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Scots Tung Wittins 58 Fairnie, Robert 2,396 1 0.42

... alaft The colliers douned graith wi shod an shuil haft An big hashie cheils holed weil ower the shaft. An thaim that war ...
Scots Tung Wittins 60 Fairnie, Robert 2,328 1 0.43

... o leadin weemin in the Scottish Theatre. Its ettles is tae big uphaud tae gie weemin the inlat tae tak owerance for thair ...
Scots Tung Wittins 62 Fairnie, Robert 2,606 2 0.77

... New Year thon auld sang haesna kythed; a rehearsal for the Big Ane neist year whan London program high heid anes will ...
... tae mak siccar thay dinna mak the same mistaks whan the big ane comes roond at Hogmanay 1999? For us, the high-lichts ...
Scots Tung Wittins 68 Fairnie, Robert 2,509 1 0.40

... the hoose. The twa craiturs wis lik bogles wi muckle big heids, bumflie een, wee airms an wee shanks. For the first ...
Scots Tung Wittins 70 Fairnie, Robert 2,337 2 0.86

... speir whit wey onie Aiberdeen supporter can end up wi a big heid. ~~~ooo~~~ The Gaels Hae a Word For It. Neist ...
... an the singer on the tape wis still giein San Francisco big licks but wi a slower an deeper vice. He set Eddie's pint ...
Scots Tung Wittins 71 Fairnie, Robert 1,807 2 1.11

... season, it wad cure onie o its supporters frae haein a big heid an, frae his fotie in Aiberdeen's Green Final, Wee ...
... tae normal agane but puir wee sowl, he nae suiner gits his big heid sortit oot, whan he haes tae dree a broken hert. At ...
Scots Tung Wittins 72 Fairnie, Robert 2,214 1 0.45

... wis taen bi James Watson o Woodlands Schuil, Durris an the big-anes gree wis gien tae Josh Wright o Cults Academy, ...
Scots Tung Wittins 79 Fairnie, Robert 2,611 3 1.15

... Scottish journalists is:- sitooterie, wallies, Glesgae, Big Tam, the Tally connection, meeja, Broon fae Troon, Say nae ...
... ceity. The Ulstèr-Scots Leid Societie haes been ettlin tae big up the leid, that's maistlie spoken ootside the touns, an ...
... wipers hid a gey tyauve copin wi it an e dubs on e road at big it wis mair like drivin alang a burn. We made up wir minds ...
Scots Tung Wittins 84 Fairnie, Robert 2,306 1 0.43

... aw thae ongauns costs siller sae the associe is seekin tae big up its maimbership. Maimbership subscreivins rins frae ...
Scots Tung Wittins 85 Fairnie, Robert 2,560 1 0.39

... it a name? Hooiver, ae day he his a package aat wis ower big tae ging throwe e letter box so he chappit on e door. An ...
Scots Tung Wittins 86 Fairnie, Robert 2,513 1 0.40

... uised leids athort the hail o Europe. It's proponed tae big up an IT foondit resource, whaur fowk can lairn Scots nae ...
Scots Tung Wittins 87 Fairnie, Robert 2,587 1 0.39

... raisons whit wey the Scottish Executive isna gaain tae gie big licks aboot uphaudin the Scots leid, (2) tae descrive the ...
Scots Tung Wittins 88 Fairnie, Robert 2,712 1 0.37

... graith in ither schuils. This ploy haes been stertit tae big up an intrest in whit maist fowk see as a deid language. ...
Scots Tung Wittins 94 Fairnie, Robert 2,651 1 0.38

... need aboot £2.5m aw thegither, ettles tae estaiblish an big up the first naitional library on the wab o Gaelic an ...
Whit a Fleg!! Fairnie, Robert 684 1 1.46

... the hoose. The twa craiturs wis lik bogles wi muckle big heids, bumflie een, wee airms an wee shanks. For the first ...
Buchan Words and Ways Fenton, Alexander 52,521 50 0.95

... need for cuffs. If you wore a dress or coat that was too big, someone would say, 'That een's been made for yer growth'. ...
... of chain that completed the binnin were fixed to the big loop of the sweevle. One had a loop end and the other a ...
... I winner foo mony o ye hiv iver tried e smiler? That's a big shoulder rake, used for example to gather hay left over ...
... enough sign of how hard it was to pull. The old style had big wooden teeth, but the ones I knew had curved iron tines. ...
... for hauling out broomstocks by the root, so it had to be big and powerful. It was smiddy-made, all of iron, with a ...
Craiters: 02 - Kippert Fenton, Alexander 5,255 5 0.95

