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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 ...

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