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Letter: 11 Fairnie, Robert 105 1 9.52

... o twa o the poems entered, includin "Chocolate Cake!" an A thocht the bairns an yersel wad like tae see it if ye ...
Letter: 04 Fairnie, Robert 107 1 9.35

... copies o twa o the poems entered, includin "The Slater" an A thocht the students an yersel wad like tae see it if ye ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
Whuppitie Stourie Purves, David 1,422 10 7.03

... Ah ken ye’r fond o clashes aboot fairies, bairns, an a storie anent a fairie an the guidwyfe io Kittilrumpit haes ...
... press gang cleikit him up, for aw he wes cled wi a wyfe an a waen forby. Aweill, whan the guidman wes gaen the guidwyfe ...
... wes left aw hir lane wi smaw fendin. Littil gear haed she, an a soukin laddie bairn. Awbodie said hou vext thay war for ...
... She wes buskit in green, aw but a whyte short aipron, an a blek velvet hood, an a steipil-crouned beaver hat on hir ...
... green, aw but a whyte short aipron, an a blek velvet hood, an a steipil-crouned beaver hat on hir heid. She haed a lang ...
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 ...
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 ...
Geordie Jooks an the Bleck Corn Flakes Fairnie, Robert 523 3 5.74

... the bleck bits is sookit oot the ship intae the elevator an A ken fine whit thae bleck bits is. Whan A poor the corn ...
... flakes intae ma plate, the’r whiles yin or twa bleck bits an A dinna ken for shuir whit thae yins is, but they dissolve ...
... milk an turn it broon sae A aye gie in tae ma imagination an A dinnae tak nae chances. Whit ither fowks daes - weel, ...
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 ...
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 ...
A Hoary Story - The Cemet'ry Inspector's Lament Henderson, John 188 1 5.32

... spak tae his wallies wi easedom, “Ye'll be fine wi a rub an' a spit.” Bit fan shoved i his mou a mite efter, T’wis clair ...
Letter: 09 Fairnie, Robert 197 1 5.08

... pairlament is the want o onie Scots signage on the wa's an A'v gien [CENSORED: forename] a wee cartoon A did anent it ...
A Small Book of Translations: 03 - Catullus 2 Hutchison, Alexander 201 1 4.98

... nae spiders nae fire in the grate – nithin bit a faither an a gweed step-mither wi jaas that quid crunch up buckies on ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Advert for "The Paix Machine" Forde, Iain W D 234 1 4.27

... nou. The bit tombe is in thrie buiks wi clinks in atwene, an a pley at the hinneren, ti mak siccar at the main thranes is ...
The Almond Tree Sangster, Maureen 494 2 4.05

... came o that except a muckle big funeral wi a lot o sponges an a lot o tears, Granny saying she widna manage wioot him. ...
... goose wi a nodding heid, a bit like Grandad wis wi Granny an a wee yealla cat - didna seem tae belong tae the ithers: ...
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 ...
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 ...
Jeel't tae the marra on a day oot tae the fitba - March 14, 2005 Shepherd, Robbie 787 3 3.81

... the time. The loon - I shid stop caain him at; he's noo 27 an a gweed feow inches bigger than his shelpit faither - wis up ...
... didna haud the same attraction. It maun be aul age an a cosy fireside wi the wireless at ma lug seem't a better ...
... an baked aipple. Syne he adds milk, microwaves for two-an-a-half meenits an, hey presto. The ither day, he gaed farrer ...
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 ...
Craiters: 15 - E Steppies Fenton, Alexander 1,366 5 3.66

... jist like it, bit syne in e coorse o naiter ey warm up an a buddie jist his tae thole or en. Es business o cushions, ...
... o a plot for greens, though there’s a tooshtie o rhubarb, an a fyow tree ingins at I use files, though naebody else dis, ...
... and size fir flavourin e broth or maybe a pottie o mince, an a tattie or twa, bit tae tell ye e truth ere’s nae a lot ye ...
... E grun's nae aaegidder free. At e tap, ere's a steen dyke an a railin, an syne ye're intill e ither fowk’s Ian. At's faar ...
... steps wi't, an garr't stan ere as ey dichtit it wi a cloot an a pail o hait water. It wis a freenly beast, it widda lowpit ...
A fine Ham an Haddie Fairnie, Robert 906 3 3.31

