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A Braw Guid Alairm Fairnie, Robert 1,498 5 3.34

... in his young days. The hail o thae twa year, apairt fae aboot seeven weeks, wis spent abuird ship an no in onie ...
... slept in yince efter that. He kep the alairm weel ower fae the bed sae he hid tae git up tae unscrew the terminal an ...
... the bed tae turn the thing aff. Coorse, she hid him daured fae yaisin the alairm onie time he wis on holiday an didnae ...
... think it wis the pipes rinnin up throu the chimney breist fae the fire but the orra thing wis, we aye heard the soond ...
... on some o the pipes in case it wis vibration but, apairt fae that, they didnae find oniethin.” “It maun hae been a ...

Advent Antiphons in Scots Ogston, David D 235 1 4.26

... The mortal faes. Come an save us. You vrocht us aa Fae the same common cley. O Emmanuel, Howp o the nations, ...

A Fairy (Liquid) Story [Content label: lesser] Smith, Mark R 4,326 3 0.69

... red letters. Good job, cuz his knees wiz getting sore fae the coorse stone floor dt he was kneeling on. He lifted ...
... as he passed through the door. The smell of peat smoke fae d open fire wiz strong, especially to gas central heating ...
... clappit dir haands. Staampit dir feet. Dan Billy’s wyf, fae wey at d back u d room, startit t sing. D words Ralph hid ...

Afa sad news, bit thanks for the memories - March 21, 2005 Shepherd, Robbie 778 2 2.57

... takkin tent o aa that wis gyan on as I wis tae tak ower fae him. That wis tae be the start o mony a tour in the 1960s ...
... jist a wee space tae gyang back tae ma supercilious mannie fae the Sunday Times. Fit wis he on aboot? The Asda signs in ...

A Fer Chauve Smith, Alex 23,344 75 3.21

... fer fyte wi frost. Pits winter in oor minds uppermost. Fae the Sooth ere's a howlin gale, Blawin throo sleet an ...
... the win wi lashin rain, En it's jist a shoor noo an again, Fae the North a richt strong breeze, Countryside dryin up I'm ...
... Sna, days nae fit for man nor beast. Tuesday 3 Temp-1/2 Fae the North Wast ere's a cauld blaw, Aye slowly, slowly the ...
... 4/7 Surely it's a lee at the gless dis tell, Win blaws fae the Wast gey near a gale, Day keeps up aye fine an dry, ...
... Affa bare bit it's bonny an fair. Sunday 8 Temp3/5 Win fae the Wast it is gey snell. Gran day bit we wrap up well. ...

A fine Ham an Haddie Fairnie, Robert 906 4 4.42

... time o year, Geordie wis aye gey near blinnit comin oot fae the mirk intae the daylicht. He hid his een gey near ...
... caller. Aiblins it hid fawn aff a fish motor on its wey up fae Heymooth tae Newheiven mercat. He birlt the fish this wey ...
... the kitchen whaur he hid a guid leuk at it in the licht fae the windae. He pit it doon on the bunker, turnt it ower ...
... an, tho he kent fine that uncle Rob’s byenem wis Stookie, fae the time he brak his leg as a bairn, he wad niver daur ...

Ahint 'e Herst Brown, Charles W 251 2 7.97

... fit like a herst can ye say for yersel than? Wis it fish fae 'e sea or corn fae e' lan'? Wis it werkin' en factries ti ...
... can ye say for yersel than? Wis it fish fae 'e sea or corn fae e' lan'? Wis it werkin' en factries ti mak life mer easy? ...

All That Glisters Donovan, Anne 2,713 9 3.32

... like to use the glitter pens? And she pulled oot the pack fae her bag. Ah’d never seen them afore. When ah wis in ...
... hear him coughin in the night sometimes and it’s different fae the way he used tae cough, come fae deeper inside him ...
... and it’s different fae the way he used tae cough, come fae deeper inside him somehow, seems tae rack his hale body ...
... deeper inside him somehow, seems tae rack his hale body fae inside oot. When ah come in fae school ah go and sit wi ...
... tae rack his hale body fae inside oot. When ah come in fae school ah go and sit wi him and tell him aboot whit’s ...