... damp bittie, aa at ye'd ken a reidy colour, on e front o e big roller an in ower e rim o't. 'Fit kinna mark's at, ...
... e Cross an e happent jist tae be dargin wi a spaad at a big steen in e nyeuk o e park ere. 'Aye Jock'. 'Aye. Ye're on ...
... Ere wis some kinna black marks on e surface, an a speecial big patch at hid been weel battert doon aside em. At wis aa. E ...
... tae see faar e roller hid stoppit on e road. Ere wis a big patch o rollt metal. I'd better een 'n Jock an richt ...
... an I've nae doot trippit an wowf wi eez heid anaith e big roller. Mercy what a thing tae happen. Ma stamach wis ...
Craiters: 03 - Stirries Fenton, Alexander 1,596 1 0.63

... ey heidit in aa airts, an een hovert near abeen’s facin e big dresser mirror, faar it saa fit it thocht wis its fella ...
Craiters: 04 - E Backlins Calfie Fenton, Alexander 1,628 2 1.23

... as no ye’d niver get e ither bit. Aathing geed intil a big pail, an fin es wis full, een o e jobs I files did wis tae ...
... e coo tryin tae ease e backlins calfie oot. E coo, a great big eesie-osie black an fite Friesian, wis moanin awa laich, ...
Craiters: 05 - 'Dirty Beast' Fenton, Alexander 1,953 2 1.02

... runs. Weel, we’d a cat eence aboot e craft, a great big strippit beast caad Timoshenko. It wis ill for wannerin ...
... haein ma denner an I spottit a hullock o seagulls gaan in big circles. It wisna jist be chance. Ey hid eir wings oot, an ...
Craiters: 06 - E Hens Riv Fenton, Alexander 2,225 8 3.60

... haad awa fae e boortree busses at e back o e hoose, an e big trees at tried hard bit wi little success tae shelter e ...
... line on e left haan side, an e yard on e richt. It 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 wis a big patch o rhubarb for makin jam at ye took on yer piece or ...
... alang wi a smaa roomie at hid a biler for fin ye did a big wash, or aan aboot e New Ear I min e smith at bade ere ...
... fit ye micht caa deid grun. Fit wis a lot mair handy wis e big trees in e main bit o e riv. I aye likit tae speel trees, ...
Craiters: 07 - E Oolet Fenton, Alexander 1,856 5 2.69

... seldom tae be seen nooadays; fit ye get instead’s raas o big roon bales, an I’ve naething against em, for truth tae ...
... bales, an I’ve naething against em, for truth tae tell a big park wi its new shaved stibbly slopes dottit wi e bales an ...
... for on slopin parkies an roch fairm tracks ye hid tae big richt, layin e shafes weel oot ower e frame tae get a ...
... o lachin at piece-time. Ere wisna a lot o privacy in a big park an ye cwidna tak time tae trail up till e wid if ye ...
... ae time I wis forced tae gang an I socht oot e back o a big roch stook. As I wis aboot tae come awa again I heard a ...
Craiters: 08 - E Forkietailies Fenton, Alexander 1,857 1 0.54

... Bit ye didna knock e strainers in wi e mell. Ey were ower big for at, for ey were mint tae tak e strain o e weers in twa ...
Craiters: 09 - Watter Rats Fenton, Alexander 2,693 6 2.23

... aff an ile ingine, an Allan, made in Aiberdeen, wi a great big tank tae be fullt o pails o water, an a smaaer tank for ...
... check, for ye couldna see e ingine fae e barn. Ere wis a big aixle geed throwe e barn waa tae drive e mull, an inside ...
... at e croon fae a bittie awa, jist like e squaar meshes o a big net. At wis e wye ye kent an eddert ruck jist be lookin at ...
... graan for shelter. Ere wis even some fancy kins o trees wi big cones, yowies, fine for loons tae play wi an ey’d files ...
... o water aff a steen in e bed, at a time fin e burn wis big. Bit e rats couldna a howkit oot sic big half meens in e ...
Craiters: 10 - E Hares' Lavvie Fenton, Alexander 2,681 6 2.24

