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1,581 occurrences of fowk.

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Éstas que fueron pompa y alegría Hubbard, Tom 115 1 8.70

... flouers: Their craidle an their lair lay in a bud. Sae fowk hae fund o their fortouns, nocht endures; In but ae day, ...
Homage til Carl Nielsen Hubbard, Tom 532 1 1.88

... in this life Cryin ti be confrontit: The speerit o his fowk Raxin ootby, an throu him, faurer yit, 'Yont Marx's ...
Isolde's Luve-Daith Hubbard, Tom 1,149 4 3.48

... if no the deid, then the hauf-deid, Wha canna thole fowk wi the ootmaist wey ti leeve; Sae I come greetin ower your ...
... fae oor saicret heiven, An socht an apen heiven fir the fowk- Throu touns whaur wark's ower lang, or else there's nane, ...
... sic a laund as this? Wha wadna dee, an mair, ti save its fowk? An nou oor wark is dune, tho yit ti dae Bi aa that hear ...
... fir aye. Anerlie throu this daith, is oor luve eternal, An fowk sall mynd o us; Anerlie throu this daith, are we reborn. ...
Mephistophelean Ballant-Scherzo on ane Fife Legend Hubbard, Tom 288 2 6.94

... That’s richt agin my natur. Says I, ‘You’re fir the warkin fowk – Fine words, Faust! I’ll be blunter: Thae schemes o yours ...
... shore And scoop intil his haund Whit’s cheengeless as the fowk theirsel – And common tae – the saund. ‘Leuk there’, says ...
The Retour o Troilus Hubbard, Tom 508 1 1.97

... the hinner-en o youth, Amang the wrack o a kinrik an its fowk: Ithers hae peyed mair deirlie nor mysel Fir weivin o ...
A Small Book of Translations: 05 - Catullus 4 Hutchison, Alexander 121 1 8.26

... It seems that wye. A'm left t' fend for masel. Fit can fowk dee? Faa's left t' rely on? A wis taen richt in, coortit, ...
A Small Book of Translations: 32 - Glossary & Notes Hutchison, Alexander 1,973 1 0.51

... is way; fit is what; pooers abeen are the powers above; fowk are folk; dee is do; faa is who; A wis is I was; bit is ...
Cairtes in the Scots Leid Kay, Billy 709 11 15.51

... is spoken in ae dialect or anither by the feck o the fowk. Wi gey pickle status, it is maistly uised in informal, ...
... tak it frae the private tae the public domain an gie fowk a sense o whit it wes and whit it will be again - a leid o ...
... an virr that will aye express the smeddum o the Scots fowk an their ties tae the land an its culture. In daein this ...
... o the centrist states they belangit. The naiture o fowk's identity houever is sic that aw thae leids hes tholit ...
... on in a mair restrictit uis as the ilka-day language o the fowk. In monie cases this strang fowk-feelin wi the leids gart ...
Scots - in Scots Kay, Billy 487 7 14.37

... is spoken in ae dialect or anither by the feck o the fowk. Wi gey pickle status, it is maistly uised in informal, ...
... tak it frae the private tae the public domain an gie fowk a sense o whit it wes and whit it will be again - a leid o ...
... an virr that will aye express the smeddum o the Scots fowk an their ties tae the land an its culture. In daein this ...
... o the centrist states they belangit. The naiture o fowk's identity houever is sic that aw thae leids hes tholit ...
... on in a mair restrictit uis as the ilka-day language o the fowk. In monie cases this strang fowk-feelin wi the leids gart ...
Inaugural speech by John Kirk to launch the Scottish Corpus of Texts and Speech Kirk, John M Video 6,982 2 0.29

... that have to do with language study, [inaudible] "fowk gate", "word buik", "word form". You'll get lots of ...
... furth in Ullans no sae lang syne. But A'm thinkan ither fowk haes aye shawed whitwey monie sic texts gaes agin the ...
...Auld Zimmery [Content label: serious] Kydd, Robbie 73,728 4 0.05

... like the clappers, profit, profit, an niver a thocht fir fowk, Mary, we're movin, haud on! I widnae be on this kinda ...
... 'profit, profit, profit,' as if they didnae ken there's fowk involved, an faimlies, an jobs, an I'll hear masel talkin ...
... worth it, oh aye it's worth it, na, I dinnae really mind fowk watching Dynasty, fir it's proof that capitalism's in its ...
... market forces that wad mak them chynge wad be if ower many fowk were killed in accidents and aabody stopped usin cowboy ...
Scots Haiku II Leeming, Mr Bruce 1,175 1 0.85

... - scolded by a three year old Throu the haar a waik sin - fowk pass talkin sma Through the sea fog a weak sun - people ...
Daft Jackie McGonigal, James 2,850 1 0.35

