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The Hawthorn Tree - A true story Hynd, George 211 4 18.96

... 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. ...
The Fallen Horse Blair, Anna 242 3 12.40

... icy street A Clydesdale horse Skliff and lose its feet. A big-big horse Sprachle, legs apart An' fankle its hooves Wi' ...
... street A Clydesdale horse Skliff and lose its feet. A big-big horse Sprachle, legs apart An' fankle its hooves Wi' the ...
... like that Up Kyle Street East. It looked that wild Wi'its big teeth bared And it pechin' hard W'its nostrils flared ...
Dipper: 04 - The Hedgehog Begg, Dr James A Audio 167 2 11.98

... gies them that meddle a guid wheen mair flegs, Than ony big bull wi its horns. He keeps cockit his lugs when he's ...
... foxes or dugs, He'll curl himsel intae a baa. Like a big broun Scotch Thistle, he caumly reclines, Wi the thocht ...
Summertime Templeton, Sheila 86 1 11.63

... stocking seams, they shouted for lemonade, better still a big bottle of American Cream Soda, long spoons and the tallest ...
A Fair Deal Blair, Anna 88 1 11.36

... Great angels, small ones Got to arrange Five Wee for a Big As the rate of exchange. Heads low in cahoots There's a ...
War Time 1914-1918 (For Private William Middleton, Gellan, Coull) Blackhall, Sheena 102 1 9.80

... fit of the mairch past. Fairm-sodjer-bairn, In the ower-big uniform (Onythin dis tae dee in) Someither-body merriet ...
See the Boat Blair, Anna 213 2 9.39

... Great day's here, You cannae beat Your once't a year, your big-big treat To sail the Clyde fae Broomielaw At risin' tide, ...
... day's here, You cannae beat Your once't a year, your big-big treat To sail the Clyde fae Broomielaw At risin' tide, wi' ...
Dipper: 14 - The Communication Gap Begg, Dr James A 1,013 9 8.88

... the village gangs were giein us the rin-aroun, nettin the Big Boose watter yae nicht, then the puils ablow the village ...
... the Belgian byllie, wi twa walkie-talkies, heidit for the Big Hoose, while we tuik the ither yin twa miles ablow the ...
... rin intae - an this nicht wis nae exception! Jock, Tam, Big Mick an mysel were hauf-wey across the meedow whan a ...
... an sidieweys till nearhaun the fence - aa, that is, except Big Mick. Mick workt the ferms an kent a thing or twa aboot ...
... ferms an kent a thing or twa aboot beasts - ‘Awa ye go, ye big fearties!' he jeered. 'It's only yin o thae big Romagnola ...
The School Photograph Blair, Anna 229 2 8.73

... Boys with ties pulled-round a' sidieways. There was gawky big Sadie and Harold O'Grady Tizzie Bell with her wee button ...
... There were jerseys in fankles and socks down at ankles Big collars and pigtail skeewiff We'd Specky McGinty, his ...
Foo Mony Hoolets? Blackhall, Sheena 122 1 8.20

... Sic a crash) There is Skinnymalinkie Hanna Fatty Hetty big an broon There's a hoolet caad Horatio Fa ay sleeps upside ...
The Monday club Hynd, George 805 6 7.45

... 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 ...
Geordie Jooks an the Sand Boat Fairnie, Robert 1,884 14 7.43

... he cuid see they war hard wrocht diggin oot a muckle big hole juist abuin whare the sands jyned the sea bed. Bi the ...
... the sea bed. Bi the leuks o’t, it wis gaun tae be a gret big sooster. “Sae ye fund a bit, Geordie!” cried Big Rab. ...
... be a gret big sooster. “Sae ye fund a bit, Geordie!” cried Big Rab. “C’mon well! Gie’s a haund for the tide’ll be here in ...
... His wee brither Wattie wis thare wi Wee Jock, Jinky an Big Rab. They aw hid bits o wuid, like Geordie’s, that they ...
... “But listen, dae ye no think we shuid pit some yackers an big stanes roond the ootside o the dyke? It micht help tae ...
Overheard at the Chippie: Big brither, wee brither Blackhall, Sheena 142 1 7.04

... a flamin scunner. No, ye canna. Dannie, can I clap yon big Alsation? Nuh. Stuff yer face wi this. Here's a banana. ...
Dipper: 16 - The Saumon an the Wee Broun Troot Begg, Dr James A 1,191 8 6.72

... hame tae a wee broun troot. As wee troots go he's no that big, But cocky, smert an unco trig, Aa dressed up in a gowden ...
... cry oot 'I'm sic a braw wee prince, Ower troots an fishes big an smaa I'm shuir tae rise abune them aa; Gin I grow big I ...
... big an smaa I'm shuir tae rise abune them aa; Gin I grow big I maun be King, For facts are chiels that winna ding!' - ...
... Then luikin again at his muckle jaw, Thocht - 'He micht be big, but he's no that braw!' As time gaed by he grew less ...
... their wits, Near giein them aa aquatic fits!' Wi that the big fish gied a froun, Syne flickt his tail an luikit roun, ...
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. ...
Dipper: 30 - 'Puggie' Begg, Dr James A 1,346 9 6.69