... e drift swirlin an billowin ower em, biggin up wreaths big an smaa ahin ony obstruction, fither a clump o girse or a ...
... o e steens hid been shiftit (likely they'd been broken tae big pairt o e dyke), bit a twa-three wis ay ere, e big flanker ...
... tae big pairt o e dyke), bit a twa-three wis ay ere, e big flanker an een wi cup marks on't, fit ey were for naebody ...
... faither used for eez souter's shop, though noo ere wis a big crack in e gale an e windaes hid nae glaiss. Es wis faar e ...
... e tap eyn. I geed richt roon e back o't as far as a set o big trees faar I'd eence carved ma initials, syne crossed ower ...
Craiters: 11 - E Widdie Fenton, Alexander 3,526 6 1.70

... fit wis in’t must a been a winner tae me. It wis jist a big side o a pig, hung fae a hyeuk in e riggin, an nae doot it ...
... doon e flooer beds an him at full streek tae win awa. A big, bonny craiter. E ay held for e youngest dother’s bed at ...
... on ma back (fit wye is’t at new skweelbags are ay ower big?), clean sark, short breekies, an wee tacketie beets abeen ...
... didna jist lie inside e acceptet order o things in e big fowks’ world. Ere wis nae skweel meals at at time, though ...
... wis nae skweel meals at at time, though e world wis takin big strides forrit. Ere wis aafa fyow wirelesses aboot either, ...
Craiters: 12 - Glory Hole Fenton, Alexander 2,953 4 1.35

... condeetion’, as ey say in e adverts, twa ir three great big boxes o washin pooder, een o em half skailt ower e bit o ...
... an maybe it wis o some eese for muck, though fit wi e big sycamore in ae nyeuk an e haathorn in e idder, ere wisna ...
... odds. Noo, es mochs fae e brodmel in e glory hole wis big. Ey hid lang kinna bodies, an a rich, dark colour at ...
... 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 raise a ...
Craiters: 13 - E Cheer Fenton, Alexander 1,136 3 2.64

... ye’re back in e country. ‘Country born, country bred, Big in hoof, fat in head’, - at’s fit a mannie fae Devon eence ...
... neeber – a toon lad fae Glesca – haggert e tap aff e bonny big stracht tree in eez gairden. E trunk gangs up stracht as ...
... say files it wis mair like a dog’n a cat. It hid a great big heed, a richt strong neck, an es golden glowin e’en. Fin ...
Craiters: 14 - E Black Things Fenton, Alexander 1,111 2 1.80

... wis backit up tee till't ye cd harly see't. I nippit a big spunk box oot o e draaer o ma desk faar I keepit it, half ...
... an clean oot o sicht. At wis e hinmist sicht I got o es big spiders, bit I ay min on em an e wye ey wheekit ower e ...
Craiters: 15 - E Steppies Fenton, Alexander 1,366 6 4.39

... e wid lie on eez back like a kittlin even though e wis big, an e fur o im wis jist e same's es cloods. Syne ey’d ...
... tae tell ye e truth ere’s nae a lot ye can dee for a great big sycamore at spews doon sticky stuff at times an sens its ...
... hae a gairden foo o sycamores an naething else. Ere's a big haathorn at e tap tee. Lang seen I saa’d aff ae big ...
... a big haathorn at e tap tee. Lang seen I saa’d aff ae big branch, it wis like wirkin wi a hedgehog, prickles awye, ...
... ere’s ony meevement. Ere wis a file e fowkies hid an aafa big dog wi a lot o foggitch aboot its dowp. It hid tae get ...
Craiters: 17 - E Wasps' Nest Fenton, Alexander 1,736 7 4.03

... o an extension till e Royal Edinburgh Infirmary. She hid a big gairden wi a widden shed in't, complete wi a cat-hole in e ...
... e feedin o fox pups wid mak a bit o a sotter. Sae I laid a big brick in e middle o e scrape, an e fox his gien up e ...
... e tap hinge, in e middle o a jungle o wobs. Ey cam oot o a big fite cocoon, an spread oot fae't like sunbeams. I'd ay a ...
... maistly I wis able tae manoeuvre em intill e open eyn o a big spunk box. Naebody smokit in e hoose, an e fire wisna ...
... Aifter I’d been maitit, I geed tae hae a look. It wisna a big nest, nae then. Ey’d jist startit tae mak it, biggin’t ...
Craiters: 19 - Liptovska Teplicka Fenton, Alexander 2,855 2 0.70

