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| Craiters: 08 - E Forkietailies | Fenton, Alexander | 1,857 | 2 | 1.08 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Craiters: 09 - Watter Rats | Fenton, Alexander | 2,693 | 2 | 0.74 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Craiters: 10 - E Hares' Lavvie | Fenton, Alexander | 2,681 | 3 | 1.12 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Craiters: 11 - E Widdie | Fenton, Alexander | 3,526 | 5 | 1.42 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Craiters: 12 - Glory Hole | Fenton, Alexander | 2,953 | 5 | 1.69 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Craiters: 14 - E Black Things | Fenton, Alexander | 1,111 | 1 | 0.90 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Craiters: 15 - E Steppies | Fenton, Alexander | 1,366 | 5 | 3.66 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Craiters: 17 - E Wasps' Nest | Fenton, Alexander | 1,736 | 1 | 0.58 | |
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... 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, ... |
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| Craiters: 18 - Foxie | Fenton, Alexander | 1,256 | 3 | 2.39 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Craiters: 19 - Liptovska Teplicka | Fenton, Alexander | 2,855 | 3 | 1.05 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Craiters: 20 - Biz-Bizzin | Fenton, Alexander | 3,297 | 10 | 3.03 | |
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... ere twice afore an she'd teen er freen as weel's er three an a half ear aal graandother, an I wis fine pleaset tae be ... ... ye like, haadin eir mither's haan, fin aff ey'd go, a hop an a skip an a bounce. Iv coorse, aa young craiters dee e same. ... ... haadin eir mither's haan, fin aff ey'd go, a hop an a skip an a bounce. Iv coorse, aa young craiters dee e same. It's ... ... kye, broon an fite, een wi a braid collar roon its neck an a big bell hingin anaith. It wis handy for e lads at e huts ... ... staas at hame, here ey hid widden planks anaith e kye, an a widden passage an a widden greep, an nae trevises. An ere ... |
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| Craiters: 21 - 'I cannot get enough of it' | Fenton, Alexander | 1,405 | 3 | 2.14 | |
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... ye, an e air full o e cries o birds an e swoosh o e waves, an a feelin inside ye at maybe it wisna jist aathegither richt ... ... o e island, nae far fae a craft hoose wi low set biggins an a roonaboot corn kiln at ae eyn o e barn. We got ashore wi ... ... ey hung on e updracht, eir heids turnin fae side tae side an a sharp caal stare fae eir een, ay on e look oot for mait or ... |
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| Daft Jackie | McGonigal, James | 2,850 | 1 | 0.35 | |
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... wi nae breeks? My husband has taen tae walkin in his sleep an a fortnicht past this Tuesday he wandered oot o the hoose at ... |
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| Dan Buoy | Howson, Dave | Audio | 1,252 | 4 | 3.19 |
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... earliest days ah kin chist mind 'er wi' 'er gates closed an' a boat in 'er, bit for most o' ma childhood days she wiz ... ... eh new slip over at eh herber, she wiz made redundant, an' a while back, eh seventies hid wid a bin, she wiz filled in, ... ... Henderson's lorries. Eh day came fan eh enchine arrived an' a fair crowd o' fowk gethered at eh mooth o' eh dry dock ... ... 'im: that wiz, aal that wiz needed wiz a chentle lower an' a wee bit o' chiggery-pockery. Ye couldna say 'at Dan Buoy ... |
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| Dipper: 07 - Furst Bluid | Begg, Dr James A | 1,246 | 1 | 0.80 | |
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... tae oor side, wi anither man gruppin the middle o the net, an a third haudin the ither end o the rope on the faur bank. ... |
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| Dipper: 11 - Lament for Connel Burn | Begg, Dr James A | 344 | 1 | 2.91 | |
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... frae heid tae fuit They'd dam the burn wi stanes, An a gleefu glen wad ring wi cries O bare-scud doukin weans. ... |
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| Dipper: 14 - The Communication Gap | Begg, Dr James A | 1,013 | 3 | 2.96 | |
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... Anjuist as we were aboot tae gie up, there wis a creckle, an a faint furren vyce cried, 'Dere eez anodder yin! Bliddy ... ... chipped in, 'we were nae shuiner settlt whan the gairdner an a guest frae the Big Hoose cam doun tae fish for seatroot. ... ... luvvvvv me?" She didnae say ocht, but gied a wee giggle an a wiggle nou an again, tae lead him oan, as they daunert up ... |