... fish, uncle. A fund it in the gutter ootside the Heywechts an A wis wunnerin if ye cuid tell us whit kin it is.” Uncle Rob ...
... wee man wi a gammy leg, a baldie heid, gray stibblie baird an a glent in his watery blue een. “Ma uncle Rob sent us roond ...
... o the guff o tarry raip an nets. In fack, thare wis twa an a hauf kyle o raip lyin on the bare wuiden flair ower in ae ...
Scots Tung Wittins 42 Fairnie, Robert 1,235 4 3.24

... High Scuil (New Pairliament Hoose) wi a Scottish Saltire an a Yule starn inclusit. Mind ye, bi the soon o some o the ...
... McLean hid a column in the same edeetion o the Scotsman an a guid three pairts o it wis aw scrievit in Scots. He yaised ...
... 1997 Census Test. That wis jist days efter the elecktion an A've scrievit back agane tae speir gin it wis a Tory ...
... we wad gie a shot tae jist buikin the chaumer for the yin an a hauf oors atween 7.30pm an 9.00pm. This wey, we'll jist be ...
Dan Buoy Howson, Dave Audio 1,252 4 3.19

... earliest days ah kin chist mind 'er wi' 'er gates closed an' a boat in 'er, bit for most o' ma childhood days she wiz ...
... eh new slip over at eh herber, she wiz made redundant, an' a while back, eh seventies hid wid a bin, she wiz filled in, ...
... Henderson's lorries. Eh day came fan eh enchine arrived an' a fair crowd o' fowk gethered at eh mooth o' eh dry dock ...
... 'im: that wiz, aal that wiz needed wiz a chentle lower an' a wee bit o' chiggery-pockery. Ye couldna say 'at Dan Buoy ...
Letter: 08 Fairnie, Robert 321 1 3.12

... doot ken yersel, language is the key tae a body's identity an a kennin o thair ain Scots language gies fowk a first cless ...
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 ...
Craiters: 20 - Biz-Bizzin Fenton, Alexander 3,297 10 3.03

... ere twice afore an she'd teen er freen as weel's er three an a half ear aal graandother, an I wis fine pleaset tae be ...
... ye like, haadin eir mither's haan, fin aff ey'd go, a hop an a skip an a bounce. Iv coorse, aa young craiters dee e same. ...
... haadin eir mither's haan, fin aff ey'd go, a hop an a skip an a bounce. Iv coorse, aa young craiters dee e same. It's ...
... kye, broon an fite, een wi a braid collar roon its neck an a big bell hingin anaith. It wis handy for e lads at e huts ...
... staas at hame, here ey hid widden planks anaith e kye, an a widden passage an a widden greep, an nae trevises. An ere ...
Aboot Cuddies an Camels Fairnie, Robert 664 2 3.01

... cuddy, it wis threapit a man cuid traivel a sicht further an a sicht faster an cairry a sicht mair wecht o graith nor the ...
... cuddy design drawins an set oot tae tweek a wee bit here an a wee bit thare tae improve on the original design. Ae ...
Scots Tung Wittins 167 Fairnie, Robert 2,335 7 3.00

... anither - an then anither till the hauf time whustle blew an A cuid relax wi the score at 0-0. A yaised the same tactics ...
... flouers o the Himalayan balsam. Twa swans, a puckle deuks an a skurrel or twa for company. Noo an agane fowk stravaigit ...
... tae a native spikker but fir me it wis a kinna brekthrou an A howp it'll gie me courage tae try agane. If the fowk that ...
... levels o identity, confidence, motivation, enjoyment an a better knawledge o language in general. The auld fears ...
... a wee blue dug Wi a lead at its chin A lead at its chin An a ruff roon its throat Like a wee blue dug Wi a roch weet ...
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 ...
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 ...
Scots Tung Wittins 118 Fairnie, Robert 2,374 7 2.95

