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Title	Author	Multimedia	Word count	Freq.	Norm.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
A Fer Chauve	Smith, Alex		23,344	7	0.30
... awa an, the twa o them were noo sittin sippin coffee an, a gless o wine. Muggie beginin tae feel the heat again." Oh ... ... tae see if I could sell ony peats. I knocked at the door an a mannie came tae the door. He spoke in gey broken English. ... ... They looked a richt healthy lot an, wi a suppie rain an a wee bit o Spring heat it wisnae lang afore the flooers ... ... in case the licht went aff. Filled a lantren wi paraffin an a wee stove, so he cood bile a kettle if there wis nae ... ... the meal the bottles came oot. (The T.V. wis switched aff) an a puckle stories were aye telt. Larry Ake says." Aye noo ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Article for the Shetland Times- An apology to Shetland knitters	De Luca, Christine		901	1	1.11
... wi her camera gear an mi doubts stowed awa. A deck chair an a picnic basket wid a bön mi preferred tackle, but no, shö ...
A Sair Fecht	Smith, Alex		23,505	21	0.89
... a pain, Be efterneen ere's sin in a'a it's glory, Mair an a bittie het at's the story. Thursday 10th, Temp. 11/28 Haar ... ... AN POOR WIS THE SAME TAE YOU, FOWK AT'S GRATEFULL MAIR AN A FEW, AYE YOU WIS VICTIM O' THE FILM ROLL, DEID IN THE BODY ... ... Sunday 23rd, Temp. 3/7 (Rainfall 3/16) Dull mornin, quait, an a wee bit sin as weel, Dreich an damp, crabbit it maks a ... ... Wednesday 24th, Temp. (Rainfall 5/16) Wither is affa bare an a bittie raw, Canna compleen, December efter a'a. Thursday ... ... made their day complete an, ey went back tae the car mair an a bittie happy Jonsar Eck an the Wee Wifie finished the day ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
...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 ...
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 ...
A wikk o shows taks me back an fore in time - April 25, 2005	Shepherd, Robbie		779	1	1.28
... centre stage - oh ay an loupin here, there an awye - a twa-an-a-half oors, jist his leefalane. A live Billy Connolly is ...
BBC Voices Recording: Aberdeen	N/A	Audio	13,536	7	0.52
... M1042: //And underneath that you wore combies an a simmit.// F1043: //[inaudible]// M1042: A ... ... it doesnae say your husband, it says 'a male partner' an a 'male partner' in that days was just your 'bidie-in', or ... ... F1043: //There was a lot o superstitions,// an a lot o nicknames come through the fishin trade. //Ye ... ... M1042: //[inaudible]// F1043: //an a lot o people had never heard o it before but it was aye ... ... er,// F1041: Well my grunny had a settee an two chairs an a piano in her //parlour.// F1040: //[laugh]// ...
BBC Voices Recording: Dunbar [Content label: lesser]	N/A	Audio	13,714	1	0.07
... winks'. Ehm that's aboot it, aye. M1017: 'Kip' an a 'nap'. 'Away tae bed'. M1016: 'Shut-eye'. M1015: ...
BBC Voices Recording: Hawick	N/A	Audio	11,536	11	0.95
... I'm Madge [CENSORED: surname], [laugh] a Teri an a guitterbluid, and eh I've lived here for seventy-six ... ... F1011: I'm Madge [CENSORED: surname], I'm a Teri an a guitterbluid. I've lived here aw my life for sixty-si- ... ... sixty-si- seventy-six years. F1054: What's a Teri an a guitterbluid? F1011: I was born in Hawick but the ... ... M1010: //Aye [inaudible].// M1013: //Bools, aye, an a trolley used to, we used tae play wi a// well she's ... ... lot o trolleys of course,// M1010: //Aye.// M1013: an a an an the, and oh it was it was really great fun and a ...
BBC Voices Recording: Inverurie	N/A	Audio	12,014	5	0.42
... right.// F1001: An I had a granda on my father's side an a papa on my mother's side. M1000: That's right noo, ... ... ye hear often //mean somebody else that's nae related an a freen o yours,// M999: //Aye.// //Aye.// M1000: ... ... o a stirk? Eh well it's eh something between calfie an a stot maybe, but it can be a heifer, eh fae the ages o ... ... o the road at Rocky's, ye ken, l- it's a lang road an a lot o folk, they aa speak aboot the folk in the co- the ... ... hoosies where you can see a little hoosie wi a lum, //eh an a lot o them on Doonside Estate, places like that you still ...
BBC Voices Recording: Leith	N/A	Audio	16,679	3	0.18
... expecting too much, you want jam on it. [laugh] An a frown is tae glower. F1054: That's a good-, and a ... ... for shopping, I think that's probably universally Scots. An a guider, well we we children, laddies played on the street ... ... Stoats off the grund. //[laugh]// F1018: //An a stoater used to be// a a lassie that was really, you ...
BBC Voices Recording: Perth	N/A	Audio	17,146	1	0.06
... Very much so, it's far more practical now to wear boots an a pair of trousers, especially if your havin tae //wrestle ...
BBC Voices Recording: Portree	N/A	Audio	14,267	1	0.07
... a lot of eh words in Gaelic and a few phrases, ehm, an a number of imperatives. [laugh] I would say "stop ...
BBC Voices Recording: Stirling	N/A	Audio	14,324	6	0.42
... M1146: //Mmhm.// F1143: but Sorrento would be U an a Volvo would be U but a Honda which we've got, would be ... ... but my friend along the road, Alison's, from ehm Melrose an a pail merk, well they didn't have toilets so they sat on a ... ... much better than chancer. It's a word o my father's an a chantywrastler was a trusted prisoner like an Uncle Tom an ... ... they are.// F1054: //Yeah.// F1143: //Mmhm.// An a word that I I love an I hadn't heard it in this context at ... ... have heard it but I was teaching locally on supply an a wee boy opened his piece box an he said, "Oh great, I've ...
Bonny in Black [Content label: lesser]	Bruce, Eddie		4,823	1	0.21
... nae sure John should be drinkin’ – whit wi’ the medicine an’ a’,” she ventured. “Nonsense lass! Whisky’s a cure for all ...
Buchan Words and Ways	Fenton, Alexander		52,521	22	0.42
... from a distant time has lefr you with mental heartburn, an' a teem stamach. Have you ever been 'in 'e hingles'? It can ... ... until they knackit against a steen an e shell cracit, an a hard bilet egg aye tastes better in e open air. Pace - ... ... A little wee man in a reed, reed coat, A staff in eez han, An a steen in eez throat, Gin ye tell ma ma riddle, I'll gie ye ... ... draains o neep-clicks, wi widden handgrips, iron shanks an a twa-pronged hook at e heid. Ye didna need em in fine ... ... a dother Baabie Allan. There wis a fireplace on e fleer an a big hole for ais at wid o held a month's ais at a time. ...
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 ...
