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| Correspondence from Canada: Letter 27 - 16.01.82 | 852 | 633 | 2 | 3.16 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Correspondence from Canada: Letter 30 - 02.02.82 | 852 | 1,008 | 1 | 0.99 | |
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... softly thro' the trees. The Lodge at Mactaquac is a big wooden building surrounded by trees, snow, and "skidoos" ... |
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| Correspondence from Canada: Letter 36 - 24.03.82 | 852 | 869 | 1 | 1.15 | |
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... sent you a St Patrick's Day card (March 17) - it's really big over here with all the 100th generation Oirish, who use ... |
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| Correspondence from Canada: Letter 38 - 14.04.82 | 852 | 520 | 1 | 1.92 | |
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... out to the airport, and when we arrived back there was a big "Welcome Carol" [sic] sign and she was assaulted by about ... |
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| Correspondence from Canada: Letter 42 - 23.05.82 | 852 | 622 | 1 | 1.61 | |
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... is the world coming to? The Falklands Islands crisis is big news here, as I suppose it is everywhere: artists' ... |
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| Correspondence from Canada: Letter 45 - 12.06.82 | 852 | 523 | 1 | 1.91 | |
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... letters. The weather continues to be gorgeous across the Big Water, and I've taken up health again - after playing ... |
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| Correspondence from Canada: Letter 49 - 08.07.82 | 852 | 466 | 1 | 2.15 | |
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... I'm itching from various insect bites: Canadian summer's big Catch 22 are the bugs!! I'm hoping to go to PEI (Prince ... |
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| Correspondence from Canada: Letter 50 - 21.07.82 | 852 | 912 | 2 | 2.19 | |
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... farmlands full of PEI tatties, Ayrshire cattle, and big wooden farmhouses. Miles upon miles of beach ... of all ... ... upon miles of beach ... of all the North Shore is one big beach-come-provincial park. Ann's family was very good to ... |
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| Correspondence from Canada: Letter 51 - 05.08.82 | 852 | 466 | 1 | 2.15 | |
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... anniversary. I must try to do better next year for the Big Two-Five. I hope that you had a great day. My excuse is ... |
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| Craiters: 02 - Kippert | Fenton, Alexander | 5,255 | 5 | 0.95 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Craiters: 03 - Stirries | Fenton, Alexander | 1,596 | 1 | 0.63 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Craiters: 04 - E Backlins Calfie | Fenton, Alexander | 1,628 | 2 | 1.23 | |
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... 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, ... |
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| Craiters: 05 - 'Dirty Beast' | Fenton, Alexander | 1,953 | 2 | 1.02 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Craiters: 06 - E Hens Riv | Fenton, Alexander | 2,225 | 8 | 3.60 | |
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... 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, ... |
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| Craiters: 07 - E Oolet | Fenton, Alexander | 1,856 | 5 | 2.69 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Craiters: 08 - E Forkietailies | Fenton, Alexander | 1,857 | 1 | 0.54 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Craiters: 09 - Watter Rats | Fenton, Alexander | 2,693 | 6 | 2.23 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Craiters: 10 - E Hares' Lavvie | Fenton, Alexander | 2,681 | 6 | 2.24 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Craiters: 11 - E Widdie | Fenton, Alexander | 3,526 | 6 | 1.70 | |
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... 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, ... |
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| Craiters: 12 - Glory Hole | Fenton, Alexander | 2,953 | 4 | 1.35 | |
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... 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 ... |
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