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467,251 total words in matching documents (10.19% of corpus)

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A Braw Guid Alairm Fairnie, Robert 1,498 5 3.34

... in his young days. The hail o thae twa year, apairt fae aboot seeven weeks, wis spent abuird ship an no in onie ...
... slept in yince efter that. He kep the alairm weel ower fae the bed sae he hid tae git up tae unscrew the terminal an ...
... the bed tae turn the thing aff. Coorse, she hid him daured fae yaisin the alairm onie time he wis on holiday an didnae ...
... think it wis the pipes rinnin up throu the chimney breist fae the fire but the orra thing wis, we aye heard the soond ...
... on some o the pipes in case it wis vibration but, apairt fae that, they didnae find oniethin.” “It maun hae been a ...
All That Glisters Donovan, Anne 2,713 9 3.32

... like to use the glitter pens? And she pulled oot the pack fae her bag. Ah’d never seen them afore. When ah wis in ...
... hear him coughin in the night sometimes and it’s different fae the way he used tae cough, come fae deeper inside him ...
... and it’s different fae the way he used tae cough, come fae deeper inside him somehow, seems tae rack his hale body ...
... deeper inside him somehow, seems tae rack his hale body fae inside oot. When ah come in fae school ah go and sit wi ...
... tae rack his hale body fae inside oot. When ah come in fae school ah go and sit wi him and tell him aboot whit’s ...
A Fer Chauve Smith, Alex 23,344 75 3.21

... fer fyte wi frost. Pits winter in oor minds uppermost. Fae the Sooth ere's a howlin gale, Blawin throo sleet an ...
... the win wi lashin rain, En it's jist a shoor noo an again, Fae the North a richt strong breeze, Countryside dryin up I'm ...
... Sna, days nae fit for man nor beast. Tuesday 3 Temp-1/2 Fae the North Wast ere's a cauld blaw, Aye slowly, slowly the ...
... 4/7 Surely it's a lee at the gless dis tell, Win blaws fae the Wast gey near a gale, Day keeps up aye fine an dry, ...
... Affa bare bit it's bonny an fair. Sunday 8 Temp3/5 Win fae the Wast it is gey snell. Gran day bit we wrap up well. ...
A Sair Fecht Smith, Alex 23,505 71 3.02

... 3rd, Temp. -2/-2 Frost sticks in the hale day lang Richt fae mornin fin the day began. Saturday 4th, Temp. -1/2 Fresh ...
... Half the winter is past at Yule. Sunday 2nd, Temp. 0/3 Fae the Sooth a richt frosty win Fine day bit weak is the sin. ...
... Affa coorse wither I hear fowk cry, Hale day rain poors fae the sky. Friday 14th, Temp. 2/5 (Rainfall 7*/16) Mornin is ...
... in the simmer time. Sunday 16th, Temp. 6/6 (Rainfall 2/16) Fae the Sooth gale force is the win, Odd blustery shoor, jist ...
... Thick weet mist for the hale day lang, Nae ony daylicht fae the day began. Tuesday 18th, Temp. 5/12 Gran day, feel the ...
Whit a Fleg!! Fairnie, Robert 684 2 2.92

... anither muckle maucht, this time, tae warsle hissel free fae the airn grup on his thrapple but he cuidnae move a muscle ...
... sperks o licht fleein by. Geordie felt his body wis deid fae the thrapple doon an it wisnae awaur o oniethin, but his ...
SNDA, SLD Newsletter Spring 01-Summer 04 - P. Cairns Cairns, Pauline 719 2 2.78

... Dae bairns roon aboot ye gaun ‘guisin’ or that import fae Americay, ‘trick or treating’? Mind ye, the Americans must ...
... Ah ken oor faimlie will hae a birlin traicle scone danglin fae the rafters. NEWSLETTER SPRING 2002 – PAULINE’S COLUMN ...
The New Mannie Niven, Liz 363 1 2.75

... o haein a holiday soon- a week in New York wi her pals fae the toon. Will A stey at hame wi the wean fir the week? A ...
St Ninian's Isle De Luca, Christine 366 1 2.73