Article for the Shetland Times- An apology to Shetland knitters De Luca, Christine 901 1 1.11

... Here is an interestin project dat's browt tagidder poetry fae da various straands o Scottish culture, an trowe poetry an ...

A Sair Fecht Smith, Alex 23,505 71 3.02

... 3rd, Temp. -2/-2 Frost sticks in the hale day lang Richt fae mornin fin the day began. Saturday 4th, Temp. -1/2 Fresh ...
... Half the winter is past at Yule. Sunday 2nd, Temp. 0/3 Fae the Sooth a richt frosty win Fine day bit weak is the sin. ...
... Affa coorse wither I hear fowk cry, Hale day rain poors fae the sky. Friday 14th, Temp. 2/5 (Rainfall 7*/16) Mornin is ...
... in the simmer time. Sunday 16th, Temp. 6/6 (Rainfall 2/16) Fae the Sooth gale force is the win, Odd blustery shoor, jist ...
... Thick weet mist for the hale day lang, Nae ony daylicht fae the day began. Tuesday 18th, Temp. 5/12 Gran day, feel the ...

A shuttle o soonds De Luca, Christine 362 2 5.52

... sea wark wi a hoidy-hol for queer luckin wirds stowed far fae wir hearin ta keep herm awa. Da Norn is lang gien, but ...
... dey mak da warp in a pattern o livin, while da weft comes fae places ootbye da Sooth Mooth. Dey can blend i da waeve wi ...

A Small Book of Translations: 04 - Catullus 3 Hutchison, Alexander 64 1 15.63

... as bonny at the back o the Bin (jammy piece t' some mealie fae Keith). An oor Muggie-Jean comparit wi you? Awa – it's nae ...

A Small Book of Translations: 05 - Catullus 4 Hutchison, Alexander 121 1 8.26

... mine, the Gods'll nae forget: ye'll git a recknin yet fae Faith hersel. ...

A Small Book of Translations: 09 - Catullus 8 Hutchison, Alexander 83 1 12.05

... nae a smidgin o saat. Leebie's a beezer: braw, bien fae tap t' tail – aa the gowans o ither deems she's gaithert ...

A Small Book of Translations: 14 - Catullus 13 Hutchison, Alexander 23 1 43.48

... This wye, hendecasyllables, as mony an farivver ye come fae, the hale jing bang. ...

A Small Book of Translations: 20 - Ronsard 3 Hutchison, Alexander 146 1 6.85

... relish, lik a deid man's haun: a kiss lik her breether got fae chaste Diane, or lik some granny gies til her favourite ...

A Small Book of Translations: 32 - Glossary & Notes Hutchison, Alexander 1,973 1 0.51

... is furious. Adeste, hendecasyllabi: Farivver: is wherever; fae: is from; hale is whole. Non (ita me di ament): Lats flee ...

A strynd o sense De Luca, Christine 368 2 5.43

... at med da sye an hed da vynd ta maa wid tak da jug, warm fae me skurt: da haands at riped da pages o Aurelius forbye. ...
... weel plenished. Foonded in a laand at nivver sklent tinkin fae döin: dat saa wisdom i da wark o haands. (from Psalm 126 v ...

A Study into the Knowledge and Use of Scots Amongst Primary Pupils on Upper Deeside Blackhall, Sheena 29,793 2 0.07

... two here and there spoke Gaelic, tho it wis maistly folk fae Glen Ey that spoke it, an they war Catholics. My father ...
... but by this time in Braemar ye wis gettin aa the ferm lads fae Sim's the Emporium, they employed quite a few men, and so ...