... wha, in a season, cuid kill forty or fifty saumon wi his big rod an bareheuks - as mony or mair nor some o the netters. ...
... an they aye had a fag lichtit, ready tae burn aff the big bare heuks if the byllies cam near. They kent maist o the ...
... Byllie wis too weel kent and wad stay oot o sicht while Big John and mysel fished the watter, keepin as near Puggie as ...
... watter. Tae luik the pairt, we were dressed like scruff, Big John wi an auld torn watter-proof an jeans, an me wi an ...
... afore he went back hame tae Glesca. 'S that richt, John?' Big John, wha wis a retired dominie, an too weel spoken tae ...
A Bonnie Fechter Templeton, Sheila 305 2 6.56

... day we heard a scraping ootside the kitchen door. He was big. His antlers telt a lang story, a hero's story, of ...
... And waited and watched while he took his time, his fine big heid lowered wi nae loss o dignity. And so he lat me feed ...
Ma Gairden Hynd, George 307 2 6.51

... 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 ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 03, recording 2: Play-Doh N/A Audio 6,928 42 6.06

... the Play-Doh. F1113: Oops. Right, in the F1114: Big circle. F1113: We'll get it oot the tub. F1114: ...
... go[/?].// F1113: shape, look. F1114: I need the big ain, you'll have the little ain. F1113: Sorry? F1114: ...
... the little ain. F1113: Sorry? F1114: I need the big ain. I need the big ain. Cannae do it. F1113: Wait ...
... Sorry? F1114: I need the big ain. I need the big ain. Cannae do it. F1113: Wait a minute then. ...
... do it. F1113: Wait a minute then. F1114: Made it big. F1113: Right, here look, there's an elephant, look. ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 14, recording 3: Alphabet book and stories N/A Audio 1,846 11 5.96

... Course I can. Right. M1108: And that's aboot the big chicken, and the, and grandma's the, the grandma's the ...
... //F.// And a F1107: And a littl-, that's a big F and a little F. So that big F is called F. And the ...
... a littl-, that's a big F and a little F. So that big F is called F. And the little F, is called F. See? ...
... little F, is called F. See? M1108: And F1107: A big E is called E. And the little one is called E. M1108: ...
... a G. M1108: Well done Mum! What's that? F1107: A big G. M1108: Yeah Mum. And somebody should shut the ...
Kin Ye Mind? Hynd, George 338 2 5.92

... 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 ...
The Buik o Ruth: 02 - Psaum and Ca tae prayer Borrowman, A S 169 1 5.92

... STAUNAN An God bigna the houss, they fash for nought wha big at it; an God keepna the brugh, he waukens for nought wha ...
Dipper: 35 - Fair Cop Begg, Dr James A 2,228 13 5.83

... fou o snags, wi open meedaes on the south bank, an the Big Hoose gairdens slopin doun tae the watter's edge on the ...
... o byllies, an at the hinner-en had juist John the Dominie, Big Wull frae up the watter, an young Mick, oot on his furst ...
... furst nicht as a prentice byllie, tae gaird the Dam Puil. Big John set himsel doun by the faur side o the dam-dyke, ...
... licht gaun aa-roads, frae the faur bank. 'Whit the Hell's Big John daein?' growled Wull. 'That's buggert up everything!' ...
... wis parked impidently ootside yin o the smert hooses! Whan Big John jyned us he confirmed this, by tellin us hou he had ...
TV critic review column: TV's Ditched as I Switched on to Partying English, Paul 520 3 5.77

... cocktail stick hedgehog, the boys did lots of that 'what a big surprise' look they do whenever they're near a camera - ...
... countdown littered with references to "tonight's big party in Edinburgh". After the Big Fella peed all over our ...
... to "tonight's big party in Edinburgh". After the Big Fella peed all over our party plans again, maybe Auntie ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 12, recording 1: getting ready for playschool N/A Audio 1,047 6 5.73

... dinna ken fitt you've got, do you? Right come on then, a big bite. M1096: [laugh] F1095: Right come here ...
... right. That's better. Right, here. Come on. Another big bite. Oh! [?]Bide[/?] here. M1096: But, but, but, ...
... wash your face.// M1096: [sob] F1095: Right, a big bite. A big bite then. M1096: [child noise] ...
... M1096: [sob] F1095: Right, a big bite. A big bite then. M1096: [child noise] F1095: Again. ...
... [sniff] [child noise] F1095: Right here, two big bites and that'll be it. Or maybe three big bites. ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 03, recording 3: Getting dressed and household chores N/A Audio 4,939 27 5.47