... Wojtek's permission. "Hello Rab, Thank ye for yer e-mails an A'm sorry A've no scrieved tae ye this monie a lang day. ...
... buikie ye tellt us tae get frae the Scottish Pairlament an A've a few observes aboot it. As faur as A ken, in the Scots ...
... it says, 'Yer MSPs need tae ken whit maitters (...)' an A'm thinkin it shuid be owerset intae the guid Scots lik ...
... it's juist the mixter-maxter o differ noon an verb forms. An A wis ettlin tae say the maist o thae mistaks in't is oot o ...
... a buikie cried 'A Scots Pairliament' bi James Robertson an A cam across sic constructions - the author yaises 'these' ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Craiters: 07 - E Oolet Fenton, Alexander 1,856 5 2.69

... spewin oot a bun shafe in a lang line. It wis a busy sicht an a bonny sicht wi e reel furlin, e blade makin its din, an e ...
... e aal days wis better’n e new, for ere’s gweed aboot baith an a buddy mn jist mak e best o e times ey live in. Bit weel, ...
... I wis aboot tae come awa again I heard a bit o a reeshle an a funny kinna squeak inside it. Aye an ill-fashint loon, I ...
... fyow curious steens I’d collectit aff e parks an e dykes, an a puckle all cloots, an wi es I ran aa e wye back again. We ...
... e cats awa, bit ere wis naething we cd dee for its wing an a vet wis niver thocht o. Ye cd see it hid heen a sup at e ...
Scots in the Community Fairnie, Robert 743 2 2.69

... a Midlands accent, it wis the best English A’d ivver heard an A jaloused richt awa that he wad be shuir tae be at the tap ...
... thon broad Scots rubbish. A’v spoken Fisherraw aw ma days an A’m no gaun tae chynge noo!” As for masel, it wisna till A’d ...
Scots Tung Wittins 109 Fairnie, Robert 2,619 7 2.67

... or twa things in it ye're threapin ithers shuid dae. Ay, an A did tak thaim oot o context, but dileeberate like, for A ...
... thon broad Scots rubbish. A've spoken Fisherraw aw ma days an A'm no gaun tae chynge noo!" Howanever, gin oor doctor or ...
... thanks for yer repone til ma email. A hear whit ye say, an A gree that we're baith ettlin towards the selsame ends, ...
... at Glesca Uni we dae discreeminate atween Scots an slang, an A ken that at Embro, scholarly boadies lik Prof Jim Millar ...
... as a hantle spoken dialects wi a braid core vocabulary an a prescriptive grammar (mair David Purves nor Jim Millar, ...
Scots Tung Wittins 84 Fairnie, Robert 2,306 6 2.60

... an the follaein greetin inower Biddin Ye a Hertie Yule an a Richt Guid New Year. They cost £6 for a poke o 10 wi ...
... ither new caird for this year is A6 size wi A Hertie Yule an a Guid New Year on the front. Thon greetin is repeatit in ...
... on New Year's day. The greetin inower says Wi a Reekin Lum an a Hoose Fou o cheer, Hae a Hertie Yule an a Richt Guid New ...
... Wi a Reekin Lum an a Hoose Fou o cheer, Hae a Hertie Yule an a Richt Guid New Year. The ither page gies a puckle ...
... an twa three days efter got a phone frae the library an a wifie sayin did she ken that thon buik wis screivit in ...
Afa sad news, bit thanks for the memories - March 21, 2005 Shepherd, Robbie 778 2 2.57

... jist a day efter his dear wife, Sheila, wis laid tae rest an a day afore a faimily waddin. Losh bit it's a blessin we ...
... waddin. Losh bit it's a blessin we dinna ken fit's afore's an a tragic time for the McGarrs wi Peggy - Paddy's sister, fa ...
Sattlin doon tae steer the fine hotterin porritch - March 7, 2005 Shepherd, Robbie 782 2 2.56