... took Sweyn Holm, Selkie Gyo; gied dem bere an kale fae Ireland's strippit rigs or Bigton's toons. Eence here, dey ...
The Humpty Dumpty Man [Content label: serious] Blackhall, Sheena 6,223 17 2.73

... bound, the Lord be praised The Pass-a-fist I bide awa fae bampots. Heid bangers nip ma heid. Haud the blanket ower ...
... A neep isnae culture-specific. Tatties are fand Fae Spain tae Bogendreip. It's nae foo ye parlez-vous that ...
... drones sat doon tae hae a blether, Wi a singin kettle fae Auchensheen on the state o Scotlan's weather. A hoodie ...
... aa, their skreichin an their textin, Wi a deefenin caa fae his orra mawe, which wis maist byordnar vexin! Bath-Room ...
... me, that the stove wis aff at the waa... Bit I lowped fae the cooker, a flame sae wee, I'm reid an I'm hett an I'm ...
A Wee Scran o Herrin Fairnie, Robert 1,552 4 2.58

... fu o the smell o caller fish alang wi the guff o paraffin fae the boats' Kelvin engines. The soond o thae engines melled ...
... the deck as it gaed. The laddies' Granda cam intae sicht fae ahint a lorry no faur fae whaur they war staunin. He wis ...
... laddies' Granda cam intae sicht fae ahint a lorry no faur fae whaur they war staunin. He wis cled in his sea-buits an aw ...
... thair wee scran o herrin, an walked at a guid lick awa fae the herbour, takin the gate tae the treds-fowk’s hooses ...
Afa sad news, bit thanks for the memories - March 21, 2005 Shepherd, Robbie 778 2 2.57

... takkin tent o aa that wis gyan on as I wis tae tak ower fae him. That wis tae be the start o mony a tour in the 1960s ...
... jist a wee space tae gyang back tae ma supercilious mannie fae the Sunday Times. Fit wis he on aboot? The Asda signs in ...
Sattlin doon tae steer the fine hotterin porritch - March 7, 2005 Shepherd, Robbie 782 2 2.56

... a fower times afore he wis made a judge tae haud him awa fae winnin near ilka eer. I'm damnt sure I read somewye that ...
... Murly Tams, Pizzers - an a query I got nae that lang syne fae ma gweed freen Jim McDonald, o Wartle, speirin as tae fit ...
Myl-gruel at da millenium De Luca, Christine 391 1 2.56

... * * * Neest johnsmas we'll mak fine gruel wi creme fraîche fae Isigny. Wi a spön o honey hit 'll mak a feast fur John da ...
Memories come floodin back o lost Aiberdeen - February 14, 2005 Shepherd, Robbie 785 2 2.55

... the area black wi fowk scalin oot o the buses comin in fae the country. Syne ma thochts switch tae ma early days o ...
... the 20th century, they discover't a secret passage rinnin fae the cellar tae the shore - a century or twa afore, ...
Jeel't tae the marra on a day oot tae the fitba - March 14, 2005 Shepherd, Robbie 787 2 2.54

... It's aa richt for him wi sae muckle tap teams tae pick fae doon in the far sooth. YE KEN, I jist hae realis't es is ...
... Tae bide in the tap six in the league is great progress fae the doldrums o last eer athoot lashin oot the siller like ...
Da ballad o Maggie Reid De Luca, Christine 396 1 2.53

... days wis dön. I waited fur him fowr lang year nae wird cam fae da sea. We tocht him drooned i da ocean's fowld; no lik ta ...
Reefed in De Luca, Christine 404 1 2.48

... Foo fine hit wis apon a simmer's nicht, ta lay da boat aff fae da aester ayre; ta sit on da briggistane, broch at wir ...
Evie Barron, Charles 11,528 28 2.43