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 ...
Conversation 03: Ayrshire couple on motorcycling [Content label: serious]	N/A	Audio	9,868	1	0.10
... God! M642: So we're comin in just after three an a half hours in a marathon, and we've all got these on. ...
Conversation 05: Fife couple on shared memories	N/A	Audio	11,194	1	0.09
... were five fires in this //house, it was only a but an a ben!// M642: //Five fires.// Aye, a but and a ben! ...
Conversation 06: Three Ayrshire sisters reminiscing	N/A	Audio	8,918	2	0.22
... in a big// F638: o shoes, //imagine!// F637: //an a, ye'd tae go// tae the Newton //Station,// F638: ... ... it, I wanted tae have a feather in my hat!// F637: //An a feather! [laugh]// F640: Our mother was partial to ...
Conversation 07: Ayrshire woman on her career	N/A	Audio	8,821	1	0.11
... an awful lot of designs for them; erm, my best seller was an, a, a pinafore which, ehm, was the most hideous-looking ...
Conversation 13: Two male postgraduate students on academic life [Content label: serious]	N/A	Audio	14,078	3	0.21
... kind of influential, you know? And then I've got an, a session on modern Irish poetry, M741: [click] Oh ... ... many different things. I mean do you spell "faa" without an 'a', with an apostrophe, with a 'w'? I mean, wh- how how ... ... "a".// M605: //South-East Scots// is kind of an "a" //sound, right?// M741: //Yeah.// M605: In, but ...
Conversation 19: Two North-East teachers on Doric language	N/A	Audio	3,743	2	0.53
... F831: No. M842: who you are. There's a time an a place, ehm, one thing, I mean, I'm c-, if I'm speakin ... ... //Mmhm// M842: be who ye are, I mean there's a time an a place //like we've// F831: //Aye// M842: spoken ...
Conversation 21: Family from North East Scotland	N/A	Audio	3,440	4	1.16
... an, eleven a half tonne. M824: uh-huh //eleven an a half tonne.// F606: //mmhm// M822: //So// that's ... ... mile in an hoor I think M822: Aye, Oh it'll be an hoor an a half tae come doon, an hoor tae load, M824: Aye. ... ... an hoor tae load, M824: Aye. M822: an an hoor an a half hame. M824: Aye. //Something like that.// ... ... use Laurencekirk station, ye see F606: mmhm M822: an a lot of this Bre- Brechin folk eh but eh they, they found ...
Conversation 24: Three women chatting in a garden centre	N/A	Audio	3,307	1	0.30
... an I've covered it wi stones F606: Yeah. F889: an a big rock an itwis eh, it wis quite expensive, but at the ...
Conversation 25: Couple from Auchenblae talking about local varieties of language	N/A	Audio	5,757	3	0.52
... mm// M903: //you know?// F902: There wis an, an, a lot o inaboot-comers as you would say, as far as when ... ... M903: there's, there's a lot o programmes fae Aberdeen an a lot fae Glasgow an then ye get them fae //well, England ... ... like, Bob [?]Gauld[/?]'s Band an he used to play there an a ken, he used to play in Alexandria an Stonehaven as well ...
Conversation 32 : Female from Borders and three males from Central Belt [Content label: serious]	N/A	Audio	9,761	3	0.31
... it's funny because it, has the video not got three men an a little lady but it's got them actually drawn on, like ... ... F940: an they used tae have [laugh] swings an a roondaboot an they used tae have some monkey bars //but ... ... that cause we didn't want my sister an that to get in shit an a that so we co- made this story that it was the eh //it ...
Conversation 37: Glasgow father and young daughter	N/A	Audio	2,157	1	0.46
... wobbly, and there was [?]scup[/?] stairs for a chute an a big yel- blue chute so it was, M1070: Blue chute? ...
Correspondence from Canada: Letter 26 - 09.01.82	852		1,037	1	0.96
... I've got one of my essays back - American Lit. - and I got an A- so it isn't that I'm doing badly. But the literature side ...
Craiters: 02 - Kippert	Fenton, Alexander		5,255	7	1.33
... ye hear onything'. 'Aye'. Ah weel, we got ower e gab o Mey an a day ir twa aifter at we got e beas oot, an even tried e ... ... saltpetre an driet oot. Ere wis a fleerish in e boxie tee, an a bit o flint at hid a bonnie orange colour. Jock tore aff a ... ... decent at e onset o e wik. E'd aye on a shaftit weskit an a sark buttont up till eez neck, hait or caal e niver wore ... ... e fairly took aff e draaers an briks for e'd fower lassies an a laddie. A richt fine lad, Jock, jist a gem, ere's mony a ... ... a look aboot. Ere wis some kinna black marks on e surface, an a speecial big patch at hid been weel battert doon aside em. ...
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 ...
Craiters: 04 - E Backlins Calfie	Fenton, Alexander		1,628	2	1.23
... We’d an ootside widden lavvie wi a little windae high up an a wire sneckie on e inside, an a nail for squaries o paper, ... ... wi a little windae high up an a wire sneckie on e inside, an a nail for squaries o paper, maybe e Weekly News or e ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Craiters: 08 - E Forkietailies	Fenton, Alexander		1,857	2	1.08
... an aasome beast, Lang and scaly, Wi a hullock o horns an a hantle o feet, An a forkietailie’ At’s a gey made-up kinna ... ... Lang and scaly, Wi a hullock o horns an a hantle o feet, An a forkietailie’ At’s a gey made-up kinna rhyme. An it’s nae ...
Craiters: 09 - Watter Rats	Fenton, Alexander		2,693	2	0.74
... wi a great big tank tae be fullt o pails o water, an a smaaer tank for paraffin. Tae get er up tae ignition heat ... ... till e ingine took an e fly-wheel spokes wis blurrin roon an a fair blast o win cam aff e spinnin surfaces ontill yer ...
Craiters: 10 - E Hares' Lavvie	Fenton, Alexander		2,681	3	1.12
... crap o breem an funs at geed gweed shelter till e craps an a hame tae birds an wee beasties. On fae ere ower a rale ... ... I took a fancy tae howk it oot. Nellie'd heen twa rooms an a sheddie at e eyn. Er kitchen hid a steen-flagged fleer an ... ... e place for I come on a skep needle, wi a flat curved pint an a hole at e back eyn. It wis gey roosty, bit in its ...
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 ...
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 ...
Craiters: 14 - E Black Things	Fenton, Alexander		1,111	1	0.90
... time e grate wis teem, haad awa fae e broken fire-bricks an a fyow orrals o coal. Eence fin I lookit in ahin e heater, I ...
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 ...
Craiters: 17 - E Wasps' Nest	Fenton, Alexander		1,736	1	0.58
... wis a loon, I wis playin some hidin game in a girse park, an a bee got me jist ahin e lug. It's nae a gweed place onywye, ...
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 ...
