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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 ...

Advent Antiphons in Scots Ogston, David D 235 1 4.26

... The mortal faes. Come an save us. You vrocht us aa Fae the same common cley. O Emmanuel, Howp o the nations, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 fine Ham an Haddie Fairnie, Robert 906 4 4.42

... time o year, Geordie wis aye gey near blinnit comin oot fae the mirk intae the daylicht. He hid his een gey near ...
... caller. Aiblins it hid fawn aff a fish motor on its wey up fae Heymooth tae Newheiven mercat. He birlt the fish this wey ...
... the kitchen whaur he hid a guid leuk at it in the licht fae the windae. He pit it doon on the bunker, turnt it ower ...
... an, tho he kent fine that uncle Rob’s byenem wis Stookie, fae the time he brak his leg as a bairn, he wad niver daur ...

Ahint 'e Herst Brown, Charles W 251 2 7.97

... fit like a herst can ye say for yersel than? Wis it fish fae 'e sea or corn fae e' lan'? Wis it werkin' en factries ti ...
... can ye say for yersel than? Wis it fish fae 'e sea or corn fae e' lan'? Wis it werkin' en factries ti mak life mer easy? ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A shuttle o soonds De Luca, Christine 362 2 5.52

... sea wark wi a hoidy-hol for queer luckin wirds stowed far fae wir hearin ta keep herm awa. Da Norn is lang gien, but ...
... dey mak da warp in a pattern o livin, while da weft comes fae places ootbye da Sooth Mooth. Dey can blend i da waeve wi ...

A Small Book of Translations: 04 - Catullus 3 Hutchison, Alexander 64 1 15.63

... as bonny at the back o the Bin (jammy piece t' some mealie fae Keith). An oor Muggie-Jean comparit wi you? Awa – it's nae ...

A Small Book of Translations: 05 - Catullus 4 Hutchison, Alexander 121 1 8.26

... mine, the Gods'll nae forget: ye'll git a recknin yet fae Faith hersel. ...

A Small Book of Translations: 09 - Catullus 8 Hutchison, Alexander 83 1 12.05

... nae a smidgin o saat. Leebie's a beezer: braw, bien fae tap t' tail – aa the gowans o ither deems she's gaithert ...

A Small Book of Translations: 14 - Catullus 13 Hutchison, Alexander 23 1 43.48

... This wye, hendecasyllables, as mony an farivver ye come fae, the hale jing bang. ...

A Small Book of Translations: 20 - Ronsard 3 Hutchison, Alexander 146 1 6.85

... relish, lik a deid man's haun: a kiss lik her breether got fae chaste Diane, or lik some granny gies til her favourite ...

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 ...

A strynd o sense De Luca, Christine 368 2 5.43

... at med da sye an hed da vynd ta maa wid tak da jug, warm fae me skurt: da haands at riped da pages o Aurelius forbye. ...
... weel plenished. Foonded in a laand at nivver sklent tinkin fae döin: dat saa wisdom i da wark o haands. (from Psalm 126 v ...

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 ...

A Wee Lick o Vernish Fairnie, Robert 187 1 5.35

... a wee lick o vernish the neist nicht efter he hid cam hame fae his wark. Neist mornin, shuir eneuch, Beenie gaed intae ...

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 ...

A wikk o shows taks me back an fore in time - April 25, 2005 Shepherd, Robbie 779 4 5.13

... 78. Noo ma freen tells me he hid them in the palm o's haun fae the wird go an in praisin the acoustics sung "Fly Me To ...
... the Buchan Chiel - twa names that meant sae muckle tae me fae the early 1950s fin I wis beginning tae be kent on the ...
... wye that hotel I hear some o ye speir? Well, baith were fae the hotel at ae time. Willie Kemp's faimily ain't the ...
... were tae mak a lot o 78 records in London an broadcast fae the aul BBC studios in Belmont Street alang wi Curly McKay ...