... decent cup o’ tea’s a decent cup o’ tea, whither it comes fae a pyramid, a wee roon’ baggie or a plain aul’ square een. ...
... widow or a clubbie widow afore that. He was niver in. Hame fae work, gobble doon his tea - that I had spent a’ day ...
... to gi’e him a richt send-off, in front o’ his chummies fae the club an’ a’thing. But the thocht o’ spendin’ a’ that ...
... an’ they can spot chipboard wi’ a plastic veneer on’t fae twa mile awa’. It’ll ha’e to be real wood to impress them. ...
... the next funeral. I hope they didna ha’e to get a man fae Archibald’s in; that would cost them a bonnie penny. It ...
Smootie gengs ta Lerrick De Luca, Christine 2,412 5 2.07

... Da een her mam hed spoken aboot. Whaar her granny hed come fae. Hit wis nairrow an dark. Perfect. Der wis nae sign o ...
... Shö waakened braaly aerly an felt hungry. Noises cam fae da hoose. Bairn's voices. Shö jumpit up on da windowsill ...
... wi dem. Magnus an Freya aye browt her hame a piece o fish fae da fishshop. Nicol an Ingrid fed her on chicken an cat ...
... tae da lass an waved as he gud. Dan he picked up da family fae hame an dey drave on ta Da Nort Boat. 'Aberdeen here we ...
... If onybody is seen her dan Ingrid an Nicol wid lik ta hear fae you. Da number ta ring is Lerrick 8987.' Fur days eftir ...
Guts Barron, Charles 22,515 40 1.78

... them. I …. DOD Come on, Teenie. It’s jist a wee present fae your cousin. (Pause. She won’t take the parcel. ...
... Eence the war’s finished, an’ the laddies come back fae bein’ sodgers, then they can cairry the kits an’ you can ...
... It’s nae a mixture. Jist a few things Ma used to get fae him. I’m gan to mak’ her up a tonic. GEORGIE Like Ma used ...
... that the government doesna ken aboot. ANGELICA Ye get them fae fishermen? DOD Na, na. It’s mair complicated than that. We ...
... sick? CHRISSIE I said she’s fine, Georgie. Dinna keep her fae her work. You’re the een that was rantin’ on aboot her nae ...
Thomas Edward o Banff de Rusett, Wendy 2,896 5 1.73

... Militia. They were protectin the sooth coast o England fae invasion by the French, unner Napoleon. Luckily this ...
... faimily was sent back tae Fife. Narr 2: But his mither cam fae Aiberdeen and she wisnae happy in Fife. Things cam til a ...
... 3 speaks. Narr 3: The Edward family were gled to flit fae Fife an traivel North tae Aiberdeen, their mither’s toon, ...
... cut up tobacca leaves that cam in tae the port o Aiberdeen fae The West Indies. Files, in amongst the the bales o ...
... 2. Narr 9: Tamas Edward chaav’t awa at the souter’s trade, fae sax in the mornin’ til eicht or nine at nicht, but aifter ...
D Greetin Bairn an D Soond U D Voice [Content label: serious] Smith, Mark R 3,399 5 1.47

... her essay readable and enjoyable, but in no wy taaks awaa fae d persuasiveness ur validity o her ergyoomnt. Sum o d saam ...
... barbaric speech dt iz foo o aafil swear-words ir telt fae aa angles dt dae ir inferior becuz u d wy dt dae spik. As ...
... subject as dae can. Fur example, here’s a question taen fae da Glasgow University Literary Theory exam o 2003: “Put in ...
... good at (I mind a certain incident dt saa steam emenatin fae a flushed shitepan), but at denner time I used t read ...
... I use ivree day. My wirdz ll therefur differ a gret deal fae d wirdz dt ir fun in The Shetland Dictionary. Howivur, dis ...
Picters in yer heid Fairnie, Robert 2,174 3 1.38

... gas aboot an she poued baith o thaim ower tae a corner awa fae the windae for fear o fleein gless. The syreens went agane ...
... Nae doot, if the kintra hid needit him tae stey awa fae the schuil for the hail duration o the war, Geordie wad ...
... poker an a blue flame stertit tae come oot the end. Back fae the kerb, thare wis a wee dyke wi airn pailins on the tap ...
Extracts from SNDA, SLD Newsletter Spring 01-Summer 04 Robinson, Chris 774 1 1.29

