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| A Small Book of Translations: 32 - Glossary & Notes | Hutchison, Alexander | 1,973 | 2 | 1.01 | |
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... is a low crouching dance; ee is you; lowse is loose; big eens are big ones; keckle is cackle, laugh loudly: haffets ... ... crouching dance; ee is you; lowse is loose; big eens are big ones; keckle is cackle, laugh loudly: haffets are side ... |
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| An epistle tae Wullie wi the broken jaw | Hynd, George | 250 | 1 | 4.00 | |
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... could hae been a bit wurse Than being force fed by some big buxom nurse, Whae wid make sure ye guzzled the wattery ... |
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| Great duck race | Hynd, George | 732 | 1 | 1.37 | |
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... Was a notice on the wa' where it could be seen; A muckle big thing richt afore ma face; It was a proclamation o' a ... |
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| Kin Ye Mind? | Hynd, George | 338 | 2 | 5.92 | |
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... ye mind o searchin' fur puddocks and taddies Tae keep in a big sweetie jar An pinchin' tatties oot o the fields Tae roast ... ... so ah jist din ZEDS Kin ye mind o pabyin' at fitba Wi a big leather ba' wi a lace an lyin' on the ground flat on yer ... |
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| Ma Gairden | Hynd, George | 307 | 2 | 6.51 | |
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... Ah built a burd bath, an a wee totty barry Then added a big muckle gnome An noo ma ain wee cooncil hoose Is mair like ... ... like yon place Longleat Then a'body wid come tae see it In big que's ootside they'd wait 'Cos ah'd get masel a wee ticket ... |
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| The Hawthorn Tree - A true story | Hynd, George | 211 | 4 | 18.96 | |
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... Grew a wonderful thing A wee Hawthorn tree It wisnae very big, aboot twelve inches high Wi wee tiny branches reachin' up ... ... reachin' up fur the sky Fightin' fur growin' space in a big tangled mass O a' sorts o rubbish, an long chokin' grass ... ... rubbish, an long chokin' grass One wee tree all alone in a big muckle field An frae the winter winds there wis nothin' ... ... o that bonnie wee tree As it wis ripped oot the earth by a big J.C.B. ... |
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| The Monday club | Hynd, George | 805 | 6 | 7.45 | |
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... pal, whae wis called Willie Lunn Now Lunny the Looney's a big likeable sowl Whae jist loves tae hear tumblers clink An ... ... the pints An' the crack that day wis brand new As big Lunny an Bear, they laughed an they joked An slowly got ... ... Time flies when yer aw haen fun An suddenly the Bear an big Lunny Discovered their money wis done "Dinnae worry aboot ... ... their money wis done "Dinnae worry aboot cash" said big Lunn tae the Bear "Tonight you an' I are baith lucky" 'Cos ... ... drink ony mair An airm in airm up the road they rolled Big Lunny an his pal the Bear Up Park Avenue the Bear crawled ... |
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| The Upperside Express or (the cycling cyclone) | Hynd, George | 236 | 1 | 4.24 | |
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... it fur a trike Wee John kin walk in front o her Wavin a big red flag As Joan peddles doon tae Penicuik Puffin her king ... |
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| Whit is a dug? | Hynd, George | 367 | 1 | 2.72 | |
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... black an’ white collies that round up the sheep An’ big Saint Bernard's cost a fortune to keep, Wee totty ... |
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| Who was the man? | Hynd, George | 302 | 1 | 3.31 | |
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... Who? was the lad that chopped the logs to stoke up that big fire To heat the place and burn the boots of some fat ... |
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| A lock o hellery | Johnson, Laureen | 1,933 | 1 | 0.52 | |
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... the same source, implying that the quantity was a bit too big for the speaker’s liking? Or did N.E. Scots arriving in ... |
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| Foolish Citizens All | Kay, Prof Christian | 824 | 1 | 1.21 | |
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... about it. Sadly I realised that I had proved myself as big a sucker as any inept T.V. citizen. The next step was to ... |
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| Journal of the Russian Trip | Kay, Prof Christian | 6,438 | 3 | 0.47 | |
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... group had been five years ago), and several times I saw big queues for eggs and milk. We did manage to taste the ... ... but did not stay long, as it was very crowded and so big that it was impossible to find what one wanted. We walked ... ... stalls in the street. People clustered round a big American car. Seems to be only one kind of car made in ... |
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| Inaugural speech by John Kirk to launch the Scottish Corpus of Texts and Speech | Kirk, John M | Video | 6,982 | 8 | 1.15 |