... a plate o soup for the dinner. Syne there wis the cocoa an a chunk o cheese. We were mair than ready for't. BIT back ...
... an aul farrant names come tae myn o Murly Tams, Pizzers - an a query I got nae that lang syne fae ma gweed freen Jim ...
It's time tae reflect as fiddlers come and go - February 28, 2005 Shepherd, Robbie 787 2 2.54

... presentin o ma radio programme something atween Lee Marvin an a cheese grater. "Ye hae been pittin yer fit in yer moo ...
... moo again hiv ye?" Weel thankfu kyn, I got an aisle seat an a gran view o the hale proceedins - a concert weel worthy o ...
Craiters: 03 - Stirries Fenton, Alexander 1,596 4 2.51

... open fireplace, a fancy bit o work wi marbly kinna sides an a marble mantelpiece, an fower flooery tiles at ilky side o ...
... a gweed lowe, an ye’d still tae sit wi a thick gunsey an a thick jaicket, an lowp up an doon noo an aan tae haad yer ...
... oan geelt. E three windaes – twa in e north an sooth waas, an a smaa een in e east gale – didna help edder, bit ere wis ...
... Onywye, it wisna a gentle wakenin I got. First a reemish an a reeshle shot in anaith e grey mist o morning sleep, syne ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Craiters: 18 - Foxie Fenton, Alexander 1,256 3 2.39

... picter tae be teen. It wisna need feart. Sharp cockit lugs an a face like a puppy, though its lang tail wis a bittie ...
... in e mornin ere'll hae been shairp teeth throwe e plastic an a sotter ower yer front path, showin aff tae yer neebers e ...
... times a wik, an I convoy im back again, getting aa e news an a bit o exerceese at e same time, at at’s sair nott fin ye ...
Scots Tung Wittins 86 Fairnie, Robert 2,513 6 2.39

... phonenumber] STW Bids Aw Its Readers a Hertie Yule an a Richt Guid New Year! ~~~ooo~~~ Oot Wi The Auld In Wi The ...
... Neuk Is there for honest Poverty That hings his head, an a that? The coward-slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor ...
... we pass him by, We dare be poor for a that! For a that, an a that, Our toils obscure, an a that, The rank is but the ...
... poor for a that! For a that, an a that, Our toils obscure, an a that, The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the ...
... That Sense and Worth, ower a the earth, May bear the gree, an a that. For a that, an a that, It's comin yet for a that, ...
Picters in yer heid Fairnie, Robert 2,174 5 2.30

... wa. The wa hid a caip stane on the tap an stuid aboot twa an a hauf fit high an, the thing that grippit his ee thon ...
... or the door at the left haund side o the ha burstit open an a wumman breenged in screamin for her bairns. “Oh ma ...
... his chist for thare wis a wheen o bairns greetin wi panic an a wheen o mithers an aw. The panic wis kinna catchin an ...
... fowk stertit tae git bleck-oot curtains for thair windaes an a wheen o fowk criss-crossed the insides o thair windaes wi ...
... tubes fixed tae the end o’t. He did somethin tae his poker an a blue flame stertit tae come oot the end. Back fae the ...
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 ...
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 ...
Burns Nicht Sang for Andra Kindness de Rusett, Wendy 468 1 2.14

... it’s nae fit you think! We’ll aa lift wir glesses, an a toast we will drink Tae the lads that are champions o ...
Craiters: 21 - 'I cannot get enough of it' Fenton, Alexander 1,405 3 2.14

... ye, an e air full o e cries o birds an e swoosh o e waves, an a feelin inside ye at maybe it wisna jist aathegither richt ...
... o e island, nae far fae a craft hoose wi low set biggins an a roonaboot corn kiln at ae eyn o e barn. We got ashore wi ...
... ey hung on e updracht, eir heids turnin fae side tae side an a sharp caal stare fae eir een, ay on e look oot for mait or ...
Use it or lose it De Luca, Christine 476 1 2.10