... can get ane aff the wabsteid) and a guid offerin o wark fae writers. As weel as promotin the profile o SLD and steirin ...
The Wee Reid Hen de Rusett, Wendy 1,571 2 1.27

... audience to see the interaction) Miller: Hey, haud back fae the peer wee hennie. Fit wey are yous aa croodin roon? ...
... the wee smaa oors. (Animals dance to music) S.tellers 1-3: Fae then on, ilka year the animals chaav’t thegither, had ...
Refuge [Content label: serious] Paisley, Janet 22,040 25 1.13

... by the office. SADIE: (BACK IRONING) Well, Gordon'll be in fae school furst, it this rate. AGNES: You shouldnae wind ...
... didnae? AGNES: It'll aw come oot in the waash. SADIE: No fae Gordon, it willnae. I'd stake ma life oan that laddie. Huv ...
... the high street, ye ken. By ma hair. Kicked and punched me fae wan end ae the toon tae the ither. Streets were mobbed. ...
... here, we'll need tae drink tae that. SADIE: Special brew. Fae a knitting bag! What a honey you are, Agnes. (SHE GOES TO ...
... ribs. They're done. Finished wi. But I can maybe stop you fae emptyin the bloody ashtray. CAROLANNE: I wanted to empty ...
Article for the Shetland Times- An apology to Shetland knitters De Luca, Christine 901 1 1.11

... Here is an interestin project dat's browt tagidder poetry fae da various straands o Scottish culture, an trowe poetry an ...
Buchan Words and Ways Fenton, Alexander 52,521 44 0.84

... he was an Edinburgh poet, bit de'il care, his faither cam fae Aiberdeen, an' he'd kent fine fit 'connached' meant. There ...
... in Banffshire in the 1880s that fitiver airt the win blew fae on Pace Sunday, that's faar it wid blaa fae for the ...
... the win blew fae on Pace Sunday, that's faar it wid blaa fae for the followin quarter. An fit aboot the prophecy that ...
... Sunday Doon sall ye fa'. Some o fit I've tell't ye comes fae ma note book, an some fae printed books. It wisna that I ...
... Some o fit I've tell't ye comes fae ma note book, an some fae printed books. It wisna that I was tryin aafa hard tae ...
Da Tree Peerie Grice Sandison, Iris 1,270 1 0.79

... doon da daal, an he fell in wi Jeemie o Bakka, makkin hame fae da banks wi a back-burden o widd at wis come wi da sea. ...
Extract from "One Fine Day In The Middle Of The Night" [Content label: serious] Brookmyre, Christopher 4,155 3 0.72

... doon tae just the platform, then built everythin’ up again fae there. I read somethin’ aboot it in the paper.” “But ...
... hotel is aw that’s on the island. You’re isolated, away fae it aw. So they’ve used this oil platform affair instead of ...
... remember anyway. I cannae picture Matt Black comin’ back fae America just tae see us arseholes again, eh? An’ Davie ...
A Fairy (Liquid) Story [Content label: lesser] Smith, Mark R 4,326 3 0.69

... red letters. Good job, cuz his knees wiz getting sore fae the coorse stone floor dt he was kneeling on. He lifted ...
... as he passed through the door. The smell of peat smoke fae d open fire wiz strong, especially to gas central heating ...
... clappit dir haands. Staampit dir feet. Dan Billy’s wyf, fae wey at d back u d room, startit t sing. D words Ralph hid ...
Fooshion Barron, Charles 17,826 12 0.67

... It's just sick a trauchle gettin' a cheer a' the wye fae up the stair. NEIL (Recognising his duty.) Take one from ...
... notices irony.) I'm afraid they'll grow up very different fae you, Loretta. LORETTA (Acknowledging the awful truth of ...
... I'll dae some sausage rolls. Thon rare wee bite-size eens. Fae Tesco, they're best. Neil an' Kate'll bring the wine. ...
... tellin' me aboot Mary dyin'. BESSIE Aye, Mary Farquhar fae the Grove, wi' the twa lassies. GLADYS Nae Andy Farquhar's ...
... Ye wid get your eggs at Easter an' your hen at Christmas, fae somebody ye kent yersel', that had made them grow and then ...
Queen Mary, Puir Quine de Rusett, Wendy 1,750 1 0.57