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... to the launch of the SCOTS Corpus Project. This is a a big day for us; I mean it's especially a big day for me cause ... ... This is a a big day for us; I mean it's especially a big day for me cause I seem to get to make three speeches. ... ... as a corpus and now there's a huge debate, "Well, how big is the internet?", and erm [laugh] what erm eh ... ... ye know, the earlier point you want it all as it were, big might not be beautiful in that case. Ehm in the ICE ... ... they heard "of", and [claps] transcribed it as "O F", so big problems there. Ethics, getting permission to record, ... |
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| ...Auld Zimmery [Content label: serious] | Kydd, Robbie | 73,728 | 69 | 0.94 | |
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... Here, lemme gie yer face a dicht.' She, has to use a big bunch of tissues on my resentful face, and then several ... ... office to beard the Cock o the North (Officer-in-Charge, Big Charlie, Matron's hen-pecked 'Old Man' - what's in a ... ... but she'll be cross if she sees him licking his pencil. My big brother, Andy thinks, writes his figures very very fast ... ... Andy tries several deep breaths, as quietly as he can. His big brother can sharpen a pencil, but he can't. Andy needs to ... ... a squashed worm. The next he tries is better but much too big. The next is almost perfect but even bigger. Fiona, Andy ... |
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| Biggam Collection Letter: 09 | Law, Madge Taylor | 261 | 1 | 3.83 | |
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... the clock as usual. Hope you like the photo, the two big ones are enlargements of the snaps I took myself. I hope ... |
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| Biggam Collection Letter: 12 | Law, Madge Taylor | 1,932 | 1 | 0.52 | |
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... all young trees so far I'm just hoping they don't grow too big, also an apple tree at the side but there was only 2 ... |
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| The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12 | MacDonald, Hamish | 2,071 | 7 | 3.38 | |
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... Deans turnt up at hauf five in the mornin an we hud a big scran-up - bacon, eggs, soasij, tattie-scones, black ... ... ees Da came ower fur some chow an aw, an Mr Gobbs hud ees big firritin bag slung ower ees shooder, an auld canvas gadget ... ... wher the mountains rose up taewards the clouds. Ther wis a big loch wae widded islands stretchin faur awey atween the ... ... led us doon a narra path through the trees, anen atween big rid fallen boulders. We dreeped doon a bank tae the ... ... stove an pumpt it up till it wis roarin flames, an pit a big pot oan fur a brew. Mr Gobbs set up some rods an we hud a ... |
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| The Girnin Gates - Chapter 3 | MacDonald, Hamish | 564 | 2 | 3.55 | |
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... frae oor street cawed Scobie interruptit an goes in ees big daft voice: "Heh! Stoap! Stoap! Somedae stoap that nun ... ... ursel." Sister Josephine stood an prayed hard. Maw gied a big push an Da went tae guddle me oot. The nun stepped forward ... |
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| "Obituary for Christine Guthrie, 1896-1999" | MacGillivray, Alan | 1,893 | 1 | 0.53 | |
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... spent occasional holidays with her at Cairndhu. The big adventure of her later life occurred when she made a ... |
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| Mountain Music - Chapters 1-4 | Mackay, Sheila | 50,638 | 5 | 0.10 | |
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... via the fruit and vegetables which were always a joy: big tomatoes, tasty and substantial, too ungainly for the ... ... brain scan, examinations, tests had already run up a big bill) until I remembered that they were in a bag I had ... ... I visit you? Tomorrow is the Feast of the Three Kings, a big celebration here in Spain. You should not be alone.' ... ... Livingstone's house. He's away at the moment. There's a big table in his lovely garden where we can spread our feast ... ... to his every word. My unexpected companion was a big man, not overweight, with a craggy Celtic face and amused ... |
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| Cereal terms in the DOST record | Macleod, Iseabail | 4,340 | 1 | 0.23 | |
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... (Dalrymple [1596] in Cody 1885-95:I, 57/27). The form 'big(g)' for six-or four-rowed barley (from Old Norse 'bygg') ... |
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| Women and Poetry 1972-1999: The Contemporary Scene | McCulloch, Margery Palmer | 7,863 | 2 | 0.25 | |
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... canon by sheer volume and quality of what we say That’s my big hope for women and women’s writing as we approach 2000.” ... ... girl in a slimness-obsessed society where the Hollywood big-breasted heroine is out of fashion. The speaker in ‘An ... |
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| Women, Poetry and Song in Eighteenth-Century Lowland Scotland | McCulloch, Margery Palmer | 7,267 | 1 | 0.14 | |
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... to his castle home where she, in her turn, becomes ‘as big wi bairn/As any ladie could gae’. What makes this story so ... |