A Wee Lick o Vernish Fairnie, Robert 187 1 5.35

... a wee lick o vernish the neist nicht efter he hid cam hame fae his wark. Neist mornin, shuir eneuch, Beenie gaed intae ...

A Wee Scran o Herrin Fairnie, Robert 1,552 4 2.58

... fu o the smell o caller fish alang wi the guff o paraffin fae the boats' Kelvin engines. The soond o thae engines melled ...
... the deck as it gaed. The laddies' Granda cam intae sicht fae ahint a lorry no faur fae whaur they war staunin. He wis ...
... laddies' Granda cam intae sicht fae ahint a lorry no faur fae whaur they war staunin. He wis cled in his sea-buits an aw ...
... thair wee scran o herrin, an walked at a guid lick awa fae the herbour, takin the gate tae the treds-fowk’s hooses ...

A wikk o shows taks me back an fore in time - April 25, 2005 Shepherd, Robbie 779 4 5.13

... 78. Noo ma freen tells me he hid them in the palm o's haun fae the wird go an in praisin the acoustics sung "Fly Me To ...
... the Buchan Chiel - twa names that meant sae muckle tae me fae the early 1950s fin I wis beginning tae be kent on the ...
... wye that hotel I hear some o ye speir? Well, baith were fae the hotel at ae time. Willie Kemp's faimily ain't the ...
... were tae mak a lot o 78 records in London an broadcast fae the aul BBC studios in Belmont Street alang wi Curly McKay ...

Better Ower Yer Thrapple Fairnie, Robert 511 2 3.91

... leukin whit he wis daein for, as he taen his haund awa fae Geordie’s gless, a finger nudged the tap o’t, the gless ...
... believe whit they seen. Angus wis cairiein the tray fae the bar tae the table, but in slow motion an the singer on ...

Buchan Words and Ways Fenton, Alexander 52,521 44 0.84

... he was an Edinburgh poet, bit de'il care, his faither cam fae Aiberdeen, an' he'd kent fine fit 'connached' meant. There ...
... in Banffshire in the 1880s that fitiver airt the win blew fae on Pace Sunday, that's faar it wid blaa fae for the ...
... the win blew fae on Pace Sunday, that's faar it wid blaa fae for the followin quarter. An fit aboot the prophecy that ...
... Sunday Doon sall ye fa'. Some o fit I've tell't ye comes fae ma note book, an some fae printed books. It wisna that I ...
... Some o fit I've tell't ye comes fae ma note book, an some fae printed books. It wisna that I was tryin aafa hard tae ...

Chrysants Purves, David 2,567 1 0.39

... waitin on us in the snell wund. Oor chieftain scorns the fae an we haud forrit. But Nature, hirsell, favors the Tertars ...

Da ballad o Maggie Reid De Luca, Christine 396 1 2.53

... days wis dön. I waited fur him fowr lang year nae wird cam fae da sea. We tocht him drooned i da ocean's fowld; no lik ta ...

Da Tree Peerie Grice Sandison, Iris 1,270 1 0.79

... doon da daal, an he fell in wi Jeemie o Bakka, makkin hame fae da banks wi a back-burden o widd at wis come wi da sea. ...

D Greetin Bairn an D Soond U D Voice [Content label: serious] Smith, Mark R 3,399 5 1.47

... her essay readable and enjoyable, but in no wy taaks awaa fae d persuasiveness ur validity o her ergyoomnt. Sum o d saam ...
... barbaric speech dt iz foo o aafil swear-words ir telt fae aa angles dt dae ir inferior becuz u d wy dt dae spik. As ...
... subject as dae can. Fur example, here’s a question taen fae da Glasgow University Literary Theory exam o 2003: “Put in ...
... good at (I mind a certain incident dt saa steam emenatin fae a flushed shitepan), but at denner time I used t read ...
... I use ivree day. My wirdz ll therefur differ a gret deal fae d wirdz dt ir fun in The Shetland Dictionary. Howivur, dis ...