Craiters: 19 - Liptovska Teplicka	Fenton, Alexander		2,855	3	1.05
... reefin shingles - aa e trock ye nott for e daily darg, an a e sotter o bits an pieces at fowk kept (like fairmers an ... ... afore, an soor geens pooed fae a tree hingin full o em, an a howp o water oot o a wallie. We thocht wirsels richt ... ... e village wis wide, wi heapies o coo sharn here an ere, an a gweed gaan burn rinnin alang ae side. Here, be day, e ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Dipper: 07 - Furst Bluid	Begg, Dr James A		1,246	1	0.80
... 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. ...
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. ...
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 ...
Dipper: 26 - The Technicality	Begg, Dr James A		2,217	1	0.45
... upstream, wi juist three or fower scrunty slae busses an a fence atween me an the puil. ‘Weel Hiawatha, here we go ...
Dipper: 29 - Harpin	Reid, John	Audio	888	1	1.13
... an cuil.' (Will grained alood at that heavenly vision, An a passin deevilock grinned derision). 'I hurried doun tae ...
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 ...
Dipper: 32 - Invite Tae Embro [Content label: lesser]	Begg, Dr James A		966	1	1.04
... 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 ...
Dipper: 35 - Fair Cop	Begg, Dr James A		2,228	3	1.35
... 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 ...
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 ...
Dipper: 46 - Jenny Wren's Jaunt tae Islay - May 1983 & July 1984	Begg, Dr James A		1,340	1	0.75
... western strand, Wi a rock-strewn beach forenent the Hotel, An a haven nearby flaired wi sand. The Doctor an Colin were ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Dog's Bite; Bee's Sting [Content label: serious]	Grainger, Cecilia		8,532	1	0.12
... 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 ...
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. ...
Evie	Barron, Charles		11,528	15	1.30
... Nae wonder you’re refusing to join me. (Takes a bite.) An’ a biscuit, ana! This is sinful, this. (She is delighted with ... ... wee news wi’ a nice middle-aged mannie in stripey troosers an’ a sympathetic expression. But fit’s here but a lassie, nae ... ... a richt send-off, in front o’ his chummies fae the club an’ a’thing. But the thocht o’ spendin’ a’ that siller on a ... ... there. A real een – strippet troosers, mornin’ coat an’ a face like Boris Karloff. Withoot a word he gets a wee ... ... like Boris Karloff. Withoot a word he gets a wee brush an’ a dustpan fae ahin the coonter, gets doon on his knees, a’ ...
Extract from "One Fine Day In The Middle Of The Night" [Content label: serious]	Brookmyre, Christopher		4,155	1	0.24
... knowledge. Never pictured you wi’ a bucket of popcorn an’ a bandana, you know?” “Oh, James and I were always big on ...
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 ...
Fooshion	Barron, Charles		17,826	6	0.34
... walking hame wi' a wee pig under his airm one day - an' a week later we were eatin' its pork chops. It maks ye ... ... her on a Sunday morning. LORETTA Of course, she bade here an' a'. BESSIE In 'ere, far Neil is noo. (She points.) I was ... ... resist keeping Gladys on the right track.) It was on fire, an' a', min'. GLADYS (Furious that her story has been ... ... his tea on the table fan he gets in. It's a' they kent - an' a' they wanted. LORETTA (Gently, sadly.) Dinna knock it, ... ... afore Gladys is here to get her up. He gi'es her a cuppie an' a bowl o' flakes in her bed and it sets her up for the day. ...
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 ...
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, ...
Geordie Jooks an the Sand Boat	Fairnie, Robert		1,884	1	0.53
... a cloudless blue sky an, cled in juist his cuttie breeks an a seemit, he felt he wis juist pairt o the beach – pairt o ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Guts	Barron, Charles		22,515	5	0.22
... Princess Margaret Rose does. She’s real modren. Smokes, an’ a’thing. LIZZIE G’wa, she’s only a quinie. MURIEL She’d be ... ... frien’. In confidence, mind you. Sweer him to secrecy, an’ a’thing. But next mornin’ you’d be the spik o’ the Broch. By ... ... they're affa good at it. (Both laugh wickedly.) ANGELICA An' a' this advice I'm gettin'? It's a based on personal ... ... up to be very brave) A hoosie o’ your ain. (Pause.) An’ a man o’ your ain. (Pause.) An’ bairnies o’ your ain. (Her ... ... hard. He finds this embarrassing.) I’ve got my ain hoose. An’ a weel-paid job. Efter the war … TEENIE (breaking in) I’ll ...
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 ...
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 ...
Halesome Farin'	Waddell, Mr John		15,793	5	0.32
... pencil's sherp, the paper's white; expectantly they wait, an A'm fair fidgin fain tae write whitiver ye dictate. Here at ... ... bow an arrow. A dinnae use a gun. A widnae hurt a sparrow, An A dinnae hunt for fun. It isnae elk or eland That fills this ... ... - the day A'm jist lettin it rin. A'll pu up the weeds an A'll pit in the seeds, an it will be braw when it's dune. ... ... means, the tap an tail o it - the lot - bit time gaed by, an A forgot. IN TIME PAST Brave Ancestor Ma great, great, ... ... richt! They've been an gone an done it. This wis a battle, an A've won it. Adam (gazing at Eve): Och, Eve, ma dear, A ...
Heivenlie Gowf Coorses	Fairnie, Robert		917	1	1.09
... thair tryst. Weel, efter yon day, twa three month gaed by an a wheen mair gemms o gowf till ae day, Sandy up an dee’d. No ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
Interview 07: Teacher speaking about childhood in Shetland	N/A	Audio	1,654	1	0.60
... eat? F828: [tut] an awful lot o mutton [laugh] //an a lot// F606: //Yeah [laugh].// F828: o fish, ...
Interview 09: Ian Rankin on Rebus	N/A	Audio	6,552	1	0.15
... F606: //[laugh] [audience laugh]// M954: An a an I u- a "woolly suit" er a police constable, someone ...
Interview 10: Orkney woman talking about languages in Scotland	N/A	Audio	3,238	1	0.31
... mmhm, mm// F948: //an he's really quite, quite broad an a lot o folk are quite tickled at him ye ken, cause he ...
Interview 11: Orkney woman talking about languages in Scotland	N/A	Audio	3,313	1	0.30
... M865,: //Mmhm mmhm mmhm// //mmhm mmhm.// F950: //an a lot o folk just wouldna understand it.// M865,: ...
Interview 16: Woman talking about volunteering in Toryglen	N/A	Audio	2,768	3	1.08
... tae what they wanted in the playpark an they got it //an a man said to me las- last year, he says, ye know,// ... ... education.// F606: //Mm.// F1039: They got them in an a lot o them have went er tae college F606: Mm! F1039: ... ... hm.// F1039: them have left an come oot an aw an a lot o the hooses are just left, //ye know?// F606: ...