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| Daft Jackie | McGonigal, James | 2,850 | 3 | 1.05 | |
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... ale for life forby? An whit cakes! An whitna ale! Roon the big table at the steadin, folk were aa takin their fill, ... ... shoon for his feet, an syne he'll grow up intae a braw big laddie -- But, whit if my wee Jackie Jackeson dees? Oh, my ... ... tae mend, and a lot mair time tae plan a move: mebbe the big city would chinge his luck. Sae yin eftirnoon he cam oot o ... |
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| Language Games and Activities | McGonigal, James, Philp, Andrew |
4,502 | 2 | 0.44 | |
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... adjective (‘describing word’) in each sentence: ‘Tom is a big black-and-white cat and Jerry is a little grey mouse’; or ... ... increasingly complex and wobbly sentence topples over: The big bad wolf/ with the wicked face/ crept up to the farm/ ... |
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| Talking, Reading and Writing about Fiction Texts | McGonigal, James, Philp, Andrew |
3,138 | 1 | 0.32 | |
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... (f) Why is the part about the storeroom notice written in big capitals? As an alternative to focusing on a particular ... |
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| A few notes on old Kilwinning Town and the Biography of Robert Morrison, Crosshouse. | Morrison, Mr Robert | 5,211 | 12 | 2.30 | |
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... situated below the old Corse hill. I was a short time in big Red burn a pit that belonged to the Messers Baird’s There ... ... that belonged to the Messers Baird’s There was two pits big and wee allong side each other producing much coal for the ... ... and that was on the new railway then in construction. The big steam navvy as we called it then was working near to a ... ... produced had to be taken away by a steam pug driven by a big course man named Bob Bonnar. So my work was to shift two ... ... as we know everything comes to an end down here. So the big steam navvy finished his job and I was knocked out of work ... |
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| Sermons | Morrison, Mr Robert | 3,660 | 1 | 0.27 | |
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... to me and telling me that though I played the organ in the big Kirk I would have to be born again So that was old Jocks ... |
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| Refuge [Content label: serious] | Paisley, Janet | 22,040 | 17 | 0.77 | |
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... room, welded to the fireplace. I thought they had a dog, a big dog. CAROLANNE: Oh Maggie. MAGGIE: What are we living ... ... A bucket for a toilet. This house is a (SHE INDICATES BIG) - he's a doctor! She said he'd padlock the collar. ... ... aboot the weans, you think? AGNES: Och, aye. Her ain are big noo. Ages wi your Gordon the laddie? SADIE: Near 'nuff. ... ... Oh great. I'll get to play in the playroom now. SADIE: Big wean. There's burgers for your tea. (GORDON HEADS FOR THE ... ... RUBBING HER RIBS) GORDON: Hey Agnes, you could've been big. AGNES: Son, ah um big. Whit's mair, ah've ayewis been big ... |
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| Vampire | Paisley, Janet | 1,700 | 3 | 1.76 | |
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... shair I dinnae git ower close. He’s skinnier than I mind. Big daurk shaddas unner his een. He looks seik. Seik an ... ... Garlic.” But he’s awa, runnin. Cannae see him fur stoor. A big black blur. I hoot laughin. That’s yin tae me. Vampire, ... ... yell an burl roon. It’s McAndrew! White-faced, daurk een, big cheesy grin. I yell fit tae burst. The cheesy disappears. ... |
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| Sing Us One of the Old Songs - Why Teach Ballads? | Petrie, Elaine | 3,470 | 1 | 0.29 | |
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... the famous quip often attributed to American blues singer Big Bill Broonzy has it: any song is a folk song ‘cause I ... |
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| How do we teach Knowledge about Language? | Philp, Andrew | 4,340 | 2 | 0.46 | |
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... the phrases in a sentence: Our dog chews a bone Our big dog is chewing a juicy bone Our big friendly dog has been ... ... dog chews a bone Our big dog is chewing a juicy bone Our big friendly dog has been chewing a lovely juicy bone At each ... |
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| Learning Through Reading and Writing: Informational Texts | Philp, Andrew | 2,683 | 1 | 0.37 | |
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... zoo. He is called Sandy. He is light brown, but he has a big black mane around his neck. He just sleeps in his cage all ... |
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| Why do we teach Grammar? | Philp, Andrew | 2,409 | 2 | 0.83 | |
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... with humorous results (e.g. ‘A pig is a football’, or ‘Ten big men with fleas crashed’). From the subsequent discussion ... ... introduced in the early stages, as and when they appear in big books being used in class. Similarly, questions, ... |
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| Ane Auld Sang | Purves, David | 7,319 | 1 | 0.14 | |