... wis a widden world. E hooses, e heich, wide gates at wis big enyeuch tae let in a loadit wagon, e reef overhangs at ...
... stove, nae nott on is warm July nichts, an opposite, a big, new television set at wir hosts, Jan an Sofia, were jist ...
Craiters: 20 - Biz-Bizzin Fenton, Alexander 3,297 2 0.61

... back an fore, an niver lookin like needin tae come doon. A big helicopter wis huntin aboot like a vulture tee, nae lookin ...
... 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 tae ...
Millenium Bug Cairry-oot Ferguson, Chris 2,904 4 1.38

... Hogmananay hud been a few week back now. It hud been the big yin - thay hud been bangin on aboot it fir months afore - ...
... make a difference, it wis juist the same. Thir wis a big hole whaur his chest an stomach hud been juist a short ...
... aroond it the end o the day. The eejits left ower fae the big pairtie nae doot whae didnae ken whit else tae dae wi ...
... tae see intae his soul an ken. He felt like he'd hud a big 'H' pit on his foreheid fir aebodie tae see as a warnin, ...
General Franco: his part in my downfall Fisher, Mark 1,323 2 1.51

... in the Second World War - and now it all seems like one big adventure. AMONG THE FAMILY photographs on the wall is his ...
... opened. Two soldiers burst in with guns and they gave us a big pan of soup. They went out the door and that was it. There ...
Unleash the vision of the artists Fisher, Mark 1,357 2 1.47

... I visited recently. They say it will one day become a big financial centre. Once they demolish the dingy, ...
... of Scottish Opera as if it were a company of elitist big spenders, instead of an organisation suffering gross ...
Fat Boy Swim Forde, Catherine 4,077 4 0.98

... any. He bawled as though his lungs would burst. 'Come on, big man. Chase that ball. Boot it up the field. He's on your ...
... towards him. Circling like vultures. 'Here, Kelly.' 'Here, big man.' 'Straight back up to me. Hurry.' Flustered, Jimmy ...
... arms waving above her head, lyrics tumbling from her big red mouth. Just the thought of her, way over the top, ...
... What would folks say, after all, if they discovered that: Big blob Kelly Had one special talent. And it involved food? ...
SKARRS Forde, Catherine 5,474 11 2.01

... Bloody hypocrite. 'This your wee Danny, Susan? Gettin' a big lad, aren't you, son?' Bog off! Like my Old Dear, I fix my ...
... too, trying not to see the coffin in front of it. I'm not big on small talk at the best of times. 'Your lad'll be upset, ...
... takes my mind off the drone drone drone of Grampa Dan's big send-off. A-bide with me... I mean, Jesus! Whose idea was ...
... reading in church today, giving 'The Lord's My Shepherd' big licks in his by-the-way-I'm-a-teacher voice. Except he ...
... be long till I'm the one getting the bumpy ride in the big pencil case. I can see the bones of his knuckles poking ...
The Former Pupils' Guild of the Mary Erskine School - Minutes May 1994 Forrest, Mrs Shona C 1,423 1 0.70

... a) Labels for furniture The proposed metal labels were too big. Miss [CENSORED: surname] reported that some of the ...
Awfy thochts: The closemouth jottings of Wullie MacKersall Glen, Michael Hamish 3,176 13 4.09

... that brolly Doon so low.' SEASONS GREETING Kenny's heid is Big an bald. An in the winter It gets cauld. But summer disnae ...
... Cannae pass the time. ROTARY CLUB Ma lassie's hamster's No big deal. Aw it does is Birl its wheel. Wee legs paidlin Fur ...
... bend. NICHT HOWL Ma hairy duggie Rins aff frae fowk. Ma big Shuggie's A feardie-gowk. Shuggie's even Feart fur the ...
... Pit oot the licht An he's feart tae bark. PET FOOD Ma big rabbit Wis a stotter. Then next door's whippet Went an got ...
... a stotter. Then next door's whippet Went an got 'er. Ma big Bessie Wis a beezer. Noo she's heidless In the freezer. ...
Bruised Blue Grainger, Cecilia 13,524 12 0.89