Interview 17: Glasgow man on growing up in Govan	N/A	Audio	2,325	2	0.86
... M691: were still well open an ye'd get a good butcher an a good fishmonger //an aw this,// F606: //Mmhm.// ... ... has a wee knack tae it ye know? Ye gie it a wee twist an a wee jerk //an it// F606: //Yeah.// M691: more or ...
Interview 18: Columba Centre, Islay	N/A	Audio	2,794	1	0.36
... F1067: it's become an "IA" sound, so instead of being an "a" sound, it's an "ia" sound. F606: Mmhm. F1067: So ...
Interview with Mary A Ronnie, Part 1, for Scottish Readers Remember Project	N/A	Audio	19,851	1	0.05
... //so vivid -// F1189: //Mmhm.// F1190: one was an A. A. Milne, F1189: Mmhm. F1190: and I had never ...
Interview with Robert Bruce for Scottish Readers Remember Project	N/A	Audio	28,169	1	0.04
... actually a base. //We were the whole of Malta was a an a [click] a service island you might say it it the, all ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 from an Island in the Middle of an Unknown Sea	Rimbaud, Dee		2,534	2	0.79
... for ma wanton ways. But it is ay hot here, ma dearie dear, an a wonder if it’s such a sin, wi no fowk tae see. It is no a ... ... tae Glesga. Three days walk it wis tae Inverness, an a full day’s ride on the train fae thair tae Glesga. How ...
Loon (extract) [Content label: lesser]	Blackhall, Sheena		3,235	4	1.24
... jist gaed back tae the trawlers tae earn eneuch fur a dram an a tinnie o roll ups fin he cam back onshore efter a trip tae ... ... glowerin doon at the custard, watchin it growe three skins an a beard, tryin nae tae cowk, keepin ma een doon on the ... ... in the squar, tae skateboard or jist fur a news an lauch an a bit o a cairry-on. The Hame's a mile an a hauf fae my ... ... a news an lauch an a bit o a cairry-on. The Hame's a mile an a hauf fae my hoose, an the rain wis stottin doon fin I left ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Millenium Bug Cairry-oot	Ferguson, Chris		2,904	2	0.69
... awa an I'll mak ye a jeely piece" an then gie him a hug an a kiss. Tony felt like he cuid dae we a hug an a greet juist ... ... him a hug an a kiss. Tony felt like he cuid dae we a hug an a greet juist then bit aw he hud instead wis this hail ...
Minnie	Blackhall, Sheena		32,033	37	1.16
... advert fur his trade, as thin as the links o the crook an a permanent dreep at the pynt o his snoot, bit he hid a ... ... pole an led them intae the park wi a wheep at his elbuck an a fag rikkin frae the crook o his moo. Syne intae the lang ... ... an reeted, fur mebbe a twa, three generations, nae a day an a denner...an fermers' bairns kent ilkie stick an steen o ... ... pleat, hair the colour o roosty iron, green cat's een an a hairt-shaped face wi a button snoot an lugs as deinty an ... ... a day's wirk wi the futterat, a slack time at the fairm an a guid chaunce tae kill aff the furry vratches o rubbits. ...
Peggy's Party	Connell, Andrina		2,769	2	0.72
... hospital. “I only had a wee drink, honest son. Jist a hauf an a haul pint an A niver even swallied that fur it was flat.” ... ... had a wee drink, honest son. Jist a hauf an a haul pint an A niver even swallied that fur it was flat.” Archie excused ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Queen Mary, Puir Quine	de Rusett, Wendy		1,750	1	0.57
... Darnley turnt oot tae be ill-natered, prood, greedy, lazy, an a drunkard forby. Mary wis althegither scunnert wi him an ...
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 ...
Recounting Blessings - Chapter 3	Henderson, John		1,041	1	0.96
... Chapter 3 1945-1949 Banknock Village – ‘Tanner Ba’ Playin’ an’ a Cuv’ As my reading ability, even as a eight year old, was ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 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 ...
Scotspik	de Rusett, Wendy		890	1	1.12
... big. We say muckle. There’s a moose loose aboot the hoose, An a muckle monster in the loch. (Scream!) 7. You say light. We ...
Scots Tung Wittins 100	Fairnie, Robert		2,370	2	0.84
... is quirkie, wi speakers o Scottish English, Scots, Gaelic an a nummer o commonty leids makin up Scots society. Howanever, ... ... leets. The'r a history o the oncome o Scots includit an a word or twa anent its uisage an staunin the day. New weys ...
Scots Tung Wittins 101	Fairnie, Robert		2,698	2	0.74
... Rob Dunbar, an expert on minority language richts an a law lecturer at Glesca University, telt Eurolang that ... ... in Springburn Aa thae roses an geeans will turn tae blume An a black laud frae yont Nyanga Dings the fell gallows o the ...
Scots Tung Wittins 102	Fairnie, Robert		2,409	1	0.42
... is juist like ither years:- Aw the Best for a Hertie Yule An a Richt Guid New Year Campie Schuil Beirs the Gree SCOTS ...
Scots Tung Wittins 103	Fairnie, Robert		2,634	1	0.38
... o - despised. A language wi as lang a pedigree as English an a literature that's kennt an studied aa ower the warld, (wha ...
Scots Tung Wittins 105	Fairnie, Robert		2,608	2	0.77
... the saicont paragraph. A've nae kennin wha this Haining is an A can anelie jalouse that, like maist o the airticle itsel, ... ... daesna dae muckle tae pit its siller whaur its mooth is, an a body cuid be forgien for wunnerin gin the'r no a wee ...
Scots Tung Wittins 106	Fairnie, Robert		3,978	2	0.50
... maun shuirlie shaw up the dangers o a monoglot eddication an a monoglot wey o thinkin.Irene McGugan MSP, depute ... ... ABC - A Scots Alphabet, Planet Fankle, The Hoose o Haivers an A Scots Parliament. Researchers is ettlin tae pit oot aboot ...
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 112	Fairnie, Robert		2,828	2	0.71
... Bruce, a chiel wi nae sma experience in polar exploration an a eydent Scots nationalist forbye. The voyage wis a sindry ... ... he threapit there wis a spoken leid that he cried "Scots" an a mair artificial written leid that he cried "Lallans". Mair ...
Scots Tung Wittins 114	Fairnie, Robert		2,652	1	0.38
... o Gaelic siccar bi pittin forrit a national language plan an a Action plan tae guide the ongauns o a reinge o agencies ...
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 ...
Scots Tung Wittins 116	Fairnie, Robert		2,699	2	0.74
... 'minority languages', baith o thaim bein muckle languages an A think there micht be a gravitation o resources tae thaim. ... ... a watter-muller, a win-muller, a coortesan, a wash-wife an a laddie that wis forspeaker for a hunner ither laddies, wi ...
Scots Tung Wittins 117	Fairnie, Robert		2,258	2	0.89
... haud for ae towmond alang wi a wee quaich for her tae keep an a certificate in Scots. Mr Blackie praisentit a certificate ... ... an the twa rinners-up wi a copy o Eck the Bee tae ane an a copy o Planet Fankle tae the tither. Wi six clesses 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' ...
