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| Craiters: 13 - E Cheer | Fenton, Alexander | 1,136 | 3 | 2.64 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Craiters: 14 - E Black Things | Fenton, Alexander | 1,111 | 2 | 1.80 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Craiters: 15 - E Steppies | Fenton, Alexander | 1,366 | 6 | 4.39 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Craiters: 17 - E Wasps' Nest | Fenton, Alexander | 1,736 | 7 | 4.03 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Craiters: 19 - Liptovska Teplicka | Fenton, Alexander | 2,855 | 2 | 0.70 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Craiters: 20 - Biz-Bizzin | Fenton, Alexander | 3,297 | 2 | 0.61 | |
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... 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 ... |
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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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| Daytime | Blair, Anna | 212 | 1 | 4.72 | |
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... scene To strut their buskin' on the green. There's this big dame in Irish clogs Hitches her skirts and jigs her jogs, ... |
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| Deadly Weapons [Content label: serious] | Grainger, Cecilia | 15,826 | 21 | 1.33 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Diaries of William Young: 1952 | Young, William | 3,260 | 2 | 0.61 | |
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... satisfactorily I hope. To Cathedral for evening service. Big place. 8 SATURDAY Buy presents before leaving 11.20am. ... ... 17 MONDAY Catherine showing off gym dress. She is getting big. Lathalmond today. 18 TUESDAY A good day. Not a lot to do. ... |
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| Diaries of William Young: 1957 | Young, William | 1,892 | 1 | 0.53 | |
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... Feel this is a must if I am going to do anything big in this writing game. 18 FRIDAY 21 Present at our first ... |
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| Diaries of William Young: 1964 [Content label: lesser] | Young, William | 3,534 | 1 | 0.28 | |
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... & River. Great time. 5 WEDNESDAY To Southport. On Big Dipper & in Pool. Cath, Phem, Jim & Catherine on ... |
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| Diaries of William Young: 1972 | Young, William | 4,263 | 1 | 0.23 | |
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... fine meal at Queens after. Bowling evening. Wednesday 10 Big turn-up at Choir. D. [CENSORED: surname] & W. ... |
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| Dipper: 04 - The Hedgehog | Begg, Dr James A | Audio | 167 | 2 | 11.98 |
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... 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 ... |
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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: 06 - The Byllies | Begg, Dr James A | 498 | 1 | 2.01 | |
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... wantit When the howkers' gear they ply, An treble heuks an big leid wechts Gae fleein throu the sky; Syne fricht the wits ... |
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| Dipper: 07 - Furst Bluid | Begg, Dr James A | 1,246 | 4 | 3.21 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Dipper: 14 - The Communication Gap | Begg, Dr James A | 1,013 | 9 | 8.88 | |
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... 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 ... |
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| Dipper: 16 - The Saumon an the Wee Broun Troot | Begg, Dr James A | 1,191 | 8 | 6.72 | |
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... 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, ... |
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| Dipper: 20 - Cops and Robbers | Begg, Dr James A | 1,151 | 6 | 5.21 | |
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... 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 ... |
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