... [cough] He's up on top of the wardrobe. F1114: A big Winnie, look at that big Winnie the Pooh. F1113: Ken, ...
... top of the wardrobe. F1114: A big Winnie, look at that big Winnie the Pooh. F1113: Ken, he's huge, isn't he? ...
... huge, isn't he? F1114: Yes. F1113: That's a great big one you got when you was born. Look at the size o him. ...
... at the size o him. He's huge! F1114: Yes, Dad's like a big Winnie the Pooh. F1113: Dad gave you the big one, ...
... like a big Winnie the Pooh. F1113: Dad gave you the big one, that's right, big Winnie the Pooh when you was born. ...
Dipper: 20 - Cops and Robbers Begg, Dr James A 1,151 6 5.21

... At the back-en, whan the big seatroot an furst grilse stert rinnin the burns, some in ...
... o the hedge an courit doun nae mair nor five yairds frae Big Mick withoot even jalousin we were there!' ‘Aye,’ grinned ...
... or three mair nor they kent aaready!' cut in Wull - for big Ian himsel wis niver short o three sweir words whan yin ...
... wis drappin aff tae sleep! Sae we decided tae gae doun the Big Hoose watter for an oor tae check the Gairden Puil, for it ...
... gey eerie, an we were gled tae reach the open spaces o the Big Hoose gairden whaur we sprauchlt on the gress ablow the ...
Interview 17: Glasgow man on growing up in Govan N/A Audio 2,325 12 5.16

... o chocolate for a six- for sixpence, that was a massive big treat, I never had anythin like that yeah, we used tae ...
... tae the Dai- Cuthbertson's Dairies, an they had the big Clydesdale horses there an eh the men would let ye in an ...
... door here, fright o their life an that was the, he was the big bogey man when we were boys,// F606: //[laugh]// ...
... aw beggars or, I don't know anyway, but they played the big accordian an one o them belted oot the voice an he used to ...
... we went there. So it was a- it was aw brand new an big an airy an an eh Easterhouse hadnae been built, so it ...
Cookers Blair, Anna 194 1 5.15

... Hinge'd to the grate To simmer a pot Keep it hot. The next big change A cast-iron range Edges to buff Wi' emery stuff, ...
Tick Blair, Anna 194 1 5.15

... skint!) Of patchin', mendin', makin'-do Ma kept at bay the big Taboo, The credit, debt, goin' on the slate The things ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 11, recording 2: changing the bedsheets and playing with My Little Pony N/A Audio 5,645 27 4.78

... erm back and fore. F1103: Oh. F1104: This is a big big cover for my sea. My deep sea. Oh, oh! This is a ...
... erm back and fore. F1103: Oh. F1104: This is a big big cover for my sea. My deep sea. Oh, oh! This is a big ...
... big cover for my sea. My deep sea. Oh, oh! This is a big sea over it. [inhale] Because this big sea is ...
... This is a big sea over it. [inhale] Because this big sea is F1103: [inaudible] my quilt. F1104: Fitt? ...
... F1103: Cause you were wanting a pipie, but you're a big girl, you dinna need a pipie. F1104: Yeah. That's ...
Daytime Blair, Anna 212 1 4.72

... scene To strut their buskin' on the green. There's this big dame in Irish clogs Hitches her skirts and jigs her jogs, ...
Dipper: 33 - The Feather Reid, John 212 1 4.72

... troot I cast it ower Tuik it wi ne'er a second glower, Big or wee, it didna maitter, I could hae herriet every ...
Conversation 37: Glasgow father and young daughter N/A Audio 2,157 10 4.64

... acorn? F1071: Yeah, he, sometimes he gets stuck in a big bandle and sometimes he gets scr- scraped with he ...
... he get squashed? F1071: Yeah, he gets squashed by a big camel, //remember?// M1070: //Oh dear.// //And is ...
... are hard, see, daddy can't draw them and daddy's big, isn't he? F1071: Whee! //[bump]// M1070: ...
... and there was [?]scup[/?] stairs for a chute an a big yel- blue chute so it was, M1070: Blue chute? ...
... blue chute so it was, M1070: Blue chute? //How big was it? Was it very big?// F1071: //mmhm// no it was ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 05, recording 1: eating tea and playing with baby brother N/A Audio 1,975 9 4.56

... you see it? Did ye? Mmhm, that's right. Mm. How big are you the day? F1142: Mm. F1141: So was you ...
... Aye, when you're bigger. //You'll see, you'll soon be big enough to get baby yogurts,// F1142: //Tell him fitt ...
... //Little monster.// F1141: //H- he likes his big sister, don't you?// Like your big sister? When she's ...
... he likes his big sister, don't you?// Like your big sister? When she's nae bein coorse to ye. F1142: ...
... his breakfast on my leg? F1141: Oh but he'll be too big then. He'll be able to sit himself for his breakfast. ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 03, recording 4: Playing Kerplunk and bedtimes stories N/A Audio 7,924 36 4.54

