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Title Author Multimedia Word count Freq. Norm.
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 Fremmit Tail Forde, Iain W D 3,072 2 0.65

... wes daein beinlie nane-the-les. Thai aw hed a guid employ an a fouth o freins, an wur fain o ither. Bot thair warl wes ...
... "A'm verra blyth ti hear't," says hir guid faither, "an A think at ye hae the richt o'd. A wes about ti propone the ...
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. ...
The Grunstanes Forde, Iain W D 767 1 1.30

... wi a pumiss stane or a nail birss gin we hed bruikit hauns an a sair dicht ti the bak a our craigs gin we hedna waashed ...
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 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 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 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 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 ...
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 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 ...
The Nine Sangs Holton, Brian 2,379 2 0.84

... flaffin, ay, flochterin an flingin ane lang souch, see, an A maun rise switherin in ma hairt, ay, wearyin an leukin on ...
... ay, beltit wi the leddy-fern een hauflins steikit, see, an a bonnie smile ye’re browdent on me, ay, gleg ti beglamour ...
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 ...

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