... ha'in at laest wan article writin i da dialect ivery week? An a dialect poem? An somethin fur bairns? ...
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 ...
Scots Tung Wittins 164 Fairnie, Robert 2,436 5 2.05

... The difference atween a bi-lingual view o the warld an a mono-lingual ane can be taen tae be like the difference ...
... wis weel tendit wi a wheen o weel kent auld faces an a haundfu o new anes an aw. Gin aw the apologists haed ...
... keek at human naitur. The Polish Anna micht be an incomer an a weedae afore her time but she is strang an no feart tae ...
... it ends on the positive forrit lookin note o 'a new ploo' an a 'fresh field' Aw the wey throu the play, NE Scots is ...
... the growein prominence o the Hielans athin Scotland an a wheen o thair wark haes gien a vyce tae aspects o history, ...
Craiters: 05 - 'Dirty Beast' Fenton, Alexander 1,953 4 2.05

... I howkit intill eence, an got bits o decoratet pottery an a bonny goldie-yalla flint scraper. In anither pairt ere wis ...
... bankit up aa roon except for a laich bit on e east side, an a gran place for e rabbits tae howk eir holies. I keepit a ...
... bit naething iver did. Aa roon e wid wis a bank of earth an a ditch on e ootside, plantit on tap wi funs an breem, an ...
... o e wid (faar I eest tae dee ma snarin), hid been sortit an a new strainer put in at e far eyn. Jist a rich gweed job. I ...
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 ...
A Braw Guid Alairm Fairnie, Robert 1,498 3 2.00

... o the alairm wi the ither end conneckit tae the horn an a third yin jyned the horn tae the ither terminal o the bell ...
... press.” “Weel oor press wis backin on tae yours Jimmy an A cannae mind o haein onie bother at aw.” “A cannae mind hou ...
... deef but she aye yaised tae jump at the least wee noise an A hid tae hae anither word wi the builders. A telt thaim ...
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 ...
A Wee Scran o Herrin Fairnie, Robert 1,552 3 1.93

... That wis a braw guid catch; fower boxes tae the cran an a wartime controlled price o fower pund a cran; no bad at ...
... aw. Juist you gaun an see me ower yin o thae bits o wire an A'll hae a scran for ye afore ye can cough." Richt eneuch, ...
... then it wis aff tae the shops. Tuppence worth o sweeties an a comic each, Geordie gittin the Dandy an Wattie the Beano ...
Homage til Carl Nielsen Hubbard, Tom 532 1 1.88

... - but Dauvit; Jeronimus, solemn, fou-breekit, Wi a lauch an a daunce deflatit; An wi aa its twynin an trauchlin agin its ...
Craiters: 06 - E Hens Riv Fenton, Alexander 2,225 4 1.80

... wis a big yard, wi a palin o widden spars on three sides, an a beech hedge neesht e road. It grew tatties in season, ere ...
... ken fit watter mint – ir e lack o’t. We’d tae runk a barra an a big milk-can, een at held a gey fyow gallons, an wheel’t ...
... e eyn o e hoose. Es henhoose wis o tarred, timmer planks an a tarred timmer reef tee, sae it wis black a ower, an ye got ...
... Jist on e left inside es door wis anither, made o backs, an a bit rickly, an es let ye intill e aal lavvie. Fit I min is ...
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. ...
Scots Tung Wittins 120 Fairnie, Robert 2,243 4 1.78

... test. Come alang an hae a shot yersel! There tea/coffee an a piece in yer haund forbye." Scots Tung WITTINS On the wab. ...
... buiks furthset bi Peterloo, Making Blue an Borderers an a raicent ingaitherin for bairns No Homework Tomorrow ...
... the ither inside page says:- "Biddin Ye A Blythe Yuletide An A Guid New Year." The hinnermaist page tells fowk that the ...
... ( suin tae be Edward VII ). The cantilever brig is a mile an a hauf lang an spangs the Forth frae Sooth tae Nor ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
Craiters: 12 - Glory Hole Fenton, Alexander 2,953 5 1.69