... his troosers oot for him tae cam hame in.' That's three fowk dafter than the Dungarrochs, thocht Wullie tae hissel. I ...
Sanstane an Steel McNeil, Andrew 811 1 1.23

... oot fer human feet Frae larach tae cliff tae the beach; Fowk sharin the island wi rock an gull. Gien sum maumie winds A ...
Temples Fae Creels McNeil, Andrew 1,663 2 1.20

... wis a wee toun's focus, Its een's cathedral, is nae mair. Fowk's faith wis as certain As the rauchled skin Each bitin ...
... Whit did mak me haill - Bairns an bigger bairns: Ainster's fowk - Wirds fillin eneuch neuks Tae cram the Peace Palace. ...
Extract from "Killing Time" Niven, Liz 927 1 1.08

... they'd welcome me. AGNES: Wha's the Covenanters? MARGARET: Fowk wha want tae leeve their ain way, believe their ain ...
Review of "Hieroglyphics and other stories" (Anne Donovan) Niven, Liz 308 1 3.25

... tae hae a reprint o this fine buik, A’m shair hunners o fowk across the kintra are luikin forrit tae readin this ...
Chaucer Essay O'Gallagher, Niall 2,496 4 1.60

... the Franklin, couldnae be cried by-ordinar. Forbye, ither fowk hae argued that ony ‘mismatch’ atween the Wife of Bath’s ...
... promise’ is central to the tale. This motif, gey common in fowk tales, is at the centre o the Scots ballad The Daemon ...
... could argue that the Franklin taks his ‘auctoritee’ frae fowk tradition an pits his ain interpretation on this ...
... baith; the Wife of Bath an the Franklin seem to agree that fowk achieves ‘soveraynetee’ ower their pairtners bi first ...
Advent Antiphons in Scots Ogston, David D 235 1 4.26

... the nations— Afore You kings wull staun dumb, An aa kins o fowk wull prig Ye tae help them. Come, set us free, haud back ...
An Order o Baptism Ogston, David D 526 2 3.80

... the Minister haudin the bairn i the mids o the gaithered fowk. Lord, in Your mercie, help ……………………….. tae growe in ...
... life we long for maist is the life that is lived for ither fowk, the hert gien gledly, the haun wide open. Your peace be ...
Holy Communion (Doric) Ogston, David D 679 2 2.95

... up the deid. Luve wis the sang He threapit tull His ain fowk an fremmit fowk alike. R. : Glorie tae You, Christ o ...
... Luve wis the sang He threapit tull His ain fowk an fremmit fowk alike. R. : Glorie tae You, Christ o healin. M. : He wis ...
The Merriage Service Ogston, David D 1,068 5 4.68

... rax forrit tae the roads ye hinna traivelled yet… tae the fowk ye’ll growe tae be faan life his vrocht its chynges… tae ...
... forename] tae be your waddit wife afore God an aa fowk, an wull you be hers alane, noo an aawyes? I will. ...
... forename] tae be your waddit husband afore God an aa fowk, an wull you be his alane, noo an aawyes? I will. The ...
... my waddit wife; I pledge you, in the sicht o God an aa the fowk that’s here, my true an eident luve; I promise I will haud ...
... waddit husband; I pledge you, in the sicht o God an aa the fowk that’s here, my true an eident luve; I promise I will haud ...
Ane Auld Sang Purves, David 7,319 8 1.09

... Scholar Sojer: Pao Chao (died 460): NORTHWORDS 9, 1996 18. Fowk Derns thair Luiv: Wu-ti (404-549): Eildon Tree 1, 1999 19. ...
... the Chinese of Hsi-chun (2nd Century BC) THE SAIR WEIRD Ma fowk haes mairrit me on a caird at the warld’s end; sent me awa ...
... nae ither sowl can ever ken. The’r a thing ye aften hear fowk say: “It’s the dule that shuirlie maks us auld.” Ochone, ...
... afore it’s ower?” *** From the Chinese of Wu-ti (464-549) FOWK DERNS THAIR LUIV Wha says this is whit Ah want, ti be ...
... it binnds us baith wi ae hert-knot. Did ye no ken that fowk can dern thair luiv: a flouer that kyths ower praiciuss ...
Chrysants Purves, David 2,567 3 1.17

... o incense reik. Ti think midsummer’s day is by again an fowk suin say, ‘The nichts is drawin in!’ The rouk haed drak’t ...
... But see, ayont yon flouers a clachan kyths! Yonder sum fowk an Spring is shuirlie here! In mainner, dress an couthie ...
... here! In mainner, dress an couthie tung, thir kintrie fowk haud til thair auld weys. Frae nou on, gin Ah micht, Ah’l ...
Gean Blossoms Purves, David 6,034 3 0.50