... F1114: Yes. F1113: Was it good? F1114: In the big chute I slided. [cough] F1113: Went right down the ...
... chute I slided. [cough] F1113: Went right down the big chute? F1114: I just slided. F1113: You was ...
... the chute, wasn't you? F1114: I was-, remember a big yellow chute. F1113: Aye, a big yellow chute. And the ...
... was-, remember a big yellow chute. F1113: Aye, a big yellow chute. And the roundabouts. //Roundabouts is ...
... is good, isn't they?// F1114: //Yes.// Yes, big blue chute. F1113: A big blue chute? F1114: I ...
Dipper: 25 - The Doukie Begg, Dr James A Audio 447 2 4.47

... sarks an semmits tae, An syne get yokit in Tae big a dyke o sods an stanes Across its shalla tail, An mak ...
... At breist-stroke or the crawl, Till yin an aa, baith big an smaa, Wis chitterin wi the cauld; Then courit-doun ...
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 ...
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 ...
Interview with woman at Glasgow Women's Library N/A Audio 7,542 32 4.24

... Mmhm. F1218: And wooden shutters. And er, two big chairs, wooden stairs, there was four te-, four ...
... so so nice to me, so sweet to me. //And they were always big ladies with white, white, white coats on.// F1217: ...
... my stepdad worked in an underground tunnel where they had big pieces of wood, and the men would chop up a little bit and ...
... brother and sister and it was a long walk, I got a great big bundle of rags, which was common in those days, all this ...
... my brother and sister with the pram, and I had a great big bundle of rags from my aunt, and you got great money for ...
The Upperside Express or (the cycling cyclone) Hynd, George 236 1 4.24

... 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 ...
Conversation 05: Fife couple on shared memories N/A Audio 11,194 46 4.11

... was a// M642: //uh-huh// M608: //mm// F643: big fire in that corner, and there was a big fire there. ...
... F643: big fire in that corner, and there was a big fire there. M642: There was five chimneys in the ...
... and the rats used tae eat the wallpaper off. And we got a big hose and we washed aw the walls doon an awthing //and ...
... wash yer claes there was an auld //shed ootside, wi a big biler where ye'd tae light the fire.// F643: //The ...
... ye aboot.// M608: //oh aye.// M642: //The big hole, wi the big pump!// F643: //We shoulda kept it ...
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. ...
Dipper: 26 - The Technicality Begg, Dr James A 2,217 9 4.06

... he did mind tho, wis whan some o the wee buggers, or their big brithers, tuik it intae their heids tae hae a go at the ...
... Ayr Pier, convertit for rakin saumon across the back, wi a big treble heuk an leid wecht insteid o the paternoster. ...
... Dam Puil. Jimpy McGinty's there, fishin juist ablow the big tree stump. Ah don't think he saw me, but he moved awa ...
... Neil?' Neil pyntit tae a bit juist dounstream o the big stump left efter a twa-hunner year auld beech tree had ...
... it awa. He wad be awfy pit oot if it broke, wi him intae a big fish, an he lost his beer-money!' A fortnicht later the ...
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 ...
An epistle tae Wullie wi the broken jaw Hynd, George 250 1 4.00

... could hae been a bit wurse Than being force fed by some big buxom nurse, Whae wid make sure ye guzzled the wattery ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 17, recording 1: looking out of the window N/A Audio 2,811 11 3.91

... stanes is wet. Aye, they're a little wet. There's big stanes, isn't there? In the the rockery bit. That's big ...
... big stanes, isn't there? In the the rockery bit. That's big stanes. M1110: Is there little stanes, Mam? F1109: ...
... there's little stanes, that's right. M1110: Bi- //big st-.// F1109: //That's the big stanes.// M1110: ...
... M1110: Bi- //big st-.// F1109: //That's the big stanes.// M1110: Big stanes. [?]There, and the ...
... st-.// F1109: //That's the big stanes.// M1110: Big stanes. [?]There, and the back[/?]. F1109: Mmhm. ...
Any other Pleb Blair, Anna 259 1 3.86

... Buttered toast and nursery games In winter after dark, My big hair bows and plimsoll shoes My pinafores for Drill And ...
Biggam Collection Letter: 09 Law, Madge Taylor 261 1 3.83

... the clock as usual. Hope you like the photo, the two big ones are enlargements of the snaps I took myself. I hope ...
Dipper: 36 - Minnons Begg, Dr James A 265 1 3.77

... aa the wee fish soumin by, Peenheids an beardies an ance a big troot, Then aicht fish swam in an juist fower swam oot - ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 08, recording 2: making chocolate crispie cakes and filling party bags N/A Audio 3,454 13 3.76

... F1117: This one should work. No, that one's too big. We need the littler pan. F1118: This little pan. ...
... in it. F1118: Yes. Not too hard, Mum. //Not too big .// F1117: //Eh?// //Now,// F1118: //Not too ...
... [inaudible] water. [laugh] You maded it too big. F1117: Now, we need to melt some F1118: [laugh] ...
... the bottom o this. Only thing is, is the tub, is the jar big enough? F1118: Yes. I wanna put that in it! F1117: ...
... Yes. Now Mum. F1117: Now, we need two spoonies, a big one and a little one. F1118: [inaudible] F1117: ...
The Gem Blair, Anna 272 1 3.68