... sweetie papers an choclit vrappins-, tinnies o pint an a baldie-heidit brush at nott a new wig, teem biscuit tins ...
... o aal linoleum at didna richt cover e fleer, fire irons an a cowpit imitation braiss stand o best weddin present ...
... brodmel in e glory hole wis big. Ey hid lang kinna bodies, an a rich, dark colour at fairly garrt em staan oot on a licht ...
... eez roons. Gweed kens faar e cam fae, bit e wis weel fed, an a freenly breet, an it wis ay a bit o company if ye nott at. ...
... it startit tae split up, till ye cd see twa smaa pucklies an a big een. Ey cam hoverin ower’s an as I breathed oot ey ...
Scots Tung Wittins 178 Fairnie, Robert 2,377 4 1.68

... dae whit A dae. Dae whit A'm tellin ye tae dae!" Ay, an a lot o guid thon'll dae tae sauf the Scots language. There ...
... whit hiv we got tae shaw for it? A puckle o pawkie words an a haundfu o bawbees noo an agane, juist eneuch tae keep a ...
... editin the lest 178 edeitions o the Scots Tung Wittins an A wish aw its readers an aw the freends A've gotten tae ken ...
... first ingaitherin o poems. The title poem, The Biggers, an a puckle o the ithers, is foondit on his ain experience ...
Scots Tung Wittins 58 Fairnie, Robert 2,396 4 1.67

... thae names in Scots, Inglis an ither Europeans leids an a guid walin o cairds for the hail yird forbye. The twa ...
... the bleck bits is sookit oot the ship intae the elevator an A ken fine whit thae bleck bits is. Whan A poor the ...
... intae ma plate, the'r whiles ane or twa bleck bits an A dinna ken for shuir whit thae anes is, but thay dissolve ...
... milk an turn it broon sae A aye gie in tae ma imagination an A dinna tak nae chances. Whit ither fowks daes – weel, ...
Scots Tung Wittins 115 Fairnie, Robert 2,413 4 1.66

... a miniature quaich tae keep for hersel alang wi a buik an a certificate written in Scots. Rachel's winnin poem is set ...
... Awfy Cauld" Andrew an Samantha will baith be gien a buik an a certificate written in Scots. Thae twa poems is prentit ...
... roond the young and auld. A roarin fire gaun up yir lum An a boul o kale tae fill yir tum. Neeps and tatties fur yer ...
... read but there mair tae this collection nor a licht read an a lauch. Matthew's topics is braid-reengin. For example, six ...
The Mossflow Holton, Brian 33,939 56 1.65

... the bamboo-shaw on the braeface there cam a reishlin soun, an a muckle white-spreckled worm the size o a chein o ...
... leamin gowd, the tongue fliskin out o the unco mou o’t, an a fowsum pyzen spirtin i the face o Marischal Hong. It gied ...
... a mock o me! An giein me sic flegs an frichts forby!....An A canna find the Paip on the brae, A’ll awa dounby an ...
... an the callant leuch “A wis waitin on the Paip this mornin an A heard him say ‘The Son o Heiven’s eenou sendin some ...
... a byornar amount o worms an wild baists on the braes, an A’m feart they’ll aiblins dae ye ill.” Ance mair the ...
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 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?” ...
Scots Tung Wittins 67 Fairnie, Robert 2,456 4 1.63

... chairge o £15 kivvers mornin an efternuin coffee an a denner o pieces. Beukins frae oniebodie ettlin tae gaun ...
... fish, uncle. A fund it in the gutter ootside the Heywechts an A wis wunnerin if ye cuid tell us whit kin it is." Uncle Rob ...
... a wuzzent wee man wi baldie heid, gray stibblie baird an a glent in his watery blue een. "Ma uncle Rob sent us roond ...
... o the guff o tarry raip an nets. In fack, thare wis twa an a hauf kyle o raip lyin on the bare wuiden flair ower in ae ...
Scots Tung Wittins 127 Fairnie, Robert 2,494 4 1.60