... a mukkil loch, an abuin the loch is heich hill glens Whaur fowk bydes whas herts is saikless. Blyth lyke bairns, thay ...
... ir spent? Yung things draws oor feelins til thaim; an auld fowk eithlie gies thair herts. The sweetest wyne at lest turns ...
... Mebbe Ah soud juist gie it up awthegither, but Ah im feirt fowk wad lauch at me. For aw, ye say it wad be a guid idea. ...
Gowd Tree an Siller Tree Purves, David 2,511 3 1.19

... aw the burds an beiss.an the fishes coud speak, an fowk coud unnerstaun am speiak wi thaim. Weill, syne, ferr awa ...
... wattir til his ain kintrie. Gowd Tree wes that bonnie that fowk war never duin speikin aboot hir bewtie, an Siller Tree ...
... as bonnie, Queen Siller Tree. But in thir pairts, whan fowk gie a gift o wyne, thay aye tak the first sowp thairsells. ...
Habetrot the Spinstress Purves, David 3,608 1 0.28

... an said, gae nippitlyke: “Ah’l pit up wi this nae mair. Fowk wul say it’s ma blame nae man ever cums seekin ye/ Ah ...
Hou Finn Fand Bran Purves, David 3,251 1 0.31

... gret wes the delyte o the Keing an his Queen an aw the fowk in the Kinrik. The Keing wes that weill pleised, he said ...
Jade Lute Purves, David 7,581 3 0.40

... the front yett. Nou we haurlie open it, but Ah dinna want fowk skliffin up the green fug. The sun growes warm lyke. ...
... gret craigs. A passed exems an blethert lairnit lecters at fowk daft aneuch ti heed me. But whit did Ah gain at aw? Better ...
... full fouter, v, fuss fouzilt, a, confused fower, a, four fowk, n, people frae, prep, from frein, n, friend freist, n, ...
MacCodrum o the Selkies Purves, David 2,098 3 1.43

... at growes on the sea-bed. Thay war aye makkin muisic, thir fowk that bade in the sea, an whaurever thay gaed, the war a ...
... thay suin grew ti lyke this haarie wastern coast, an the fowk at bydes in the Hebrides suin lairnt at ae day ilk year, a ...
... wi gowden-broun hair an saft vyces for the liltin. An the fowk thareabouts cawed Roderic, ‘MacCodrum o the Selkies,’ kis ...
Pompitie Finnds a Needle - play Purves, David 11,406 11 0.96

... the needle as a dirk, tae! It wad be guid for stickin inti fowk. It wad be the verra thing for that. Ah coud gie ma frein, ...
... whit Ah can dae. Ah hear ye’r gey brave aboot jaggin ither fowk. Mebbe YOU wad lyke ti ken whit it feels lyke? Try this ...
... back ti me, Pompitie. Ah tell ye whit it is, Pompitie, sum fowk wad juist hae keepit it ti thairsells, an never lat on. ...
... lad. It’s whyles a bit mischievious, an it lykes ti keep fowk richt, but it’s a guid needle at hert. It lykes naething ...
... a guid needle at hert. It lykes naething better nor ti dae fowk guid turns. Pompitie: Daes it? Ah didna ken. Wutch: Whyles ...
The Braw Guidwyfe an hir Nicht Veisitors Purves, David 2,460 25 10.16

... An mair tae, or the haill room wes fou wit the wee fowk, wee men an wee weimen baith, an thaim lauchin an yatterin ...
... wunner. Never in aw hir leevin days haed she seen the wee fowk, lat alane haein thaim in hir ain kitchen an thaim wurkin ...
... for hir. But she wesna ti staun for lang, for suin the wee fowk war cryin sairlie til hir, first ane an syne anither: “We ...
... aboot it!” Sae Mhairi fell tae ti bake bannoks for the wee fowk as fest as she micht. But the mair she bakit, the fester ...
... she micht. But the mair she bakit, the fester did the wee fowk gorbil up aw she set doun afore thaim! An waur nor that, ...
The Draiglin Hogney Purves, David 1,841 1 0.54

... his huntin horn an gied a loud blaw on it, for ti lat the fowk inby the castel ken he wes at the dure. Aw at aince, the ...
The Ettin's Guidwyfe that Greined for Paerls Purves, David 3,176 6 1.89