Scots Tung Wittins 119	Fairnie, Robert		2,301	2	0.87
... bi David Annand, that wis the ootcome o the wark ower twa an a hauf year bi „fower auld freends' that haed setten up the ... ... me. Ma hairt's crazed. Ma spirit's dowie. A'm oan ma lain An A've nae TCP in ma hoose. Irene Brown 2003 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Scots Tung Wittins 123	Fairnie, Robert		2,259	2	0.89
... TUNG noo haes its ain wabsteid up an rinnin on the wab an a copy o its Hame Page is prentit ablow here. The wab-steid ... ... yet but it leuks like oor sales is heidin for ower fower an a hauf thoosand. The hinnermaist pages dales wi cleeks intae ...
Scots Tung Wittins 124	Fairnie, Robert		2,538	2	0.79
... wi Hamburg an Holland an such This gied us mair German an a wheen words o Dutch. The Gypsies frae Yetholm then topped ... ... that ye'd like tae sit doon wi tae a meal. (It's gret fun an a gey revealin exercise!) Weel, thon's whit Matthew Fitt an ...
Scots Tung Wittins 126	Fairnie, Robert		2,426	1	0.41
... Firth tae the Solway Firth, bydin clear o the Hebrides an a puckle wee pockets o Hieland Cooncil tae gie a ...
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 128	Fairnie, Robert		2,464	1	0.41
... for the first cless tae be hauden the 14 o Juin at 7.30pm an a plannin forgaitherin for the cless wis scheduled for ...
Scots Tung Wittins 129	Fairnie, Robert		2,468	2	0.81
... 15t century. He wis a Univairsity graduate, in holy orders an a kirk lawyer. O the 15 poems haundit doon tae us, three is ... ... be weel unnerstuid bi the staff. This is a walcome chynge an a muckle impruivement on some Stirling coort sheriffs. ...
Scots Tung Wittins 130	Fairnie, Robert		2,302	1	0.43
... & Co in 1902. This new edition wis owerset intae Scots an a surprise copy o the new buik, cried The Tale O Peter ...
Scots Tung Wittins 131	Fairnie, Robert		2,360	3	1.27
... Makar's Neuk A WAR VETERAN A wis passin the museum An A nearly didnae see him, As A hurried on ma wey doon ... ... a face thit looked gey glaikit An he wore a khaki jaiket An a pair o army boots upon his feet! He'd only yin guid airm ... ... haed been uised at sindry times for a geriatric hospital an a brewery. Soonds like the pairlament micht no be sae oot o ...
Scots Tung Wittins 133	Fairnie, Robert		2,660	1	0.38
... Thon letter wis written in a kinna bairn-like haund an a forspeaker on the program pyntit oot that, "We understand ...
Scots Tung Wittins 134	Fairnie, Robert		2,456	1	0.41
... position that there a devolved Government, that A lead, an a Pairlament, that is rin on a corporate basis, involvin aw ...
Scots Tung Wittins 135	Fairnie, Robert		2,534	1	0.39
... history o Scotland keeps on chyngin. Gien sic experiences, an a conviction o the worth o thair ain accents an dialects, ...
Scots Tung Wittins 136	Fairnie, Robert		2,391	1	0.42
... - anither wis thir monie flittins frae ae ferm tae anither an a third wis that tae get a free hurl frae their hames tae ...
Scots Tung Wittins 137	Fairnie, Robert		2,511	2	0.80
... in tae keep the pat bilin wi its ain kinna discrimination an a wee bit o traditional British "divide an conquer" chucked ... ... she said, "but the kinch is the evendoon want o publishers an a national distrbution wab, an this maks it harder tae ...
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 141	Fairnie, Robert		2,380	2	0.84
... Mull". Puddins can include Cranachan, local strawberries an a ne'er tae be forgotten honey an oatmeal ice-cream. The ... ... Nae Dugs", "Scots Language Christmas Cairds Selt Here" an a poster in Scots giein a picter o thae Christmas cairds ...
Scots Tung Wittins 142	Fairnie, Robert		2,298	2	0.87
... ceities haes a lang history an ilka yin haes an auld toun an a new toun. Thankfu-like, Edinburgh's castle is still aye in ... ... "as sudden as daith itsel". Johnnie noo haes a job, a wife an a hoose an the Provost haes saved his embarrassment at the ...
Scots Tung Wittins 143	Fairnie, Robert		2,484	1	0.40
... caird is A6 fauldit). Inside, aw the cairds haes a poem an a greetin. The A5 cairds is selt for 60p each if upliftit ...
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 146	Fairnie, Robert		2,397	2	0.83
... maitter, bi genre, as weel as airticles, wittins, reviews an a guid sicht mair forbye. [NOTE: logo here of the dot Sco ... ... But he hauds yokit for the chauve. Guid fordir til him, an A'm shair thare wul be monie lyke me luikin forrit ti his ...
Scots Tung Wittins 147	Fairnie, Robert		2,430	1	0.41
... is blinn tae the man's flaws, seein him as 'the sowel' an a influence for guid. Juist when Tartuffe is owerheard tryin ...
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 150	Fairnie, Robert		2,508	1	0.40
... tae whaur the pouer is, hou language is a cless maitter an a political maitter. He dings doon an aw the "acceptit myth" ...
Scots Tung Wittins 151	Fairnie, Robert		2,615	3	1.15
... on. This new law wis enforced wi liberal yuiss o the tawse an a campaign tae dirl intae the heids o aw the bairns that ... ... 85, 90 an 122, the phrases, 'sair heid', 'heid bummer' an 'a girn aboot yer face' strikes me as waik owersettins whaur ... ... winner will be treatit tae a fower coorse denner an a nicht oot at the hotel forbye haein thair vyce ...
Scots Tung Wittins 152	Fairnie, Robert		2,359	1	0.42
... copy o the Itchy Coo buik, "Hercules, Bampots and Heroes" an a copy o the "Scots School Dictionary". The dictionary wis ...
Scots Tung Wittins 154	Fairnie, Robert		2,160	1	0.46
... wi the maist improbably engineered bosie I've ever seen, an a ful gemm o peevers on stage as weel as a richt gallus jive ...
Scots Tung Wittins 157	Fairnie, Robert		2,574	1	0.39
... shaws picters on a bleck nicht sky o a skinny quarter muin an a ful muin. We weemin kens that atween thae times, for a ...
Scots Tung Wittins 158	Fairnie, Robert		2,396	1	0.42
... for his kenspeckle "Glasgow Gospel", "Old Testament Tales" an "A Glasgow Bible". Charlie Fairlie, editor o the Glendale ...