Better Ower Yer Thrapple Fairnie, Robert 511 2 3.91

... leukin whit he wis daein for, as he taen his haund awa fae Geordie’s gless, a finger nudged the tap o’t, the gless ...
... believe whit they seen. Angus wis cairiein the tray fae the bar tae the table, but in slow motion an the singer on ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

Divinin for cables Johnson, Laureen 571 5 8.76

... hae ta dig wals nooadays! An God knows, da watter at comes fae da heevens is mair as anyoch every year at we see! But ...
... So, here we wir waitin ee Wednesday moarnin for someen fae Lerook ta come wi a scanner an mark oot da places for wis ...
... lyin anunder da grund. Dey wir Tammie an me an a fellow fae Glessgow an peerie John Alec (just oot o da schöl) an we ...
... an we're döin naething idder. We'll try for a fun!’ An fae da cut fence, he took twa bits o wire - an bloddy owld ...
... tree cables an aa in agreement when here comes da fellow fae toon wi da scanner. He lookit an listened an towt we wir ...

Email correspondence - Jim McGonigal and Matthew Fitt 3 Fitt, Matthew,
McGonigal, James
135 1 7.41

... -- this school project looks really good! Mair guid wark fae the dynamic numero uno-- will forward to [CENSORED: ...

Emails to Christine Sandison, Iris 655 3 4.58

... surprise on a dark November Monday moarnin..guid tae hear fae > dee as ivver. A'm blyde you aa enjoyed da Lake ...
... so she aboot turned an is been lyin atween Fitful an Burra fae syne. Dey'll be > stories tae tell A'm tinkin...! > ...
... > jewel, yon's aboot it fur da meantime. > > Hear fae dee shun? (New computer..still no funn da umlaut!!) > ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Geordie Jooks an the Bleck Corn Flakes Fairnie, Robert 523 2 3.82

... it?” Wullie speirt. “Weel, when the ships brings the grain fae Americae an Canadae, it’s no in bags or ocht ye ken. Ilka ...
... is that ye’r speakin aboot, Geordie?” speirt Wullie. “Fae the lang-tail fellaes.” sayed Geordie, “The’r aye ...

Geordie Jooks an the Sand Boat Fairnie, Robert 1,884 8 4.25

... the ootside o the dyke? It micht help tae keep the sand fae bein washt awa sae quick.” Big Rab taen a gliff oot tae ...
... nae mair.” The sea wis nae mair nor six or seeven fit awa fae the boat whan the laddies lowpit oot aw roads an stertit ...
... backs an bare legs warm. “Ready men!” came the command fae Big Rab, “Open fire! Gie it laldie!” Fower wuiden rifles ...
... it spat. Twa wee puffs o white reek kythed in the lift fae nae whare juist tae the left o the plane an aboot twa ...
... o squeebs gaun aff in the distance. Bi noo, the drone fae the plane’s ingines wis like the soond o a giant bumbee ...

Giein translations for a Doric play? Gie's a break - February 21, 2005 Shepherd, Robbie 792 6 7.58

... education authorities will act. Keep the translation awa fae the bairns; teachers' reference only. Div they get a ...
... in seein the performin o's Doric plays as I get fae ma screeds on a Monday fin I get a response bi wird o moo ...
... screeds on a Monday fin I get a response bi wird o moo or fae yer letters. "I like tae read yer column, bit fyles it's a ...
... tae a couple o yer letters. A fylie back, I got a letter fae Bill Johnston, o Udny, fa hid gotten the len o a beuk o ...
... bi Mary Symon." The line o the poem reads that Sownock, fae the bothy door, kame-sowfed a martial lilt. Kame - a comb ...

Gittin the Spellin Richt Fairnie, Robert 435 2 4.60

... they cuid afford tae bide oot a guid while langer nor men fae ither airts. Sae, excep when thare wis a fitba match on, ...
... tae hae the wife’s tea on the table for her comin hame fae the mill. We’r no sayin they war aw tarred wi the ae brush ...