... Thom wi' her long hair-braid We used to call 'The Squaw' Big Urquart first, then Jerry Vonn Was Heidie at St. Mick's Ma ...
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, ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 16, recording 3: playing match the pairs game and with building blocks N/A Audio 3,935 14 3.56

... here.// What about taking out your blocks and making a big house or a tower or something? //Mmhm.// M1094: ...
... Mmhm. And what bits do you do first? F1093: The big bits first. M1094: This bitties first? F1093: ...
... M1094: That bitties. F1093: We'll make a great big house, will we? M1094: For Daddy. F1093: That's ...
... join them all together. M1094: Ah. F1093: Make a big house! That's it. Put it along that way. That's a ...
... F1093: That's it. M1094: Where is it, the other big ain? One more big ain. F1093: We need one more big ...
The Girnin Gates - Chapter 3 MacDonald, Hamish 564 2 3.55

... 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 ...
Dipper: 56 - Oor Skip Begg, Dr James A 282 1 3.55

... There's some that sprauchle 'lang the ice, An roar like big bull seals, While ithers cry wi trimmlin vyce An ...
Correspondence from Canada: Letter 06 - 13.09.81 852 565 2 3.54

... raucous, and more impersonal. Hockey - ice hockey - is the big game here, and their big world event, the Canada Cup, is ...
... Hockey - ice hockey - is the big game here, and their big world event, the Canada Cup, is on just now. There was a ...
Dipper: 42 - The Paddy Begg, Dr James A 572 2 3.50

... cuttie coat, Smilin the smile o a Politeecian; While twa big gairdian angels Cairt his bags an luik aroun, As if tae ...
... We slide intae Euston, An the Meenister glides awa In his big black caur. ___ smeekit/smoke-blackened mirk/darkness ...
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 ...
Interview with Professor Christian Kay, part 1 - on the Historical Thesaurus project N/A Audio 1,728 6 3.47

... I don't think when it was started anybody realised how big it was going to be or how long it would take. //I mean ...
... Yeah the structure of it emerged quite early, the big overall classes. That was in a- an exercise that Michael ...
... much differently, looking back on... //I know it's a big, big question, but. [laugh]// F606: //Erm. Yes it ...
... differently, looking back on... //I know it's a big, big question, but. [laugh]// F606: //Erm. Yes it is.// ...
... wasn't there in the eighties?// F606: Em it was quite big in the nineteen eighties, cause there was very high ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 19, recording 1: a walk on the beach and in the park N/A Audio 3,752 13 3.46

... F1136: [inaudible] [blow] F1135: Here's a big one. F1136: [blow] Where? F1135: Come and get ...
... o'clock. F1136: Three o'clock. F1135: Blow. Big blow. F1136: [blow] F1135: Four o'clock. F1136: ...
... F1135: Six o'clock. F1136: Six o'clock. F1135: Big blow. F1136: [blow] F1135: Look at them all. ...
... [blow] I want to see boat, Mum, I want to see the em big fishing boat. But I //can't see it.// F1135: ...
... F1135: What one? F1136: That one. F1135: That big one? F1136: Uh-huh. F1135: I think it's still a ...
Correspondence from Canada: Letter 05 - 08.09.81 852 581 2 3.44

... Sept. 1981 Dear Maw, Paw, & Al, On duty. Yes, today's big surprise is, I've got a job, of sorts!! Your globetrotting ...
... or not, it's all so strange, usually in subtle rather than big ways. Like the much larger size of the cars, the standard ...
The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12 MacDonald, Hamish 2,071 7 3.38

... 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 ...
Dipper: 54 - Fishers! Begg, Dr James A 300 1 3.33

... regales, And 'neath the shady bough he'll dream Of fish as big as whales. At peace with self, and fellow man, With Earth, ...
Who was the man? Hynd, George 302 1 3.31

... 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 ...
Dipper: 61 - Double Anyntit Begg, Dr James A 910 3 3.30

... the grapevine said they'd got themsels a 'minder' - a big heid-banger wi a Black Belt in Karate - or sae the story ...
... an anither crashed intae the wids, while nearhaun a big stramash wis gaun on that drew my ee juist at the wrang ...
... went awa hame! 'An see yon nicht at the Tidal Puil…. yer big mistake wis walkin abreist comin doun thon pad. If ye'd ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 06, recording 1: tidying bedroom and making tea N/A Audio 3,662 12 3.28

... you eat it? M1098: Aye. F1097: Have you got a big tummy? M1098: Aye! F1097: Let's see! Let me see ...
... M1098: Aye! F1097: Let's see! Let me see your big tummy! Oh wow! M1098: [child noise] F1097: So ...
... bus.// [laugh] We'll put him in there, cause he's too big to go in there. Right, find more. M1098: That ain. ...
... a lorry. That's it. F1097: I think the lorry's too big to go in there, You found cars yet? M1098: That's ...
... F1097: That ain'll hae to go in there cause it's too big. Fitt aboot this ain? This ain? M1098: Oh aye! ...
Dipper: 07 - Furst Bluid Begg, Dr James A 1,246 4 3.21