... rinnin for a guid imaginative uiss o the Scots language an a guid comand o it an aw in her Cinderella. It wis a richt ...
... aw, a copy o Matthew Fitt's Tam o Shanter's Big Night Oot an a copy o the SLD's Concise Scots Dictionar alang wi an ...
... aff wi a laminatit certificate aw written in Scots an a laminatit copy o the Scots Tung Wittins' supplement sheet, ...
... saw thir twae Porters trauchlin wi ae grit mukkil crate; an A herkint the tain sayin til the ither, "Yow Pow" an the ...
Scots Tung Wittins 140 Fairnie, Robert 2,530 4 1.58

... tae keep, alang wi a certificate, a Scots Dictionar an CD, an a copy o Itchy Coo's "Pure Ghosters". The twa Jynt ...
... war aw praisentit wi a certificate, a Scots Dictionar CD an a copy o "Pure Ghosters". The tap three entries frae ilka ...
... silent bi her ain quiet dignity richt throu the book an a pain that taks saicont place tae the communist ideals o ...
... Three o the animals is fameeliar: a hedgehog, an osprey an a pine marten, but the fourth yin, the eponymous hero, is a ...
Scots Tung Wittins 149 Fairnie, Robert 2,552 4 1.57

... effects includes a bigger risk o lung cancer, hert disease an a sindry variety o bairns' illnesses. This Act is the ...
... principles, hivin been a union upsteerer, a CND campaigner an a ae time maimber o the Fife Communist Pairty. He wrote aw ...
... an aw, in Scots. Rab eydently delivert a puckle sonnets an a Standart Habbie on some controversial themes the likes o ...
... Matthew Fitt said he's cried a teuchter in Lanarkshire an a weegie when he gauns back tae Dundee, kinna blawin up the ...
Scots Tung Wittins 85 Fairnie, Robert 2,560 4 1.56

... an the nicht feinisht aff wi some braw guid sangs, poems an a readin frae "But n Ben A-Go-Go" ~~~ooo~~~ Gaun Yersel But ...
... Curn wis breardit. STW Bids Aw Its Readers a Hertie Yule an a Richt Guid New Year!!! ~~~ooo~~~ Centre for the Languages ...
... A hivna deen a Countra Clatter for a lang, lang time, ay, an A hiv tae say aat A've bin weel telt aboot it an aa be a ...
... £2000 haes been giftit frae the Edinburgh City Cooncil an a faurer £500 frae the Scots Leid Associe. Juist anither ...
Scots Tung Wittins 62 Fairnie, Robert 2,606 4 1.53

... we hae oor doots. Apairt frae the geography, the backdrop an a haundfu o pipes an kilts, it cuid hiv been a typical New ...
... Eagle in Germany:- "A'm a journalist wi Danmarks Radio, an A'm gaun tae bide in Scotland for the neist twa months, frae ...
... the December edeetion. ~~~ooo~~~ Geordie Jooks' Twa Feres an a Heivenlie Gowf Coorse. TWA three weeks efter Geordie Jooks ...
... tryst. Weel, efter yon day, twa three months gaed bye an a wheen mair gemms o gowf till ae day, Sandy up an dee'd. No ...
Scots Tung Wittins 75 Fairnie, Robert 2,610 4 1.53

... brain-washed intae thaim bi a Scottish eddication seestem an a Scottish society. A guid exemplar o hou thon brain-washin ...
... fish, uncle. A fund it in the gutter ootside the Heywechts an A wis wunnerin if ye cuid tell us whit kin it is." Uncle Rob ...
... a wuzzent wee man wi baldie heid, gray stibblie baird an a glent in his watery blue een. "Ma uncle Rob sent us roond ...
... o the guff o tarry raip an nets. In fack, thare wis twa an a hauf kyle o raip lyin on the bare wuiden flair ower in ae ...
Scots Tung Wittins 160 Fairnie, Robert 2,645 4 1.51