Graip an trooel mak the perfec wind-doon - May 16, 2005 Shepherd, Robbie 793 6 7.57

... aboot the eyn o April an I maun say we baith hae benefitit fae the braak, tho the wither cwid a been kinder. If it hid ...
... anither fin the first wirds cam oot o wir moos. "Eer nae fae hereaboots," ventur't Esma, follow't bi me sayin: "Na, bit ...
... the wrang time an wi palin posts an road signs taakin ower fae scenic beauty, she miss't oot on oor first-ivver sicht o a ...
... o trees, shrubs an girss, wi a branch or twa a feow feet fae yer nose, and the playgreen for birdies big an sma, nae ...
... been there the wikk afore. The woman kent ma voice, tee, fae the radio, an daur I say fae the Beechgrove Gairden ...

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 ...

Halesome Farin' Waddell, Mr John 15,793 57 3.61

... three, or fower, thegither, an eerie sicht, wi neer a soun fae the bricht legions streakin doon. The heavenly spearsman ...
... tae licht, an freens, an fireside. The Road Hame The miles fae schule, they wirnae lang when A wis souple, young, an ...
... wha better than masell? Tae end the drouth, bring water fae the well, A'm ready noo tae hae a shot at it, tae write a ...
... elk or eland That fills this bag o mine, But lamb chops fae New Zealand, An beef fae Argentine Oor faithers took great ...
... this bag o mine, But lamb chops fae New Zealand, An beef fae Argentine Oor faithers took great pleasure In huntin, ...

Heivenlie Gowf Coorses Fairnie, Robert 917 6 6.54

... roond o gowf at Monktonha. Sandy brocht twa pints ower fae the bar tae thair table an cairried on wi the crack juist ...
... Wid he?” “Naw!” cam the repone, “He widnae ken a gowf ba fae a pan-drop. A doot the onlie wey tae fin oot is tae gaun ...
... Wullie. It’s juist that if a spaewyfe can git wittins back fae the deid fowk, then ye’d think the’r maun be some wey tae ...
... tae ye, A’ll let ye ken for shuir. An if ye dinnae hear fae me athin, say, twa month, ye can gaun an see a spaewyfe an ...
... when, aw o a suddentie, he heard a wee whisper in his lug fae ahint. “Wullie!” it said. He birlt roond quick tae see wha ...

It's time tae reflect as fiddlers come and go - February 28, 2005 Shepherd, Robbie 787 4 5.08

... the lines o Jock Morgan, that fine fiddler an entertainer fae Kemnay fa fiddl't an sang wi the best o them in my era o ...
... It wis gran, bi the wye, tae see John haein focht back fae serious ill health, in his usual fine fettle in spite o a ...
... drum laldee - the instrument happin the sma cratur fae sicht o's aadience. Weel deen nivvertheless. AY, FIDDLERS ...
... than eence. The entrance an the exit cwid hae signs hingin fae the ceilin wi chynes sayin "SYN" and "SYOOT". ...

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, ...

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 ...

Keekin In Love, Rowena M 67 1 14.93

... Kye coorie in thir sta, life smokin fae thir mous; a leam o sunlicht thirls the mirk lik guid news ...

Lament for Freddie Blair, Anna 72 1 13.89

... new here A year... No, mibbee less Less, yes Hardly there Fae elsewhere And a'ready Got Freddie My steady. Freddie and ...

Letter from an Island in the Middle of an Unknown Sea Rimbaud, Dee 2,534 12 4.74

... wis off tae a better place. But it didnae stop the tears fae fallin fae ma eyes. An the salt ay thaim made me thirsty ...
... a better place. But it didnae stop the tears fae fallin fae ma eyes. An the salt ay thaim made me thirsty as a ...
... the light is failin awfy fast the now, so different fae back hame. Ah’ll huv tae wait till the mornin light before ...
... It is tae hot tae wear claes. But ah huv made a coverin fae the linin ay ma skirts, an while it is thin an cool, it is ...
... wee boatie wis stranded on a sand spar, but twenty yards fae this island, an the sun wis blazin intae ma eyes so fierce ...