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| Dipper: 26 - The Technicality | Begg, Dr James A | 2,217 | 1 | 0.45 | |
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... upstream, wi juist three or fower scrunty slae busses an a fence atween me an the puil. ‘Weel Hiawatha, here we go ... |
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| Dipper: 29 - Harpin | Reid, John | Audio | 888 | 1 | 1.13 |
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... an cuil.' (Will grained alood at that heavenly vision, An a passin deevilock grinned derision). 'I hurried doun tae ... |
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| Dipper: 30 - 'Puggie' | Begg, Dr James A | 1,346 | 2 | 1.49 | |
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... Puggie wis a poacher, a pest, an a thorn in the flesh o the byllies for near on five year. He ... ... jerkin his thoum at the depairtin Eck. 'He's a byllie, an a bad bugger. He's had me pit aff hauf the streitches on the ... |
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| Dipper: 32 - Invite Tae Embro [Content label: lesser] | Begg, Dr James A | 966 | 1 | 1.04 | |
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... Wha, in this land o pride an plenty, Cuid cut ye deid; - An a Plouman Poet maun aye be tentie O's daily breid! But ... |
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| Dipper: 35 - Fair Cop | Begg, Dr James A | 2,228 | 3 | 1.35 | |
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... No the place for poachers, ye wad think - an so did I an a wheen mair - but we were wrang! For alang the south bank o ... ... horseshoe wi a heich bank o beech trees on the oot-bend an a braid holm on the ither side, sawn this year wi barley. It ... ... as he wis tellt. He wis a man aboot forty, no that big, an a bit thin on tap, wearin a green byler-suit an saft shune ... |
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| Dipper: 36 - Minnons | Begg, Dr James A | 265 | 1 | 3.77 | |
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... A wee roun hole caad oot its dowp, A string roun its neck an a weel-corkit mou Tae haud in the breid-crumbs - an that is ... |
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| Dipper: 46 - Jenny Wren's Jaunt tae Islay - May 1983 & July 1984 | Begg, Dr James A | 1,340 | 1 | 0.75 | |
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... western strand, Wi a rock-strewn beach forenent the Hotel, An a haven nearby flaired wi sand. The Doctor an Colin were ... |
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| Dipper: 50 - The Auld Jenny Heron | Begg, Dr James A | Audio | 684 | 1 | 1.46 |
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... low, Then faster than lichtnin, a daith-dealin blow An a puir wee bit beardie is gruppt like a vice, Turnt roun ... |
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| Dipper: 51 - Annyntit | Begg, Dr James A | Audio | 1,149 | 2 | 1.74 |
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... wis Sanny Todd, a committee member o the Fishin Club, an a regular in oor shop! 'Whit the hell are you daein here?' ... ... a wee bit sorry for Sanny, for I kent he had a puir wife an a hantle o weans tae keep on Benefit - tho it did cross my ... |
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| Dipper: 57 - Bank Pit | Begg, Dr James A | Audio | 350 | 2 | 5.71 |
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... An this poem is a memorial tae a vanished community an a deein industry. Snaw-white steam rents the blue veil O ... ... hunner lums As cauld tea's jawed Oot the back door, An a fresh pot masked On the bleck-leid grate For the ... |
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| Dipper: 61 - Double Anyntit | Begg, Dr James A | 910 | 4 | 4.40 | |
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... story went! True or fause, we were for takin nae chances, an a team o five byllies linkit up wi fower o the Castle ... ... the caur an crowded roun the back. There were saft thuds an a clink o chains as secks o poachin graith were dumped on ... ... an rand three nets wi chains, mair secks for the fish, an a wee Tate an Lyle seerup tin fou o holes, tied tae a ... ... ither things, but Jimpy finally met his poachin Watterloo, an a £350 fine, whan he got careless an the Polis themsels ... |
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| Divinin for cables | Johnson, Laureen | 571 | 1 | 1.75 | |
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... cables wis lyin anunder da grund. Dey wir Tammie an me an a fellow fae Glessgow an peerie John Alec (just oot o da ... |
