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| Craiters: 20 - Biz-Bizzin | Fenton, Alexander | 3,297 | 10 | 3.03 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Craiters: 21 - 'I cannot get enough of it' | Fenton, Alexander | 1,405 | 3 | 2.14 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Daft Jackie | McGonigal, James | 2,850 | 1 | 0.35 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Dan Buoy | Howson, Dave | Audio | 1,252 | 4 | 3.19 |
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... 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 ... |
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| Dipper: 07 - Furst Bluid | Begg, Dr James A | 1,246 | 1 | 0.80 | |
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... 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. ... |
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| Dipper: 11 - Lament for Connel Burn | Begg, Dr James A | 344 | 1 | 2.91 | |
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... frae heid tae fuit They'd dam the burn wi stanes, An a gleefu glen wad ring wi cries O bare-scud doukin weans. ... |
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| Dipper: 14 - The Communication Gap | Begg, Dr James A | 1,013 | 3 | 2.96 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Dipper: 26 - The Technicality | Begg, Dr James A | 2,217 | 1 | 0.45 | |
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... upstream, wi juist three or fower scrunty slae busses an a fence atween me an the puil. ‘Weel Hiawatha, here we go ... |
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| Dipper: 29 - Harpin | Reid, John | Audio | 888 | 1 | 1.13 |
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... an cuil.' (Will grained alood at that heavenly vision, An a passin deevilock grinned derision). 'I hurried doun tae ... |
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| Dipper: 30 - 'Puggie' | Begg, Dr James A | 1,346 | 2 | 1.49 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Dipper: 32 - Invite Tae Embro [Content label: lesser] | Begg, Dr James A | 966 | 1 | 1.04 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Dipper: 35 - Fair Cop | Begg, Dr James A | 2,228 | 3 | 1.35 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Dipper: 36 - Minnons | Begg, Dr James A | 265 | 1 | 3.77 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Dipper: 46 - Jenny Wren's Jaunt tae Islay - May 1983 & July 1984 | Begg, Dr James A | 1,340 | 1 | 0.75 | |
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... western strand, Wi a rock-strewn beach forenent the Hotel, An a haven nearby flaired wi sand. The Doctor an Colin were ... |
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| Dipper: 50 - The Auld Jenny Heron | Begg, Dr James A | Audio | 684 | 1 | 1.46 |
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... low, Then faster than lichtnin, a daith-dealin blow An a puir wee bit beardie is gruppt like a vice, Turnt roun ... |
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| Dipper: 51 - Annyntit | Begg, Dr James A | Audio | 1,149 | 2 | 1.74 |
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... 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 ... |
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| Dipper: 57 - Bank Pit | Begg, Dr James A | Audio | 350 | 2 | 5.71 |
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... 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 ... |
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| Dipper: 61 - Double Anyntit | Begg, Dr James A | 910 | 4 | 4.40 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Divinin for cables | Johnson, Laureen | 571 | 1 | 1.75 | |
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... cables wis lyin anunder da grund. Dey wir Tammie an me an a fellow fae Glessgow an peerie John Alec (just oot o da ... |
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| Dog's Bite; Bee's Sting [Content label: serious] | Grainger, Cecilia | 8,532 | 1 | 0.12 | |
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... in that other world if yi didnae hae a university degree an a fancy job wi wads o cash yi got starved an ground doon an ... |
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