Scots Tung Wittins 159	Fairnie, Robert		2,479	3	1.21
... thon "Scots" laddie in the tartan troosers wi a shaky leg an a readin problem, singin Auld Lang "Zine" (Syne). Rabbie ... ... Athoot that history, there can be a sense o ruitlessness an a feelin o no belangin. It is, efter aw, shared experience ... ... wi Hamburg an Holland an such This gied us mair German an a wheen words o Dutch. The Gypsies frae Yetholm then topped ...
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 162	Fairnie, Robert		2,130	1	0.47
... funds. It's the best thing that cuid hiv happened tae ye an A wad dae the same again if A haed tae. Whit's mair, it ...
Scots Tung Wittins 163	Fairnie, Robert		2,495	2	0.80
... that can haud its heid up high in a multi-lingual Europe an a multi-lingual warld. Monoglots R.I.P.! Leukin tae a New ... ... haes a caunle-stick wi the words 'Lang may yer lum reek' an a notice sayin 'If ye want mair chips for nowt, please ...
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, ...
Scots Tung Wittins 165	Fairnie, Robert		2,462	1	0.41
... "Naw." wis the repone. "Whit for no? Ye're no that auld an A micht dee the morn." "Ach weel mibbie A will." "Oh! An ...
Scots Tung Wittins 166	Fairnie, Robert		2,498	2	0.80
... fir ilka subject - an aw the ither leid-words forbye. An A need tae hear it an tae practise it (aften!) juist like ... ... Foo dae A say "slowly"? A need an English-Scots dictionar an a thesaurus. An whit tae say or fit tae say depends on whit ...
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 ...
Scots Tung Wittins 169	Fairnie, Robert		2,226	3	1.35
... Ph. [CENSORED: phonenumber] Hae A Herty Yuletide An A Guid New Year SCOTS TUNG bids aw its readers a Herty ... ... New Year SCOTS TUNG bids aw its readers a Herty Yuletide an a richt Guid New Year. Aw the best tae you an the anes ye ... ... haes a guid sized alphabetical vocabular at the back an a enthusiastic innin bi Sheena Blackhall. The batter ...
Scots Tung Wittins 170	Fairnie, Robert		2,337	1	0.43
... Campbell, weirin cords "in honour of Sorley MacLean" an a tweed jaicket, spake in Gaelic an English congratulatin ...
Scots Tung Wittins 171	Fairnie, Robert		2,524	1	0.40
... He eikit that syne it is the daily speech o aboot ane an a hauf million Scots, this is lang syne past its time. Scots ...
Scots Tung Wittins 173	Fairnie, Robert		2,078	1	0.48
... active for a guid while yet wi wittins aboot the new site an a hyperlink cleek kythin on aw its pages takin the readers ...
Scots Tung Wittins 174	Fairnie, Robert		2,357	3	1.27
... is gien a clivver like innin bi a faimly o twa brithers an a sister gaun on holiday tae the Westren Isles. The Wee ... ... haed lines the likes o 'A thoat A'd sheared aa the sheep' an 'A cannae dae it but A've goat tae dae it'. The ither ... ... Scottishness haes been catched bi James P. Spence, poet an a freelance storyteller, that haes owersetten the adaptation ...
Scots Tung Wittins 175	Fairnie, Robert		2,364	3	1.27
... chance. Chance juist happens tae be the name o Phil's new an a guid sicht younger pairtner, Didi, a video-airtist, that's ... ... wi words like 'old bean', 'up hill down dale', 'chums', an 'a tad' as easy as Scots phrases the likes o 'what-d'you cry ... ... gey weel seen wi references tae a braid kin-kind o shuin an a gey significant shae advert! There farcical taigelt wires ...
Scots Tung Wittins 177	Fairnie, Robert		2,585	2	0.77
... Hallelujah), fund satires (Quo Stalin on Lenin), essays an a nummer o poetry pamphlets. This walin, publisht eleeven ... ... primary schuil an secondary schuil. The likes o Itchy Coo an a haundfu o primary schuils is daein bravehert stuff ...
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 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 ...
Scots Tung Wittins 43	Fairnie, Robert		2,132	2	0.94
... leid a guid lang wey on the gait tae a Scots orthographie an A'm luikin forrit tae its hamecomin. An electronic vairsion ... ... o the Scots Scuil Dictionar is weel on its wey noo an A've nae doot it'll suin be fundin its wey intae the scuils ...
Scots Tung Wittins 44	Fairnie, Robert		2,312	3	1.30
... Calton Hill, in broad daylicht wi Yuletide snaw fawin doon an a Yule starn glentin in the lift forby. The pome inower the ... ... an pome, tho diffrent sizes:- Biddin ye a Blithe Yule an a Guid New Year. Aince we get the feenished cairds fae the ... ... afore ma een. A cuin tell ye, it fair spiled ma denner an A canna mind whan A laist enjoyed a rael guid tattie. Dae ye ...
Scots Tung Wittins 45	Fairnie, Robert		868	1	1.15
... seen some o the whisy ads makkin guid yiss o the auld leid an A wunner gin the Macallan wull be follaed bi onie o the ...
Scots Tung Wittins 46	Fairnie, Robert		2,181	1	0.46
... river. Yacker.................a big stane atween a chuckie an a bowlder. Scap.....................mussel beds. ...
Scots Tung Wittins 47	Fairnie, Robert		1,939	2	1.03
... Tung Wittins bids aw its Readers a Blithe an Hertie Yule an a Richt Guid 1998. [NOTE: image here of Christmas ... ... flees. A cauld wants the cook as weel's the doctor. A drap an a bite's but sma requite. Money's lik the muck midden – it ...
Scots Tung Wittins 48	Fairnie, Robert		2,614	3	1.15
... diary includit a pair o troosers, twa serks, a bunnet an a pair o shuin alang wi aw the uswal messages for the hoose. ... ... awfu weel wi the teachers an bairns in the Orkney scuils an a wheen o thaim wis giein thair consait o't ower the ... ... ower the wireless. The byleid haes its ain hamelt souch an a pickle o hamelt wirds but, for aw that, it's weel ...
Scots Tung Wittins 50	Fairnie, Robert		2,638	3	1.14
... takin, for the pilot licht haes blawn oot yince areddies an A'm a wee bit feart o some kinna craitur gaun intae the flue ... ... the yins that dae are richt guid, parteeclar the Skreivins an A'm shuir it'll no be lang or the ither yins gets fou an aw. ... ... for yer letter o 26t. Februar, signed bi Gavin Barrie, an A weel tak yer pint that, gin the Scots language, alang wi ...
Scots Tung Wittins 51	Fairnie, Robert		2,596	1	0.39
... behauden tae oor Glesca feres for this guid-willie bode an a copie o Scots Tung Wittins Nummer 50 haes been E-mailed ...
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 ...