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... n, moon muinlicht, n, moonlight muir, n, moor mukkil, a, big, much murner, n, mourner mynd, v, remember myndin, n, ... |
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| Gean Blossoms | Purves, David | 6,034 | 2 | 0.33 | |
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... beirs the soun o naigs nickerin. The blue green ploums ir big areddies as beans. The sauch leafs ir lang an boued lyke a ... ... a, dark monie, a, many moulder, v, crumble mukkil, a, big mull, n, mule mynd, v, remember naig, n, horse naebodie, ... |
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| Jade Lute | Purves, David | 7,581 | 1 | 0.13 | |
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... monie, a, many mouls, n, soil muin, n, moon mukkil, a, big murner, n, mourner mynd, v, remember myndin, n, ... |
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| Pompitie Finnds a Needle - play | Purves, David | 11,406 | 4 | 0.35 | |
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... tea caddy.) Pompitie: A mukkil needle---? Tea Wyfe: Ay, a big braw yin. Pompitie: N-N-Na, no me! Wha wants ti ken? Tea ... ... He wad hae, but he didna see me, wi him be-in sae big an me be-in sae wee. Pepper: Ah wad hae been feart richt ... ... war never a wee laddie, shuirlie? Broun Ogre: Ah wes aye big an strang for ma age, but it didna dae me onie guid. Ah ... ... kiss hir. She said Ah wes a mukkil jessie! Juist kis ye’r big an strang, it disna mean ye want ti hurt oniebodie. It’s ... |
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| The Braw Guidwyfe an hir Nicht Veisitors | Purves, David | 2,460 | 1 | 0.41 | |
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... an wi hir lassies, she keepit awthing naet inby the big ferm houss. Thegither, did thay no cuik an bake, claen an ... |
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| The Ettin's Guidwyfe that Greined for Paerls | Purves, David | 3,176 | 1 | 0.31 | |
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... ae thing ma hert greins for, an that is a string o paerls. Big an braw thay maun be, for ti luik weill on a heich bodie ... |
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| The Ill Guidmither [Content label: serious] | Purves, David | 18,119 | 1 | 0.06 | |
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... lyke an it’s gittin waur bi the oor. It stertit near ma big tae, but nou it’s lyke the haill fuit wes on fyre. (He ... |
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| The Lest o the Ettins | Purves, David | 1,071 | 1 | 0.93 | |
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... ettins ever haed the chaunce ti eat beef frae a bullik as big as this yin wes?” said his guidson. He wes unco proud o ... |
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| The Ootlaw | Purves, David | 7,971 | 4 | 0.50 | |
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... hut, door at back, window holes, right and left, closed by big heavy wooden shutters. Wooden benches against walls, the ... ... for auld Neptune himsell. Syne thare cam a mukkil swaw as big as a houss--- Valgerd: An syne---? Orm: An syne – Ah coud ... ... til Ake-Thor whan ye war swallaed bi yon mukkil swaw as big as a houss. Thorfinn: Thare ye tell a lee. Orm: Orm never ... ... Ay, YOU! But ye’r no yeir lane. Ah hae seen a hantil big, mukkil bairns wi lang tousie baerds an gray hair, an ... |
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| The Puddock and the Princess | Purves, David | 19,521 | 2 | 0.10 | |
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... littil wunner ye’r wurkit up on yeir waddin day. It’s a big day for a lassie. Juist you hae a wee rest or ye gether ... ... (She points to her cheek) Ah maun be an awfu jaud whan big laddie lyke you winna kiss me! (Ringan, still carrying the ... |
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| The Storie o Caermoulis | Purves, David | 1,779 | 1 | 0.56 | |
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... out hir auld clouts, an the neist day, she arranged for a big pairtie o hir freins ti cum til the houss about the tyme ... |
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| The Thrie Sisters | Purves, David | 26,409 | 2 | 0.08 | |
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... fowk lyke yeirsells. Atweill, ye canna howp ti mak a big impression on the mass o ignorance roond aboot ye; as yeir ... ... together) MASHA: Juist listen til yon band giein it big licks! They’r aw leavin us. Yin o thaim’s gaen ... |
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| The Way Forward for the Scots Language | Purves, David | 11,636 | 1 | 0.09 | |
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... doon at nicht Wi mirth that's dear to me; But soon the big warl's cark an' care Will quaeten doon their glee. Yet, ... |
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| Dipper: 05 - Fishers Tak Tent | Reid, John | Audio | 342 | 1 | 2.92 |
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... heuked an played fish efter fish, Till ten fat troot lay big an braw Like gowden guineas in a raw - But frae ... |
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| Dipper: 33 - The Feather | Reid, John | 212 | 1 | 4.72 | |
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... troot I cast it ower Tuik it wi ne'er a second glower, Big or wee, it didna maitter, I could hae herriet every ... |
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