Lizzie Coutts' Knowe De Luca, Christine 219 1 4.57

... glivs ice-matted, haands red raw wi pooin apo kiarr. Inbye fae da spunder o da nicht wi haet tiftin anunder wir nails an ...

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, ...

Millenium Bug Cairry-oot Ferguson, Chris 2,904 16 5.51

... Aw the staff leukt like thay hud the answer awredae. Fae the wee lassie whae warks ahind the reception tae the ...
... a bottle o neat whisky tae join in wi thoosands o uthers fae aw around the Waurld - it wis barrie like wi the fireworks ...
... tae pay fir it. Sae thays decidit tae get a cairry-oot fae yin o the offies that hud decided tae stay open fir tae ...
... Sex Patrol makin their dramatic entrance here stage left. Fae her Weggie accent he cuid tell Ms McPharlain wis fae ...
... left. Fae her Weggie accent he cuid tell Ms McPharlain wis fae Glasgae or that ways aboot, bit she still tellt him the ...

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 ...

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 ...

My toast the day is wir gran mither tongue - April 11, 2005 Shepherd, Robbie 771 3 3.89

... lat's stick wi that the day, startin wi an afa fine letter fae Margaret Lowe, o Kingswells, expressin her delight at me ...
... THAT snatch o a verse I quote at the heid o the column cam fae a poem o David Grant gyan back near a hunner eer afore ...
... sae graphically describit in braid Scots. I took it fae the North-East Muse Anthology, publish't bi the Press and ...

Nicatine Patches? Fairnie, Robert 465 2 4.30

... Jooks’ guid-wife Beenie is an awfu wumman for talkin. Fae the meinit she gits hersel ower the bed in the mornin, tae ...
... it an his tae bide in the hoose an thole the muckle onding fae the mooth o his better hauf. Onless he wis eatin oot at ...

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 ...

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 ...

Poems from "Stravaigin" Niven, Liz 215 2 9.30

... an exile wha watches the lies o the lan, the leid aw taen fae within. A sleekit kinna wey o kiddin ye wi veneers o ...
... they stretcht, far as the greetin een cuid see. Hidden fae view, gas chaumers lay buriet, unner foondations crummlt, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Re_ Scots Corpus De Luca, Christine 704 6 8.52

... > Fae Christine > Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2002 8:27 PM > ...
... > undiluted dialect braaly herd ta understand if der fae ony wye idder is > nordern Europe. Se whit du tinks. ...
... Aa da best > Christine ********************** > > Fae Alan > Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 6:51 PM > ...
... Lookin forward tae it > > Alan > ********** > Fae Alan > Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 11:15 AM > ...
... ta dee anaa! > Christine > PS Hit maks mair sense fae da boddom is fae da tap! > ...

Saands o Maywick Johnson, Laureen 1,333 7 5.25

... wis determined at he wid go aff tae fin cod, him an John fae next door, an peerie Seemon wi dem. Geordie seemed ta tink ...
... while. Dey set aff ida first o da day wi a laar o wind fae da nor-wast, just what dey wir needin, an Geordie began ta ...
... watchin tö. An we aa kent da time it took ta haal lines fae da boddam, nine mile aff, in sixty faddom o watter. An we ...
... Taing, an Geordie guid dere tö, but somewye I couldna move fae da hoose, an I just stöd furt an watched. An dan, oh my ...
... tae da tidder, an some peerie boy comes flyin every fit fae da banks, wi a lantern in his haand, roarin at da pitch o ...

Sanstane an Steel McNeil, Andrew 811 10 12.33

... ower haill couters o taangle, Mindin the vices on fingers fae partans, Aye feart the planet wull revert, Disappear unner ...
... an treacle Passin the whale jaw banes Elemental rites fae the Atlantic. Whaur afore faimlies hid Ain patterns on ...
... she cuin dae this They'll be happy in the States. Pop ower fae America Whar awthin is bigger Aye! Standart o life is ...
... walk doun the High Street Ignorin the exhibition poster Fae Agricola tae Chatelard unner Queen Mary's bed Sex an deith ...
... The ane, finger still rock-calloused. Lang since idle fae wark in a Fife mine; Th'ither, fantoosh as his Apple Mac ...