... gin I parked the caur oot o sicht aff the drive intae the Big Hoose, an cannily made doun the ruch road that cam oot ...
... gemm - in fact, it wis oor furst nicht oot efter the big yins, the nettin gangs, havin cut oor teeth on the ...
... oot Ian, an Mr. Johnston wha rentit the fishins frae the Big Hoose, an him no a byllie. ‘Aw, there's juist the three o ...
... skelpit aff throu the wid back tae the caur, like a pair o big-gemm hunters wi a pig on a pole. Sin we niver did fin oot ...
Conversation 21: Family from North East Scotland N/A Audio 3,440 11 3.20

... F823: //Was it the// M824: //Aye.// F823: //big area?// M822: //Whether [inaudible] wants// tae ...
... M822: //He// he's he, he cuts it up wi, wi a big saw F606: mmhm M824: //Aye// M822: //ehm// ...
... F606: mmhm M824: //Aye// M822: //ehm// great big diamond tooth saw an he, he maks the stones wi that ye ...
... M824: Aye there's a lot o stone M822: There's a big, great big eh, oh must've been an affa buildins ...
... there's a lot o stone M822: There's a big, great big eh, oh must've been an affa buildins [inaudible] eh ...
Correspondence from Canada: Letter 27 - 16.01.82 852 633 2 3.16

... That should take care of my copious free time... The big talking-point here just now is the earth tremors that have ...
... shaking the eastern seaboard all week. I've only felt the big one, which woke me up last Saturday morning. The whole ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 03, recording 1: jigsaws, building blocks and hairdressing N/A Audio 7,040 22 3.13

... present? F1114: Yes! F1113: It's a ball with a big bow. A big bow tied round the ball, isn't it? F1114: ...
... F1114: Yes! F1113: It's a ball with a big bow. A big bow tied round the ball, isn't it? F1114: Yes, the ...
... And what are they doin? F1114: They [inaudible] big [?]clock[/?] lovie. F1113: They give each other a ...
... The spider? F1114: S- spider. F1113: A big spider. F1114: No, a little spider. F1113: Oh ...
... F1113: Okay. F1114: Okay. F1113: It's a big ball. F1114: Um mm. Train book. F1113: Train ...
Conversation 32 : Female from Borders and three males from Central Belt [Content label: serious] N/A Audio 9,761 30 3.07

... the box// M939: //Got this in a little candy store in Big W.// F940: //[inaudible]// M942: //Uh-huh, ...
... I had to explain how we don't have small rivers in the big cities,// //so aw the midgies hing aboot the bins.// ...
... What are you like?// M942: //You're cruel! You're a big meanie.// M941: //Well it's crap!// F940: //I'm ...
... What?// F940: //[laugh]// M939: //[laugh] That big [inaudible].// M941: //[laugh]// F940: ...
... went an performed there //an it [laugh] there was this big sculpture, I ken, but I have tae talk to the recorder ...
Conversation 06: Three Ayrshire sisters reminiscing N/A Audio 8,918 27 3.03

... was Miss [?]Hamell[/?].// F638: //And mind// mind big tumshie Thomson? Miss Loudon poked him wi the poker and he ...
... Well I had F640: Cause I had the one wi the great big F638: Right! Well I had Miss [CENSORED: surname], no ...
... M608: //[laugh]// F638: And the great big gauntlets and she came in a //motorbike. So she did!// ...
... never.// F637: //I know that, and it was a great big// motorbike, //ye know.// M608: //And what kind ...
... F637: ye were seven and then ye went up tae the big school. M608: mmhm F637: And ye were there fae ye ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 05, recording 3: painting and playing with dolls N/A Audio 2,013 6 2.98

... fallin down. F1141: Keep fallin doon? It's cause your big belly should keep them up, [?]you think, they widna[/?]. ...
... [inaudible] paint. Paint paint. Can I hae that big brush, paint paint? F1141: Mmhm. //Farr's your ...
... Paint paint paint, paint paint paint, paint paint paint, big stripe, big stripe. Big stripe a red line. To paint, ...
... paint, paint paint paint, paint paint paint, big stripe, big stripe. Big stripe a red line. To paint, to paint. ...
... paint paint, paint paint paint, big stripe, big stripe. Big stripe a red line. To paint, to paint. Stripe, red ...
Correspondence from Canada: Letter 11 - 08.10.81 852 336 1 2.98

... (i.e. U.S.A & Canada) so "Beaver Foods" put on a big turkey dinner at the residences tonight. It was really ...
Dipper: 50 - The Auld Jenny Heron Begg, Dr James A Audio 684 2 2.92