Divinin for cables Johnson, Laureen 571 5 8.76

... hae ta dig wals nooadays! An God knows, da watter at comes fae da heevens is mair as anyoch every year at we see! But ...
... So, here we wir waitin ee Wednesday moarnin for someen fae Lerook ta come wi a scanner an mark oot da places for wis ...
... lyin anunder da grund. Dey wir Tammie an me an a fellow fae Glessgow an peerie John Alec (just oot o da schöl) an we ...
... an we're döin naething idder. We'll try for a fun!’ An fae da cut fence, he took twa bits o wire - an bloddy owld ...
... tree cables an aa in agreement when here comes da fellow fae toon wi da scanner. He lookit an listened an towt we wir ...

Email correspondence - Jim McGonigal and Matthew Fitt 3 Fitt, Matthew,
McGonigal, James
135 1 7.41

... -- this school project looks really good! Mair guid wark fae the dynamic numero uno-- will forward to [CENSORED: ...

Emails to Christine Sandison, Iris 655 3 4.58

... surprise on a dark November Monday moarnin..guid tae hear fae > dee as ivver. A'm blyde you aa enjoyed da Lake ...
... so she aboot turned an is been lyin atween Fitful an Burra fae syne. Dey'll be > stories tae tell A'm tinkin...! > ...
... > jewel, yon's aboot it fur da meantime. > > Hear fae dee shun? (New computer..still no funn da umlaut!!) > ...

Evie Barron, Charles 11,528 28 2.43

... decent cup o’ tea’s a decent cup o’ tea, whither it comes fae a pyramid, a wee roon’ baggie or a plain aul’ square een. ...
... widow or a clubbie widow afore that. He was niver in. Hame fae work, gobble doon his tea - that I had spent a’ day ...
... to gi’e him a richt send-off, in front o’ his chummies fae the club an’ a’thing. But the thocht o’ spendin’ a’ that ...
... an’ they can spot chipboard wi’ a plastic veneer on’t fae twa mile awa’. It’ll ha’e to be real wood to impress them. ...
... the next funeral. I hope they didna ha’e to get a man fae Archibald’s in; that would cost them a bonnie penny. It ...

Extract from "One Fine Day In The Middle Of The Night" [Content label: serious] Brookmyre, Christopher 4,155 3 0.72

... doon tae just the platform, then built everythin’ up again fae there. I read somethin’ aboot it in the paper.” “But ...
... hotel is aw that’s on the island. You’re isolated, away fae it aw. So they’ve used this oil platform affair instead of ...
... remember anyway. I cannae picture Matt Black comin’ back fae America just tae see us arseholes again, eh? An’ Davie ...

Extracts from SNDA, SLD Newsletter Spring 01-Summer 04 Robinson, Chris 774 1 1.29

... can get ane aff the wabsteid) and a guid offerin o wark fae writers. As weel as promotin the profile o SLD and steirin ...

Fooshion Barron, Charles 17,826 12 0.67

... It's just sick a trauchle gettin' a cheer a' the wye fae up the stair. NEIL (Recognising his duty.) Take one from ...
... notices irony.) I'm afraid they'll grow up very different fae you, Loretta. LORETTA (Acknowledging the awful truth of ...
... I'll dae some sausage rolls. Thon rare wee bite-size eens. Fae Tesco, they're best. Neil an' Kate'll bring the wine. ...
... tellin' me aboot Mary dyin'. BESSIE Aye, Mary Farquhar fae the Grove, wi' the twa lassies. GLADYS Nae Andy Farquhar's ...
... Ye wid get your eggs at Easter an' your hen at Christmas, fae somebody ye kent yersel', that had made them grow and then ...