... - a paperback, a graphic novel, twa simplified vairsions an a vairsion o the graphic novel in Scots. O the 25,000 free ...
... text for younger readers furthset bi Barrington Stoke an a Scots vairsion o the abuin graphic novel owerset intae ...
... subjeck maitter an shaws a guid insicht intae human nature an a gift for social comment as in Bailie Bruce, a latter day ...
... but they chuise tae gaun for extermination o Scots an a nation o monoglots insteid.The modern exterminators we hae ...
Scots Tung Wittins 145 Fairnie, Robert 2,668 4 1.50

... phonenumber] Hae a Richt Herty Yule A HERTY YULE AN A GUID NEW YEAR tae aw oor readers! Scots Tung wishes ye aw ...
... a guid mairriage that produced mony bairns. He wis a hero an a champion an muckle luved bi awbody. This steered up Hera's ...
... frae the Bygane THERE wis wee Scotty o the Coogate Kirk; an a famous preacher he wis. Ye couldna get a seat in his kirk, ...
... Nae pseudo-incantations said By Minister, or Priest! An a million future years fae noo When they're siftin thru the ...
Scots Tung Wittins 54 Fairnie, Robert 2,686 4 1.49

... ye ken! It's a walcome muckle step forrit for the Gaelic an a wee'er step forrit for the Mither Tung but a step forrit ...
... a richt guid stert. Fitba an the Warld Tassie hae tae awn, an A'm no prood o it, that onie time A wis watchin England ...
... opposite side tae thaim. Ae nicht, A wis watchin England an A got fair scunnert hearin the commentators sae A turnt the ...
... ma boab, did A no find thair fitba a pleesure tae watch an A stertit rootin for England. It wisna the team nor the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Whit a Fleg!! Fairnie, Robert 684 1 1.46

... mind aither hou he haed gotten intae this seetiation an a wheen o oorie antrin thochts kep on fleein in an oot his ...
Craiters: 11 - E Widdie Fenton, Alexander 3,526 5 1.42

... road, at e side o a fairm track wi a deep ditch at ae side an a bank wi a gran growth o breem an funs wi eir bonny yalla ...
... a palin o widden slats roon aboot it. E hoose an gairden an a fyow scrubby treeickies for shelter wis stuck on e side o ...
... hummed by ma lugs, teeth gleamin in a mixter o pleesher an a bit o wirry as e hard road skippit by in anaith. Nae at ...
... a bittie. E press wis a gey hicht, aafa dark at e tap an a bittie frichenin. I couldna see e tap o e ledder. Wid e ...
... maybe sax or seyven, I geed intill e trees wi anither lad, an a quine cam tee, wintin tae play. Shortly we won as far as e ...
Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa Forde, Iain W D 27,001 38 1.41

... caracts lik “Long John Silver” at wes baith meschant an a traditor, whyles bein the maist clivversum cheil i the ...
... Counsail to autoreise the skame. Sae the biggin wes selt, an a tid tint. Eftirlins, the fermer biggit ane horrid wie ...
... frae ma auld marra. He hed coft an auld warks i Leith an A set about meisurin it fur flets. At thon tim, A als ...
... strowed an tint. Sae A maun entertene ye wi ma mishanters an a laist ye’l aiblins hae a lauch, tho A didna ! Syne, the ...
... the voss cawin’m. He hed a caller pynt o yill afoir’m, an a guid bleize bene set i the ingil neuk, crekillin lyfie-lik ...
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 ...
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 ...
Scots Tung Wittins 121 Fairnie, Robert 2,223 3 1.35

... the windae. Nixt Forgaitherin Tae be decidit Gaelic, Scots an a wee bit o English ON Sunday 16 November the Gaelic program ...
... o Lady Nairne's letters that wis aw written in Scots an aw an a descendent spake ane or twa wee bits o English. The ...
... S.T. Wittins bids aw its readers a Herty Yule an a richt Guid New Year Thochts on 2004 AS the oors an the ...

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