... unsuspectin wee treat Tae linger ower lang forenent her big feet. Stey still, haud a meenit, Auld Jenny's steirin, ...
... hauf-chucklt afore she breks loose, Syne draps the big eel, then grups it again, Pecks twa or three times, ...
Dipper: 05 - Fishers Tak Tent Reid, John Audio 342 1 2.92

... heuked an played fish efter fish, Till ten fat troot lay big an braw Like gowden guineas in a raw - But frae ...
Took Fur a Ride Connell, Andrina 2,077 6 2.89

... Angel Gabriel diznae werr a shiny yella jaikit lik the big fella in frunt o’ me. An onywise A wiz gaun doon ra way, ...
... Here, A’m telling yous. Wiz this no serious? Ra big man’s fumlin aboot wi sumhing. It wiz straps. A hid bin ...
... right anuff. A pit ma haun up tae ma heid. There wiz a big daud a cotton wool stuck tae ma napper. An anither wan ...
... broke wan fur me. Elbas lik knittin pins. There wiz a big wumman ower the other side. A mean a shuge, big, wumman. ...
... wiz a big wumman ower the other side. A mean a shuge, big, wumman. She damp near need the ither side aw tae hursel. ...
Pub review of The Living Room, Glasgow English, Paul 696 2 2.87

... lads thinking that they were the local equivalent of Mr Big. It's like Morton thinking they're Real Madrid. Still, ...
... one of our boozers commented made 'everyone look healthy', big windows, roomy tables, a long bar and creamy drapes give ...
Dipper: 57 - Bank Pit Begg, Dr James A Audio 350 1 2.86

... Ower the heather moss; While doun the line, The Big Engine clanks awa Wi a load o hard-wrocht coal For ...
Biggam Collection Letter: 01 Taylor, James 357 1 2.80

... latter must be a pretty generous bloke if he's cashing out big eats to about fifteen people. I'm in complete agreement ...
Whit is a dug? Hynd, George 367 1 2.72

... black an’ white collies that round up the sheep An’ big Saint Bernard's cost a fortune to keep, Wee totty ...
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: 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 ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 11, recording 1: making jigsaws and playing with games N/A Audio 7,958 21 2.64

... Snow White will though, cause the Snow White ain's a bit big. Isn't it? Than the rest o them. //That's all of them. ...
... F1103: Oh, I see. F1104: We bide the [inaudible] big big big big [inaudible]. F1103: Do ye? F1104: We ...
... Oh, I see. F1104: We bide the [inaudible] big big big big [inaudible]. F1103: Do ye? F1104: We ...
... Oh, I see. F1104: We bide the [inaudible] big big big big [inaudible]. F1103: Do ye? F1104: We bide ...
... I see. F1104: We bide the [inaudible] big big big big [inaudible]. F1103: Do ye? F1104: We bide ...
Interview with Ricky Ross of Deacon Blue English, Paul 1,528 4 2.62

... and spent the Wednesday getting more together. 'I filled a big bag with old studio shots of the band, and all sorts of ...
... Blue at the height of their success - headlining 1990's Big Day, performing live at Glasgow's SECC and Barrowland - ...
... then he got ill and became very thin. And then he got big again when he was on steroids. 'The rest of the song is my ...
... as it is for his wife and family. But it's been a very big thing for all of us.' Another song on Ricky's album,The ...
A wikk o shows taks me back an fore in time - April 25, 2005 Shepherd, Robbie 779 2 2.57

... Wednesday nicht it wis the Students' Show, Thursday, the Big Yin emsel Billy Connolly an Setterday dennertime I wis oot ...
... gweed in the lead role o Minnie Cooper. Syne it wis the Big Yin in the Music Hall an the first time we hid seen him ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 07, recording 1: doing a jigsaw before dinner N/A Audio 1,580 4 2.53

... F1101: Is it under aa that ains there? Move that big ains. Maybe they're lying under there, look. //Which ...
... F1101: //It's nae a duck.// //A duck's got a big beak.// F1102: //Aye it is.// F1101: It's a chick. ...
... F1101: Well, that claes in that ain's too big for you. See, that's troosers again, that's troosers ...
... See, that's troosers again, that's troosers that are too big. This one is tops. //This cardigan?// F1102: ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 08, recording 1: painting and playing with Barbie dolls N/A Audio 4,381 11 2.51

... you? F1118: Yes. F1117: Do you like playin wi the big girls? F1118: Yes, cause I'm a big girl. F1117: ...
... like playin wi the big girls? F1118: Yes, cause I'm a big girl. F1117: Eh? I thought you were a baby. //You ...
... [?]You and me[/?] a girl. F1118: Cause I'm a big girl. F1117: Are you? F1118: Yes, cause I'm a big ...
... big girl. F1117: Are you? F1118: Yes, cause I'm a big girl. F1117: Are you a big girl? Mm. That's nice to ...
... F1118: Yes, cause I'm a big girl. F1117: Are you a big girl? Mm. That's nice to know. So you're no a baby any ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 14, recording 1: making gingerbread biscuits N/A Audio 4,405 11 2.50