... airmy wis defeated. She fled tae England tae seek help fae her cousin, Queen Elizabeth GROUP 6 MIME MUSIC, LOW HARP ...
A Small Book of Translations: 32 - Glossary & Notes Hutchison, Alexander 1,973 1 0.51

... is furious. Adeste, hendecasyllabi: Farivver: is wherever; fae: is from; hale is whole. Non (ita me di ament): Lats flee ...
Chrysants Purves, David 2,567 1 0.39

... waitin on us in the snell wund. Oor chieftain scorns the fae an we haud forrit. But Nature, hirsell, favors the Tertars ...
Thy Neighbour's Wife [Content label: lesser] Bruce, Eddie 2,813 1 0.36

... when Bill's brither George stayed wi' us on a week's leave fae the oil rigs." She came round and sat beside him, downed ...
The Win an the Rain Blackhall, Sheena 8,793 3 0.34

... an Bacardi rum Tae keep the frost o the North East Coast Fae nippin her builder’s bum Ghaisties In the 1740s Aberdeen’s ...
... the bow His music telt the stories o Grantully an Cromar Fae the shakkins o the pyockie tae the hertbrakk o Neil Gow As ...
... pianie playin Clair de Lune Music is the sweetest medicine fae the cradle tae the kist Wi the pouer tae cheer in hospice, ...
Jade Lute Purves, David 7,581 2 0.26

... BC) THE ITHER SYDE Ah im a prisoner in the haunds o the fae, tholin the shame o ma thirldom. Ma banes stick oot an ma ...
... n, farewell fash, v, worry fashiuss, a, irritating fae, n, foe faither, n, father fauch, a, feeble faw, v, n, ...
The Ootlaw Purves, David 7,971 2 0.25

... wumman, ti gaird ma treisir sae ill – ti mak ma bairn ma fae. Gunlöd: Ai, Faither, im Ah nou yeir fae? Thorfinn: Ye ir ...
... mak ma bairn ma fae. Gunlöd: Ai, Faither, im Ah nou yeir fae? Thorfinn: Ye ir a Christian, but it is mebbe no ower late ...
The Fanatic (extract 3) [Content label: serious] Robertson, James 4,519 1 0.22

... down the glass. Memories. Whit ye mind as a wean. Ye come fae nowhere. Ye gang back tae naethin. Ye had a faither that ...
The Stalking Cure [Content label: lesser] Corbett, Dr John B 6,214 1 0.16

... unconscious is that the adult sel – or ego – sinders itsel fae the id, thon ‘reservoir of the libido’ bi divers ...
Women and Poetry 1972-1999: The Contemporary Scene McCulloch, Margery Palmer 7,863 1 0.13

... a turning of the literary and sexual tables in ‘Extracted Fae A DRUNK WUMMAN SITTIN OAN A THISTLE (misquoted is a’body’s ...
A Study into the Knowledge and Use of Scots Amongst Primary Pupils on Upper Deeside Blackhall, Sheena 29,793 2 0.07

... two here and there spoke Gaelic, tho it wis maistly folk fae Glen Ey that spoke it, an they war Catholics. My father ...
... but by this time in Braemar ye wis gettin aa the ferm lads fae Sim's the Emporium, they employed quite a few men, and so ...
Pillars of Society Thirkell, Alison 29,032 1 0.03

... to get your ain back. That you're here tae wring money fae me. LILIAN: James! BEAUMONT: You're making me desperate, I ...
Minnie Blackhall, Sheena 32,033 1 0.03

... faither Dod, an scunner o the Dam itsel, hid banned Minnie fae settin fit within a hunner yairds o't. The governess car ...
Scottish Parliament: Official Report (07/09/00) Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 52,710 1 0.02

... is ti be the European Year o Leids; taks tent at siller fae the European Union wull rax the lenth o projecks for ...

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