... Della, Della…? Thurs a body comin up the track…it the big Yew…STOPPED IT THE BIG YEW… (Pause) Krista is it a man?: ...
... a body comin up the track…it the big Yew…STOPPED IT THE BIG YEW… (Pause) Krista is it a man?: AH’M FEARED! (Pause) A ...
... thit got hunted doon an tried fur thur wickedness…BIG DEEP DARK BOGGLE HOLE waitin ower the hill; up bi the wee ...
... only man Ah’d noh be allowed ti show fear. Silence TESS. Big bag that…looks heavy…! (Touches the bag) ZEB. You’d be ...
... she want to come over here? / She looks… TESS. Bag that big might hawd aw kindae things. ROBBY. AW AW! Hawd oan Lori: ...
Deadly Weapons [Content label: serious] Grainger, Cecilia 15,826 21 1.33

... Anybody bring ironing? STEW. Ower there! CAMMY. WHAT…the big bag…there? Nicely creased Ah hope? (He rushes to the bag; ...
... (He rushes to the bag; opens it) AW… Stew sheets great big walloping sheets; creased ti fuck…sheer heaven! Cammy ...
... dense dark place… DIMPS. Shrink talk…heid doctors wi thur big fuckin hooters…poking aboot…huv yi this; huv yi that? Did ...
... Ah kin tell yi what should be in here…in this shrinks big book…? STEW. The three A’s! DIMPS CAMMY. Acceptance, ...
... could’ve fixed aw that… STEVE. Uncle Sandy’s laddie? Yur big cousin? Why wid he dae that? STEVE. Ti frighten mi; ti ...
Dog's Bite; Bee's Sting [Content label: serious] Grainger, Cecilia 8,532 6 0.70

... to his knees; looks around BJ. Aye, Kirsty slappin oan big dollops o mayo oan mah very very private parts… BJ ...
... than hur. (Pause) See, her world Lee’s world wis fu o big bad monsters, powerful monsters…in collar’s an ties wi ...
... here Lee… Silence LEE. You playin at…at…was gonnae say big brother, bit playin at bein daddy eh, Beej? She kin make a ...
... how’s aboot a spot o friendly sparrin? PAT. Aye come oan big man; like auld times…? BJ. Ah’d be delighted Pat: efter yi ...
... Silence JILLY. Ah understand aw the beatins fi ur big broon leather belt; Lee makin yi a tough guy; makin yi ...
Katie Morag and the Two Grandmothers Hedderwick, Mairi 572 2 3.50

... to tidy for her." Granma Mainland lived far away in the big city. She was coming to stay with them for a holiday. ...
... muttered Grannie Island to herself. Show Day was always a big event on the Island of Struay. At the Post Office, Mr and ...
Katie Morag Delivers the Mail Hedderwick, Mairi 714 1 1.40

... At the third house, Mr MacMaster was standing by a big barrel of whitewash, holding the Lady Artist's paint ...
Recounting Blessings - Chapter 3 Henderson, John 1,041 1 0.96

... And if things got a wee bit tousy from the variety of ‘big-yins’ who would muscle into such evening confrontations, ...
Tetchie Auld-timer Henderson, John 149 1 6.71

... Ma hurdies they’re aye achin. Ma big tae’s goat the goot. Ma hearin’s nae sae guid they days. ...
The Mossflow Holton, Brian 33,939 10 0.29

... Watterside, an there seek a bield wi a waster cried Big Liu, at keepit a bettin shop. This wis Liu Shiquan, wha ...
... he thocht ti gae back ti the Eastren Capital. Nou, Big Liu wis sib ti ane Deacon Dong at keepit a herbshop in ...
... wi Deacon Dong. Gao the Braw gied his fare-ye-weills ti Big Liu, shouthert his pock an wan awa. He tuik the rounabout ...
... the bairns......Gin A dinna, tho, it’ll juist affront Big Liu.....” Sae he juist hed ti bid him, wi aa pleisance an ...
... says Shi Jin, “ but A niver thocht the tinks wad grow sae big: they’re shuir ti be a sair trauchle ti us aa.......Luckie ...
The Emmick and the Gresslouper Hubbard, Tom 224 1 4.46

... She’s ower the loch, and or the dawn She’ll fetch some big braw insect-Doctor. Zm zm : zm zm It wis the April she set ...
Expressive oo and a boat: The Shetland Schools Craft Residency Hughson, Hazel 1,948 1 0.51

... challenge to Jeanette Sendler to 'felt a sail in a day': a big project. She collaborated with local artists, children and ...

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