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 ...

Scotland Paisley, Janet 210 1 4.76

... a leid naebody kens, in yer hert a stane. but gang awa fae hur a rantin sang an dance’ll folley tae reel ye in as son ...

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 ...

Scottish Parliament: Report on Inquiry intil the role o educational and cultural policy (Scots) Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 9,216 50 5.43

... Martin Verity Judith Evans (8) Susan Duffy (9) Ian Cowan 1 fae 16 Mey 2002 2 Jackie Baillie become a memmer o the Comatee ...
... become a memmer o the Comatee on 29 November 2001. 3 fae 26 September 2002 4 fae 16 Mey 2002 5 Frank McAveety wis ...
... the Comatee on 29 November 2001. 3 fae 26 September 2002 4 fae 16 Mey 2002 5 Frank McAveety wis Depute Convener fae 11 ...
... 4 fae 16 Mey 2002 5 Frank McAveety wis Depute Convener fae 11 December 2001 tae his resignation fae the Comatee on 9 ...
... Depute Convener fae 11 December 2001 tae his resignation fae the Comatee on 9 Mey 2002. 6 fae 9 Mey 2002 tae 26 ...

Scottish Parliament: Scots Pairlament Cross Pairty Group on the Scots Leid, Meenits o the meetin hauden on 19 June 2003 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 893 7 7.84

... present list o memmers. The Group maun hae representatives fae aa the pairties in the Pairlament wi mair nor five ...
... the Treasurer. The Group’s secretar wad be Michael Hance fae the Scots Language Resource Centre. The Group gr’eed that ...
... Implementation Group. A meetin shuid tak place atween fowk fae the Group an Douglas Ansdell, a civil servant fae the ...
... fowk fae the Group an Douglas Ansdell, a civil servant fae the Executive, tae discuss weys tae develop a language ...
... weys tae develop a language strategie. Representatives fae the group shuid continue tae meet wi Maggie Cunningham at ...

See the Boat Blair, Anna 213 1 4.69

... Your once't a year, your big-big treat To sail the Clyde fae Broomielaw At risin' tide, wi' Ma and Paw. Dressed up ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Temples Fae Creels McNeil, Andrew 1,663 16 9.62

... dreich day. That's the picters in ma heid Conjured up fae the pub plaque ootside. Yon wifie had cairrit a Royal, A ...
... an Cook. But we got droukit aw the same Inside an oot fae waves batterin The walls on the shore an beyond. An doun ...
... Swiss Family Robinson. The Regal cinema Jist a skimmer awa fae the sea Wis a hangar loadit wi planes Aff tae the ootside ...
... January Oor hoose on Shore road Wis aye spuckled in spray Fae waves that ripped san Aff protective rock ledges. Reek ...
... that ripped san Aff protective rock ledges. Reek trails fae the Lothian side Wid hing aboot Cockenzie The power ...

The Correct Use of Words? Smith, Mark R 79 1 12.66

... dat. bit dae do. mibee I shood joost no budder. yooz words fae d Oxfurd Ingleesh Dikshunree. ur words dt we lairnt it d ...

The Fallen Horse Blair, Anna 242 1 4.13

... the carter-man Till the shafts were free. They took a sack Fae the cart someplace And threw it over The cratur's face ...

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 Feartie-Cat Love, Rowena M 151 2 13.25

... even be stertit Whae’d be skirlin fur his mammie? Ah wud! Fae uncannie craiturs Ah’d jouk awa Tremmlin, souchin, sairly ...
... souchin, sairly fleggit Ah’d coorie doon, mak masel sma Fae sic beasties whae wudnae leg it? Ah huv! “Cushie, cushie,” ...

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 ...

