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| Scots version of History of Scots essay | Lawson, Robert | 3,112 | 3 | 0.96 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Scottish Parliament: Business Bulletin 1/2003 | Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body | 18,803 | 1 | 0.05 | |
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... Scottish Executive what the average cost to the NHS is of an (a) homeopathic, (b) generic and (c) branded prescription. ... |
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| Scottish Parliament: Business Bulletin 162/2000 | Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body | 41,272 | 2 | 0.05 | |
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... Scots prose haes in’t, an is baith a byordnar owersettin an a byordnar accomplishment, as weil’s addin wurthilie til oor ... ... oldest clipper ship and the only vessel in Scotland to be an "A" listed structure; regrets that such an important part of ... |
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| Scottish Parliament: Committees: Education, Culture and Sport: Official Reports: Meeting 29, 2000 | Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body | 29,546 | 1 | 0.03 | |
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... examination is designed to grade youngsters in terms of an A, B or C pass. That level of demand and sophistication ... |
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| Scottish Parliament: Official Report (07/09/00) | Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body | 52,710 | 1 | 0.02 | |
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... for action also lies. It fair behoves us ain an a tae gie muckle steer tae this Pairlement tae mak shair ... |
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| Scottish Parliament: Report on Inquiry intil the role o educational and cultural policy (Scots) | Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body | 9,216 | 7 | 0.76 | |
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... tither wis learnit Standart Italian wi a tait o English an a tait o their local dialect blendit intil the teachin. At ... ... gies continuity wi the past, cohesiveness for the present an a foont o collaborative endeavour for biggin the future.” ... ... website will tak in ower 600 webpages o Scots material an a leet o ither institutions that works wi Scots Culture. 64. ... ... that it is aw the mair important tae cairry oot research an a linguistic study tae provide answers tae thir problems. ... ... has been convened tae advise on plans for the theatre an a timetable tae launch. 76. In summary, the submissions ... |
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| Serendipity and ither poems in Scots and English | Blackhall, Sheena | 12,339 | 2 | 0.16 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Sermon: Gordon Mackintosh - On Being Christ-like | N/A | Audio | 4,835 | 3 | 0.62 |
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... that we see in the world that we know do not please God, an a mu- an a, an a slightly different aspect it may mean ... ... in the world that we know do not please God, an a mu- an a, an a slightly different aspect it may mean that on a ... ... world that we know do not please God, an a mu- an a, an a slightly different aspect it may mean that on a daily ... |
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| Smootie gengs ta Lerrick | De Luca, Christine | 2,412 | 3 | 1.24 | |
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... ferry. Shö fan a peerie nyook ta hoid in. Da cars cam on, an a truck. Da starn wis hauled up. Da engines dundered. Dey ... ... up. Da fardest dey got wis da Clickimin Centre fur a swim an a ride on da flumes. Afore lang Magnus an Freya's holiday ... ... a collar aroond her neck. On hit der wis a peerie bell an a roond tag at said Mitten 01595 698987 I da moarnin shö ... |
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| The Almond Tree | Sangster, Maureen | 494 | 2 | 4.05 | |
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... 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: ... |
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| The Boddamers' Monkey | Blackhall, Sheena | 8,148 | 8 | 0.98 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| The Borth’ick Waitter | Rodger, Matt | 21,032 | 23 | 1.09 | |
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... legislation, sic is the 1872 Scottis Eddication Ack, an A weird thit Scotland wuid hev, lang-sin-syne becum, ae ... ... i the yeir (2005). A’m skreivin, fecklie frae maimorie, An A fin masel thinking i parteeklar on place naems an the fock ... ... Ay, Yid’s still tae the fore up it the Haugh yonner, an A’m juist gey shuire at hei wud bei maist approachable, gin ... ... Byres wis the laist Herd an occupant o Craik Faulds hoose; an A mynd on him an his faimlie flittin doon tae the Meadshaw ... ... Whaupshaw wis the ootbye Herd’s hoose on Mulsintoun ferm, an A hae eet i ma mynd; thit afore thay gaed tae Elrig, Dod wis ... |
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| The Braw Guidwyfe an hir Nicht Veisitors | Purves, David | 2,460 | 3 | 1.22 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| The Draiglin Hogney | Purves, David | 1,841 | 3 | 1.63 | |
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... 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?” ... |
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| The Ettin's Guidwyfe that Greined for Paerls | Purves, David | 3,176 | 2 | 0.63 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| The Feartie-Cat | Love, Rowena M | 151 | 1 | 6.62 | |
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... ah?! A hushle o’ hey in runkelt claes Wi a tumshie heid an a battered hat Mochie, holie, seen better days - Whae on ... |
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| The Fower Quarters: 03 - A Gey Dour Bitch | Blackhall, Sheena | 4,030 | 2 | 0.50 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| The Fower Quarters: 04 - Disraeli for Me | Blackhall, Sheena | 1,832 | 4 | 2.18 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| The Fower Quarters: 08 - The Warlock's Curse | Blackhall, Sheena | 4,243 | 7 | 1.65 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| The Fower Quarters: 15 - Blessed wi the Gift [Content label: lesser] | Blackhall, Sheena | 3,717 | 5 | 1.35 | |
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... 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 ... |
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