... We'll mak ones that lie flat [cough] and have got the big sharp teeth lying oot on the tray. M1108: Aye. F1107: ...
... ma finger. F1107: Aye it would, wouldn't it? //Oh, big lump of butter.// M1108: //What we need.// A big ...
... big lump of butter.// M1108: //What we need.// A big lump of butter. Chop! F1107: Ha, see that's spot on, ...
... //[laugh]// //[child noise]// F1107: //What a big fart!// //What a guffing honk.// M1108: //Poo poo! ...
... [exhale] Feel my belly! F1107: Cor, it's getting big and fat! M1108: Like dodge. F1107: Aye. M1108: ...
Interview 01: Stranraer man talking about WWII N/A Audio 6,480 16 2.47

... They were one side of the jetty whe when they had big hangars. They had a big, well one big hangar, where they ...
... of the jetty whe when they had big hangars. They had a big, well one big hangar, where they took the planes in and ...
... whe when they had big hangars. They had a big, well one big hangar, where they took the planes in and repaired them. ...
... //uh-huh// M194: side of the water, they built two big jetties, so they did. And everything was brought in by ...
... the [inaudible] into Cairnryan, they built a great big jetty there, two je- they made one, two, three, they ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 16, recording 2: playing match the pairs and doing a jigsaw N/A Audio 2,549 6 2.35

... do it with me? F1093: Yes. M1094: Cause it's big enough I think. It's a big ain. It's a big one ...
... Yes. M1094: Cause it's big enough I think. It's a big ain. It's a big one fo-. [child noise] Got ...
... it's big enough I think. It's a big ain. It's a big one fo-. [child noise] Got some counting here. ...
... in the box. We can see if it's still there. In the big box. M1094: Where? F1093: In here. Is it still ...
... turn.// M1094: I'm going to take this one. In the big [inaudible] F1093: The lips and the mouth. What do ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 16, recording 1: washing up N/A Audio 3,453 8 2.32

... little bit that you need to do now. M1094: Why not a big bit? F1093: Mm? M1094: Why not a big bit? F1093: ...
... Why not a big bit? F1093: Mm? M1094: Why not a big bit? F1093: It's just a little bit. [cough] Right? ...
... F1093: Eh? M1094: It's in middle. F1093: The big bit? M1094: Yes. F1093: Wow! M1094: ...
... F1093: Take a chair through? M1094: Yeah. A big chair. F1093: Now, //wait till I sort the,// M1094: ...
... next? //Ah! [laugh]// M1094: //laugh// It's a big one. F1093: What is it? M1094: A plate. F1093: ...
A few notes on old Kilwinning Town and the Biography of Robert Morrison, Crosshouse. Morrison, Mr Robert 5,211 12 2.30

... 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 ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 13, recording 2: playing over breakfast N/A Audio 874 2 2.29

... Dollops of that come out. F1105: Okay? M1106 : Big dollops of milkshake. F1105: What's on? M1106 : ...
... sword. F1105: Mmhm. Try your bedroom. I think the big ones are in your bedroom. M1106 : [exhale] ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 14, recording 2: playing snooker N/A Audio 1,778 4 2.25

... be it! F1107: Oh no it shouldna! But you're just a big cheater! M1108: Here. F1107: You just want to ...
... F1107: //Ooh, ye're gonna be a scunner when you get big.// //No I winna,// M1108: //Chase me Mum!// F1107: ...
... //Cracker, me!// Cracker me! F1107: Aye, ye did big crackers there. M1108: Yoo-hoo! F1107: Cool! ...
... man! F1107: Is that fitt you want to dae when you grow big? Play snooker //for a living.// M1108: //Aye.// ...
Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 06, recording 3: playing car racing games on Playstation N/A Audio 2,234 5 2.24

... it up. F1097: 'I'll hoover it up efter then. Is it a big ain? M1098: [?]A wee[/?]. F1097: Is it away? ...
... M1098: Look. F1097: Oh, so it has. They're big ains that. Does it fly? M1098: Aye. [makes aeroplane ...
... Right. Press that ain and your accelerator. The big cross, no the big cross. M1098: aye. F1097: That ...
... that ain and your accelerator. The big cross, no the big cross. M1098: aye. F1097: That ain. Right, go! ...
... Wrong button, that's reverse. Accelerate's the big cross. No, that ain. M1098: [exhale] Oh you're ...
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: 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 ...
All That Glisters Donovan, Anne 2,713 6 2.21

... careful when you squeezed the tube so’s you didny get a big blob appearin at wanst, but efter a few goes ah wis up an ...
... shape and coloured it green but a bit squirted oot intae a big blob, so ah blotted it and when ah took the paper away the ...
... a shop is stealin. A lot of folk think lik that. Donna’s big brother Jimmy wanst tried tae explain tae me that it wis ...
... me that it wis OK tae steal ooty shops cos they made such big profits that they were really stealin affy us (the workin ...
... his word. In the end ah sellt ma dinner tickets tae big Maggie Hughes and all week ah wis starvin for ah only hud ...

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