The kilt, oor ain identity, jist gets mair popular - March 28, 2005 Shepherd, Robbie 765 4 5.23

... o Cambridge University decide that students be bann't fae weerin kilts an toushties o tartan at their graduation ...
... centuries. Sodgers in World War II were dubbit the Ladies fae Hell bi the Germans, such wis their presence, and in times ...
... see the prood kilters comin up the aisle alongside fowk fae foreign pairts in ither gear. It wis only last simmer that ...
... grade students in wir ain music. We hae come a lang wye fae the sma bourachies o traditional singers an musicians at ...

The Marra o a Simmer Skweel in Scots: Bit far's the Beens? Blackhall, Sheena 1,323 7 5.29

... resources. I've wirked in near eneuch twa hunner skweels fae the North East doon tae Brechin an Montrose, fae Nursery ...
... skweels fae the North East doon tae Brechin an Montrose, fae Nursery up tae Secondary level promotin Scots, an there's ...
... warsslin tae reply in English aa the time translatin fae the Scots they hear in their inner lug! Fin the polis ...
... aa screive a poem usin Scots wirds. He photocopied pages fae a Scots glossary an ilkie ane o's hid tae pyke oot twa ...
... 'drap in' wye o learnin Scots). The computer programmers fae Lunnon an the like war fair taen wi Scots...fit we aften ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Use it or lose it De Luca, Christine 476 3 6.30

... - though no lesser - European languages." Fundin comes fae da Culture 2000 programme o da European Union an hit hes ...
... da European Union an hit hes partnerships wi organisations fae Iceland tae Greece, an fae Hungary tae Portugal. Da ...
... partnerships wi organisations fae Iceland tae Greece, an fae Hungary tae Portugal. Da editor, Diarmuid Johnson, bides ...

Vampire Paisley, Janet 1,700 6 3.53

... aw got the look, ken? The whit-stane-did-you-crawl-oot- fae-ablow’ look. If ye ever wonder whit’s wrang wi yer mither, ...
... afore, McAndrew goes green noo. “Eh, whoah. Keep back fae me.” He looks feart. “Whit fur?” “I’m allergic tae that ...
... He’s feart. I kin see it in his een. He’s backin awa fae me. “Dinnae come ony nearer. Ma een’ll start watterin an ...
... gies oot an eerie hoot. Then, ahint me, thur’s a crack fae a twig bein stepped oan. A cauld shiver runs doon ma neck. ...
... skelfs. Biff doesnae get it. He’s no impressed. “Git they fae scartin yer heid, did ye?” He jokes an then hew-haws. ...

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 ...

Wi Thur Twa Rings Paisley, Janet 149 2 13.42

... haud oor wheesht ken thorns hae roses. And when ye gang fae this day the skinklin staurs gang wi ye. When ye gang ...
... day the skinklin staurs gang wi ye. When ye gang furrit fae this day, the love that grew ye growes wi ye and mairrige ...

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 ...

Ye canna beat the Irish for a freenly welcome - April 18, 2005 Shepherd, Robbie 770 5 6.49

... a Scottish dance music programme for Radio Scotland fae the Fort Royal Inn ootside Cullybackey, bit a feow mile ...
... the Fort Royal Inn ootside Cullybackey, bit a feow mile fae Ballymena in Co Antrim. Fit made it sae special wis that ...
... and Fiddle Club an they took Colin Dewar an's band across fae Scotland at their expense. The band includit Dennis ...
... o Paddy cancelled some o the faimily's proposed trip up fae the sooth o Ireland tae be we's an for me, tee, the trip ...
... hard an presenting sic a gran case tae get a £ 5,000 grant fae Awards For All, Northern Ireland, "to help promote the ...

Ye ken, for lots o's, spring is the best season o the eer - April 4, 2005 Shepherd, Robbie 775 3 3.87

... bi oor skeely wordsmiths showin the cheenges ower the eers fae wir granfathers' time. I hae been haein a ca-throwe ma ...
... the generosity o Colin Mearns in presenting me wi a curn fae's faither's ain collection, lots o them signed bi the ...
... be cut in the bud for markets near an far. It's a far cry fae J.M. Caie's fairmin days at Nether Dallachy in the 1930s ...


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