Geordie Jooks an the Bleck Corn Flakes Fairnie, Robert 523 2 3.82

... it?” Wullie speirt. “Weel, when the ships brings the grain fae Americae an Canadae, it’s no in bags or ocht ye ken. Ilka ...
... is that ye’r speakin aboot, Geordie?” speirt Wullie. “Fae the lang-tail fellaes.” sayed Geordie, “The’r aye ...

Geordie Jooks an the Sand Boat Fairnie, Robert 1,884 8 4.25

... the ootside o the dyke? It micht help tae keep the sand fae bein washt awa sae quick.” Big Rab taen a gliff oot tae ...
... nae mair.” The sea wis nae mair nor six or seeven fit awa fae the boat whan the laddies lowpit oot aw roads an stertit ...
... backs an bare legs warm. “Ready men!” came the command fae Big Rab, “Open fire! Gie it laldie!” Fower wuiden rifles ...
... it spat. Twa wee puffs o white reek kythed in the lift fae nae whare juist tae the left o the plane an aboot twa ...
... o squeebs gaun aff in the distance. Bi noo, the drone fae the plane’s ingines wis like the soond o a giant bumbee ...

Giein translations for a Doric play? Gie's a break - February 21, 2005 Shepherd, Robbie 792 6 7.58

... education authorities will act. Keep the translation awa fae the bairns; teachers' reference only. Div they get a ...
... in seein the performin o's Doric plays as I get fae ma screeds on a Monday fin I get a response bi wird o moo ...
... screeds on a Monday fin I get a response bi wird o moo or fae yer letters. "I like tae read yer column, bit fyles it's a ...
... tae a couple o yer letters. A fylie back, I got a letter fae Bill Johnston, o Udny, fa hid gotten the len o a beuk o ...
... bi Mary Symon." The line o the poem reads that Sownock, fae the bothy door, kame-sowfed a martial lilt. Kame - a comb ...

Gittin the Spellin Richt Fairnie, Robert 435 2 4.60

... they cuid afford tae bide oot a guid while langer nor men fae ither airts. Sae, excep when thare wis a fitba match on, ...
... tae hae the wife’s tea on the table for her comin hame fae the mill. We’r no sayin they war aw tarred wi the ae brush ...

Graip an trooel mak the perfec wind-doon - May 16, 2005 Shepherd, Robbie 793 6 7.57

... aboot the eyn o April an I maun say we baith hae benefitit fae the braak, tho the wither cwid a been kinder. If it hid ...
... anither fin the first wirds cam oot o wir moos. "Eer nae fae hereaboots," ventur't Esma, follow't bi me sayin: "Na, bit ...
... the wrang time an wi palin posts an road signs taakin ower fae scenic beauty, she miss't oot on oor first-ivver sicht o a ...
... o trees, shrubs an girss, wi a branch or twa a feow feet fae yer nose, and the playgreen for birdies big an sma, nae ...
... been there the wikk afore. The woman kent ma voice, tee, fae the radio, an daur I say fae the Beechgrove Gairden ...

Guts Barron, Charles 22,515 40 1.78

... them. I …. DOD Come on, Teenie. It’s jist a wee present fae your cousin. (Pause. She won’t take the parcel. ...
... Eence the war’s finished, an’ the laddies come back fae bein’ sodgers, then they can cairry the kits an’ you can ...
... It’s nae a mixture. Jist a few things Ma used to get fae him. I’m gan to mak’ her up a tonic. GEORGIE Like Ma used ...
... that the government doesna ken aboot. ANGELICA Ye get them fae fishermen? DOD Na, na. It’s mair complicated than that. We ...
... sick? CHRISSIE I said she’s fine, Georgie. Dinna keep her fae her work. You’re the een that was rantin’ on aboot her nae ...