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| Dog's Bite; Bee's Sting [Content label: serious] | Grainger, Cecilia | 8,532 | 1 | 0.12 | |
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... in that other world if yi didnae hae a university degree an a fancy job wi wads o cash yi got starved an ground doon an ... |
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| Email correspondence 1 - C Kay & J McGonigal | Kay, Prof Christian, McGonigal, James |
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... 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. ... |
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| Evie | Barron, Charles | 11,528 | 15 | 1.30 | |
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... 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’ ... |
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| Extract from "One Fine Day In The Middle Of The Night" [Content label: serious] | Brookmyre, Christopher | 4,155 | 1 | 0.24 | |
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... knowledge. Never pictured you wi’ a bucket of popcorn an’ a bandana, you know?” “Oh, James and I were always big on ... |
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| Foolish Citizens All | Kay, Prof Christian | 824 | 1 | 1.21 | |
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... looking man;” “I didn’t really notice his face;” “He had an .. a … well ... ordinary voice.” I was not merely a sucker, but ... |
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| Fooshion | Barron, Charles | 17,826 | 6 | 0.34 | |
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... 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. ... |
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| Gean Blossoms | Purves, David | 6,034 | 1 | 0.17 | |
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... traivlar. A tass o wyne thegither wul mak us blyth, an a pikkil freinship is nae smaw maitter. *** From the Chinese ... |
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| Geordie Jooks an the Bleck Corn Flakes | Fairnie, Robert | 523 | 3 | 5.74 | |
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... 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, ... |
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| Geordie Jooks an the Sand Boat | Fairnie, Robert | 1,884 | 1 | 0.53 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Gled Stanes | Paisley, Janet | 121 | 1 | 8.26 | |
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... stair. Auld Reekie sings an auld sang tae a newborn tune, an a staur is kenled whaur stane mounts stoor tae heicht us up ... |
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| Gowd Tree an Siller Tree | Purves, David | 2,511 | 1 | 0.40 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Growin auld (Wasterwick) | De Luca, Christine | 214 | 1 | 4.67 | |
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... reck oot bi clett an stack. Dy sang is da sang o sels an a thoosand shiftin shalls is dey beach demsels. Da Waarie ... |
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| Guts | Barron, Charles | 22,515 | 5 | 0.22 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Habetrot the Spinstress | Purves, David | 3,608 | 2 | 0.55 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa | Forde, Iain W D | 27,001 | 38 | 1.41 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Halesome Farin' | Waddell, Mr John | 15,793 | 5 | 0.32 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Heivenlie Gowf Coorses | Fairnie, Robert | 917 | 1 | 1.09 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Homage til Carl Nielsen | Hubbard, Tom | 532 | 1 | 1.88 | |
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... - but Dauvit; Jeronimus, solemn, fou-breekit, Wi a lauch an a daunce deflatit; An wi aa its twynin an trauchlin agin its ... |
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| Hou Finn Fand Bran | Purves, David | 3,251 | 2 | 0.62 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Inaugural speech by John Kirk to launch the Scottish Corpus of Texts and Speech | Kirk, John M | Video | 6,982 | 1 | 0.14 |
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... Scots Wants Fae Govrenment. Sae nou A come tae ma pirlicue an a short leit o whit the Scots leid wants fae Govrement. ... |
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| Interview 07: Teacher speaking about childhood in Shetland | N/A | Audio | 1,654 | 1 | 0.60 |
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... eat? F828: [tut] an awful lot o mutton [laugh] //an a lot// F606: //Yeah [laugh].// F828: o fish, ... |
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