 0.13

... oot ower the sea, Ah saw yeir ship cum up oot the East an A becam restless, for aw Ah didna ken it wes your ship. ...
The Page Loun an the Siller Tassie Purves, David 1,469 2 1.36

... mornins. On the ferr syde the castel, the war gairdens an a pleasance, openin ontil a lang streitch o hether muir that ...
... purpie an skerlet --- aw the culors ye cuid think on, an a whein forby, naebodie haed ever seen afore. The loun stuid ...
The Puddock and the Princess Purves, David 19,521 7 0.36

... Ay, mairrit ye ir frae this verra meinit on a puddok, an a lang an blythsum lyfe ti the perr o us, ma bonnie lassie. ...
... – a reception lyke, wi wyne an mebbe a bit Selkirk bannie an a pikkil shortbreid – for the perr o us. That wul be ...
... wutch at aw, Ah’m thinkin. Ringan: She haed nae teeth, an a plouk on hir neb, yeir Hieness Queen: Mercie me, ma mither ...
... yokit! Mairrit ye ir frae this verra meinit on a puddok, an a lang an blythsum lyfe ti the perr o us, ma bonnie lassie. ...
... ye? Morag: (Wringing her hands) Please----! Puddok: An a lang an blythsum lyfe ti the perr o us, ma bonnie ...
The Pypar o Sutherland Purves, David 1,847 1 0.54

... the feet o the callants an the quynes war set a-clappin an a-chappin. An the wad be lauchter an blythness an aw the ...

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