Halesome Farin' Waddell, Mr John 15,793 57 3.61

... three, or fower, thegither, an eerie sicht, wi neer a soun fae the bricht legions streakin doon. The heavenly spearsman ...
... tae licht, an freens, an fireside. The Road Hame The miles fae schule, they wirnae lang when A wis souple, young, an ...
... wha better than masell? Tae end the drouth, bring water fae the well, A'm ready noo tae hae a shot at it, tae write a ...
... elk or eland That fills this bag o mine, But lamb chops fae New Zealand, An beef fae Argentine Oor faithers took great ...
... this bag o mine, But lamb chops fae New Zealand, An beef fae Argentine Oor faithers took great pleasure In huntin, ...

Heivenlie Gowf Coorses Fairnie, Robert 917 6 6.54

... roond o gowf at Monktonha. Sandy brocht twa pints ower fae the bar tae thair table an cairried on wi the crack juist ...
... Wid he?” “Naw!” cam the repone, “He widnae ken a gowf ba fae a pan-drop. A doot the onlie wey tae fin oot is tae gaun ...
... Wullie. It’s juist that if a spaewyfe can git wittins back fae the deid fowk, then ye’d think the’r maun be some wey tae ...
... tae ye, A’ll let ye ken for shuir. An if ye dinnae hear fae me athin, say, twa month, ye can gaun an see a spaewyfe an ...
... when, aw o a suddentie, he heard a wee whisper in his lug fae ahint. “Wullie!” it said. He birlt roond quick tae see wha ...

It's time tae reflect as fiddlers come and go - February 28, 2005 Shepherd, Robbie 787 4 5.08

... the lines o Jock Morgan, that fine fiddler an entertainer fae Kemnay fa fiddl't an sang wi the best o them in my era o ...
... It wis gran, bi the wye, tae see John haein focht back fae serious ill health, in his usual fine fettle in spite o a ...
... drum laldee - the instrument happin the sma cratur fae sicht o's aadience. Weel deen nivvertheless. AY, FIDDLERS ...
... than eence. The entrance an the exit cwid hae signs hingin fae the ceilin wi chynes sayin "SYN" and "SYOOT". ...

Jade Lute Purves, David 7,581 2 0.26

... BC) THE ITHER SYDE Ah im a prisoner in the haunds o the fae, tholin the shame o ma thirldom. Ma banes stick oot an ma ...
... n, farewell fash, v, worry fashiuss, a, irritating fae, n, foe faither, n, father fauch, a, feeble faw, v, n, ...

Jeel't tae the marra on a day oot tae the fitba - March 14, 2005 Shepherd, Robbie 787 2 2.54

... It's aa richt for him wi sae muckle tap teams tae pick fae doon in the far sooth. YE KEN, I jist hae realis't es is ...
... Tae bide in the tap six in the league is great progress fae the doldrums o last eer athoot lashin oot the siller like ...

Keekin In Love, Rowena M 67 1 14.93

... Kye coorie in thir sta, life smokin fae thir mous; a leam o sunlicht thirls the mirk lik guid news ...

Lament for Freddie Blair, Anna 72 1 13.89

... new here A year... No, mibbee less Less, yes Hardly there Fae elsewhere And a'ready Got Freddie My steady. Freddie and ...

Letter from an Island in the Middle of an Unknown Sea Rimbaud, Dee 2,534 12 4.74

... wis off tae a better place. But it didnae stop the tears fae fallin fae ma eyes. An the salt ay thaim made me thirsty ...
... a better place. But it didnae stop the tears fae fallin fae ma eyes. An the salt ay thaim made me thirsty as a ...
... the light is failin awfy fast the now, so different fae back hame. Ah’ll huv tae wait till the mornin light before ...
... It is tae hot tae wear claes. But ah huv made a coverin fae the linin ay ma skirts, an while it is thin an cool, it is ...
... wee boatie wis stranded on a sand spar, but twenty yards fae this island, an the sun wis blazin intae ma eyes so fierce ...

Lizzie Coutts' Knowe De Luca, Christine 219 1 4.57

... glivs ice-matted, haands red raw wi pooin apo kiarr. Inbye fae da spunder o da nicht wi haet tiftin anunder wir nails an ...


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