Scots Tung Wittins 56	Fairnie, Robert		2,683	3	1.12
... that Scots Tung chysed ti uise, oot o thae dictionars, an a hantle o thaim isna aa that easy ti pit ower yer thrapple. ... ... a guid wheen year syne, a stane age yirdin chaumer an a bronze age yirdin kist that wis baith bein onkivvert bi ... ... wis a photie o the Lone Ranger wi his cuddie, Silver, an a caption ablo that read "Learning Gaelic? Neigh bother." ...
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 59	Fairnie, Robert		2,295	1	0.44
... bleck an white cartoon wi the twa craws frae Corbie Close an a picter o ane is shawn ablo; the ither twa haes nocht but ...
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 63	Fairnie, Robert		2,635	1	0.38
... ill-willie o the Heilanders. Allan Campbell o the CNAG an a hamelt spaeker hissel, threaps it's no ill-willie at aa ...
Scots Tung Wittins 64	Fairnie, Robert		2,672	1	0.37
... furthset bi Canongate Books, is a new beuk descrived as an A–Z walin o exemplars o Nor-Aist "Patois" the day. Bi keepin ...
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 68	Fairnie, Robert		2,509	1	0.40
... mind aither hou he haed gotten intae this seetiation an a wheen o oorie antrin thochts kep on fleein in an oot his ...
Scots Tung Wittins 70	Fairnie, Robert		2,337	2	0.86
... wis reportit sayin, "A'm fechtin fit efter a guid brek an A canna wait tae get back till Pittodrie. A'v even haed ma ... ... Candy?................ b. Here's a wheen o Scots words an a wheen o Inglis words aa tapsalteerie. Fun the richt Inglis ...
Scots Tung Wittins 73	Fairnie, Robert		2,491	1	0.40
... Aiberdeen, AB15 6DF, an speir him tae pit a Gaelic column an a Scots column in aw the edeetions o the paper iverie week." ...
Scots Tung Wittins 74	Fairnie, Robert		2,448	3	1.23
... agin aw it haes tae thraw at ye wi yer heid haudit heich an a guid Scots tung in yer mooth. It saired wir forebeirs weel ... ... frae ither years, we maun hae selt somewhaur aroond five an a hauf thoosan cairds this year. Wi nineteen hunner bein ... ... Bi the time ye read this the die will hae been cuist an a leet o buiks micht weel be postit areddies on thair ...
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 77	Fairnie, Robert		2,278	1	0.44
... hou weel thae sell, thare micht weel be a Spirals3 an a Spirals4 tae jyne wi thaim. Juist ower 25% o the text will ...
Scots Tung Wittins 78	Fairnie, Robert		2,217	2	0.90
... (0.46m) an Basque (70,000). Forbye haein "Hertie Yule an a Guid New Year", it'll hae "Nollaig Chridheil agus Bliadhna ... ... Prof. Thornberry, is a man o skill in international law an a maimber o a by-ordinar advisory body pit thegither bi the ...
Scots Tung Wittins 79	Fairnie, Robert		2,611	3	1.15
... keek at the hinnermaist Report o the Scots Spellin Comatee an a copy o the Shortleet o Frequent Words in Scots. Ae new ... ... back tae e car, his wirds o wisdom suddenly dawned on me an A stairted tae laach an A wis aye laachin fan A got back ... ... o wisdom suddenly dawned on me an A stairted tae laach an A wis aye laachin fan A got back inower e car. E quines of ...
Scots Tung Wittins 80	Fairnie, Robert		2,402	2	0.83
... is juist the same as fernyear wi:- Biddin Ye a Hertie Yule an a Richt Guid New Year This caird's the same size an quality ... ... telt Irene in the pairlament chaumer at Question Time an a ful copie o the ongauns taen frae the Offeecial Report is ...
Scots Tung Wittins 82	Fairnie, Robert		2,455	1	0.41
... o ongauns that maks up Ballater's Victoria Week. A vet an a destrick nurse wis thare an aw tae mak siccar nae herm cam ...
Scots Tung Wittins 83	Fairnie, Robert		2,399	1	0.42
... guid tae say, the likes o:- "No onlie is this an inventive an a whittery tale which brawly serves its linguistic subtext, ...
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 ...
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 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, ...
Scots Tung Wittins 87	Fairnie, Robert		2,587	1	0.39
... strang, aefauld mindit Scottish Pairlament, wad fund itsel an a nae win seetiation. If it gied in tae haein Scots ...
Scots Tung Wittins 88	Fairnie, Robert		2,712	1	0.37
... schuils yersel. Ma hope is that mony bairns will tak pairt an A look forrit tae seein the cuttie poem an story. Aw the ...
Scots Tung Wittins 89	Fairnie, Robert		2,612	1	0.38
... the guff e'en Rosyth wis weel athin the reenge o the sea an a muckle lang gate frae the caller watters o the River ...
Scots Tung Wittins 91	Fairnie, Robert		2,638	1	0.38
... Languages, the foondin o the Cross Pairty Group on Scots an a growein swall o intrest in the Scots language, the'r gaun ...
Scots Tung Wittins 92	Fairnie, Robert		2,601	1	0.38
... some o the mithers an aw. A photie o the presentation an a wee report aboot it wis furthset in the East Lothian ...
Scots Tung Wittins 93	Fairnie, Robert		1,728	2	1.16
... aye bides gey standart wi:- Aw the Best for a Hertie Yule An a Richt Guid New Year The cairds is expeckit tae be on sale ... ... up ti me. Nivver een ti hud a pick. He wis weel respeckit An a gweed werker. Bit he wis wintin awa. I should hae jaloused ...
Scots Tung Wittins 94	Fairnie, Robert		2,651	1	0.38
... wee bit but maimbers o the CPG wad be telt whan it wis due an a fower page summary o the report an hou tae coff it wad be ...
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 ...
Scottish Parliament: Business Bulletin 1/2003	Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body		18,803	1	0.05
... Scottish Executive what the average cost to the NHS is of an (a) homeopathic, (b) generic and (c) branded prescription. ...
Scottish Parliament: Business Bulletin 162/2000	Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body		41,272	2	0.05
... 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 ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Education, Culture and Sport: Official Reports: Meeting 29, 2000	Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body		29,546	1	0.03
... examination is designed to grade youngsters in terms of an A, B or C pass. That level of demand and sophistication ...
Scottish Parliament: Official Report (07/09/00)	Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body		52,710	1	0.02
... for action also lies. It fair behoves us ain an a tae gie muckle steer tae this Pairlement tae mak shair ...
Scottish Parliament: Report on Inquiry intil the role o educational and cultural policy (Scots)	Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body		9,216	7	0.76
... 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 ...
Serendipity and ither poems in Scots and English	Blackhall, Sheena		12,339	2	0.16
... 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 ...
Sermon: Gordon Mackintosh - On Being Christ-like	N/A	Audio	4,835	3	0.62
... 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 ...
Smootie gengs ta Lerrick	De Luca, Christine		2,412	3	1.24
... 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 ...
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: ...
The Boddamers' Monkey	Blackhall, Sheena		8,148	8	0.98
... 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 ...
