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454 documents matching criteria (34.50% of corpus)

2,946,861 total words in matching documents (64.24% of corpus)

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Title Author Multimedia Word count Freq. Norm.
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 ...

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