The Borth’ick Waitter	Rodger, Matt		21,032	23	1.09
... 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 ...
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 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 Fower Quarters: 03 - A Gey Dour Bitch	Blackhall, Sheena		4,030	2	0.50
... 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 ...
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 ...
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 Fower Quarters: 15 - Blessed wi the Gift [Content label: lesser]	Blackhall, Sheena		3,717	5	1.35
... 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Quarry	Blackhall, Sheena		23,932	14	0.58
... Nava hid a Mars Bar. Bappy tuik oot a pyoke o crips an a can o Coke. Kieran set doon three bars o chuddy. The ... ... “Ye’re haiverin,” quo Brian. A hale year aulder than Nava, an a loon, he thocht that gied him the heich grun in aa ... ... taen wis merryin Jenny, ten year his junior, efter a lick-an-a-spit o coortship, his feet scarce skiffin the grun frae ... ... ’cept noo he wis a boozed-up orral wi a hoast, an ulcer, an a niver-eyndin peenge fur siller. There wis ay some exkeese ... ... Joe’s flash-in-the-pans. Some pan! Some flash! A junkie an a drooth – a kirn made bi the Earl o Hell as iver wis. Myra ...
The Reid Bul o Norroway	Purves, David		2,742	2	0.73
... a bowle o guid het soup, a crust o breid ti gang wi it, an a sowp o creamie milk. Sae the puir quyne sleepit warm an ... ... haed the been the lyke o it in aw the days o the warld! An a thocht cam til hir that wi siccan a ferlie, she coud ...
The Smith's Guidwyfe frae Yarraefuit	Purves, David		860	1	1.16
... hir til a smiddie near Tweedsmuir, haed the shae replaced, an a new ane putten on the ither front fuit anaw. Syne he ...
The Stalking Cure [Content label: lesser]	Corbett, Dr John B		6,214	3	0.48
... Arab, anither estate rented bi a Dutch corporation, an a third cried Balmoral. Thair letter o challenge shaws the ... ... reversal o Buchan’s imperial ethos – an Arab aristocrat an a Dutch consortium. Tae cock a snook at the stereotypes o ... ... resolve’t whan, makin a jynt getaway involvin a hanglider an a brace o grouse, Alasdair owercomes his phobia, an the ...
The Thrie Sisters	Purves, David		26,409	14	0.53
... be-in taen til the ceimeterie, the war a military band, an a salute wi rifles be-in fyred. But the warna monie fowk on ... ... we haed! An the-day---whit hae we got the-day? A man an a hauf, an the houss is quaet as a grave. Ah’m awa hame. ... ... houever dreich an dowf it micht be, whaur intelligence an a guid education can be uissless. Lat us suppose that amang ... ... A’ve leeved lyke a pig in pokey wee flats, wi twa chairs an a sofae, an a stove that aye reiks. It’s the flouers Ah’ve ... ... lyke a pig in pokey wee flats, wi twa chairs an a sofae, an a stove that aye reiks. It’s the flouers Ah’ve missed aw ma ...
The Toad on the Rock's Opinion	Blackhall, Sheena		5,941	1	0.17
... wabbit Fin the gale deed doon, the whale looked roon An a passin boat he grabbit. 'Oh will ye gie me a hurl ?' quo ...
The Tragedie o Macbeth	Purves, David		22,141	23	1.04
... follae him, an lyke a rat athout a tail, A'l dae, A'l dae, an A'l dae. Second Witch: A'l gie ye a wund. First Witch: Ai, ... ... gie ye a wund. First Witch: Ai, ye are kynd! Third Witch: An A'l gie ye anither. First Witch: An A hae aw the ithers, an ... ... are kynd! Third Witch: An A'l gie ye anither. First Witch: An A hae aw the ithers, an the ports ti whaur they blaw frae aw ... ... (Reads) "They met up wi me in the day o ma success, an A hae lairnt sensyne that they ken ferr mair nor mortal ... ... gae nae ferrer in this maitter. He haes honored me latelie an A hae gained a hantil graund opeinions frae monie fowk. A ...
The Wal at the Warld's End	Purves, David		3,678	4	1.09
... wal o bubblin claer wattir, beildit ablo green brekkin an a rowan tree. But juist as she made ti fill the flesk in hir ... ... haed made a bergain an that wes that. “Did Ah no promise? An a promise maun aye be keepit. Fyne ye ken that. Oor mither ... ... pats aither. The’r nae air in thaim for me ti breathe, an A’m hauden in an canna lowp aboot. Hey Wyfe! Dae ye hear me? ... ... ay. Ye war ma guidwyfe the meinit ye made yeir promise. An a wyfe maun aye dae as hir man bids hir. Hae ye never heard ...
The Weidae's Son an the Streinger	Purves, David		2,764	1	0.36
... the streinger: “Sir, we ir sair dounhauden wi puirtith, an A kenna whitfor ye ir sae ill on me. Ah hae still naething o ...
The Win an the Rain	Blackhall, Sheena		8,793	3	0.34
... could need Aathin’s awa bi twelve fifteen Selt fur fags an a fix o speed. Connor McGraw he’s haived a brick Throwe the ... ... Music in Hospitals, Aberdeen Music Hall, 3/12/04 A wagtail an a nightingale met in the Music Haa The nightingle, a native ... ... tune Buenos Aires an Connecticut, Loch Earn an Bogieside An a magpie at the concert pianie playin Clair de Lune Music is ...
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 ...
Thomas Edward o Banff	de Rusett, Wendy		2,896	1	0.35
... an smaa, got him intae bother wi the squeel maisters, an a puckle o his fellow scholars forby. (Thomas leaps to catch ...
Thy Neighbour's Wife [Content label: lesser]	Bruce, Eddie		2,813	1	0.36
... I get miserable an' lonely wi' the kids maistly at school an' a man that winna come hame till the pubs shut." He looked ...
Took Fur a Ride	Connell, Andrina		2,077	1	0.48
... Then, afore A knows wher A um, ma troosers get yanked doon an A get a jag on ma bum. That wiz fur tetynus. A didnae see ...
Travel journal: Peru	852		12,382	1	0.08
... three of us sat out, drinking mineral water, margharita, an a three-coloured cocktail called Macchu Picchu, until the ...
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? ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Winnlestrae [Content label: serious]	Blackhall, Sheena		7,366	1	0.14
... sang ben warld wars Barehillock an Newbiggin A godly an a hamely life Crossfauld an Balnagowan Frae toddlin bairn ...
Written Scots	Fairnie, Robert		762	1	1.31
... Languages, the foondin o the Cross Pairty Group on Scots an a growein swall o intrest in the Scots language, the’r gaun ...
Ye ken, for lots o's, spring is the best season o the eer - April 4, 2005	Shepherd, Robbie		775	1	1.29
... fin freens o oors were on holiday at es time in Aviemore an a great attraction wis the different colours o day-aul ...

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