... at the verra boddum o the sie itsell, whaur bydes the sie fowk in the kinrik o the Gret Sie Keing? An shuirlie here wes a ...
... graundest o aw the pailaces, whaur sat the Keing o the Sie Fowk an his thrie dochters asyde him in aw thair bewtie. An ...
... durstna tak cup nor murlin gin it be offert bi the fairie fowk that bydes in the green knowes o his ain kintrie. For ...
... ain kintrie. For than, he micht never gae back til his ain fowk, but maun byde foraye wi the wee fowk. But Callum didna ...
... gae back til his ain fowk, but maun byde foraye wi the wee fowk. But Callum didna think o the Sie Fowk as fairies at aw. ...
The Ill-Gien Guidmither Purves, David 2,005 1 0.50

... an he didna want oniebodie ti ken whaur he belanged. Sum fowk said he wes Malcolm, brither ti Fingal, Keing o Morven, an ...
The Ill Guidmither [Content label: serious] Purves, David 18,119 6 0.33

... bien, wi a guid pikkil meal in the girnel. They’r no monie fowk as weill aff. Moula: Ah daursay that’s true. Eilidh: ...
... Ah ken, Ah hae naething ti greit aboot bi whit sum puir fowk haes ti pit up wi. Eilidh: Ir the nae sign o yeir faither ...
... It’s a blissin ye didna hae ti dae that, Faither. Maist fowk wad say ye canna soum at aw. (Malcolm stands back from ...
... whit Ah’m telt ti dae, but Ah’d raither no ken the fowk A hae ti rack an mittil. Malcolm: That gauns wi the job, ...
... hir, Jek. Ye canna dae yeir wark richt an ye’r vext for fowk. Jek: Maister, it’s ill for me no ti be vext for the ...
The Lest o the Ettins Purves, David 1,071 1 0.93

... his bodie dwyned or he wesna mukkil bigger nor ither heich fowk. Aw the ettins he haed kent in his youth-heid haed died an ...
The Ootlaw Purves, David 7,971 2 0.25

... wyfe an dochters ti believe in thaim. Thorfinn: The weimen fowk soud hae gods. Orm: Wha dae ye think helpit ye oot thare ...
... this yung, strang, braw prince that wul ring ower aw the fowk in the warld. His sceptre is cawed luiv an his croun is ...
The Page Loun an the Siller Tassie Purves, David 1,469 6 4.08

... mukkil need no gang near the Ferlie Knowe, for the wee fowk bydes thare an thay ir no ti be lippent til.” This knowe ...
... on the muir no twantie yairds frae the gairden yett, an fowk said it wes the hame o the Fairies, that wad sort onie ...
... daft aneuch ti cum near thaim. An kis o this, the kintrie fowk wad gang a guid hauf-myle out thair road, even i the braid ...
... sittin roun a burnist aik taibil, war scores o the Wee Fowk: Fairies an Wurfs an Fanes, gled in green, yallae, pink, ...
... rinner, he wes nae match i the lang rin, for the Fairie Fowk, an he coud hear that thay war makkin up on him aw the ...
The Puddock and the Princess Purves, David 19,521 13 0.67

... wig) Enchanté de vous faire connaissance! Ah hear tell the fowk at the French Coort eats puddoks for thair denner. Queen: ...
... Ah daursay! It wadna dae an we war aw made the same. Sum fowk lykes parritch an ithers lykes puddoks. Rintoul: ...
... waesum sicht--! Yeir Grace, Ah’m weill uised wi seein fowk dee, but A dinna mynd tellin ye, it aye gies me a sair ...
... It is the richt thing for me ti dae, Ah’m shuir. Whit wad fowk think gin Ah coudna dae ma ain mither an obleigement? It ...
... anaw! Naebodie speaks ti me lyke that. Ah’m no uised wi fowk sayin ‘Na’ ti me. Puddok: Ye coud be the Queen o Sheba for ...
The Pypar o Sutherland Purves, David 1,847 4 2.17

... socht eftir at waddins or whanever the war a splore, an fowk wantit ti daunse an be mirkie. Smaw wunner aither, that ...
... o him. The years gaed in, an aye nae wurd o him. Syne fowk beguid ti forget him. His guidwyfe mairrit again. That ...
... the fairie haw ye telt me about!” Meg taen him thare, the fowk frae the clachan ahint thaim. The wyce man bade thare aw ...
... man heild up his haund, an the yammerin vyces o the hantil fowk that haed steyed for ti watch aw nicht, lowdent. An here ...
The Reid Bul o Norroway Purves, David 2,742 3 1.09

... an sterns, or thay cam til a castel whaur the war a fek o fowk daunsin an divertin thairsells in a wyde coortyaird. The ...
... thaim weill. The coortyaird wes fair thrang wi eydent fowk. The war tylars rinnin awroads wi bricht claith in thair ...
... Awa gaed the princess, an shuir aneuch, whan the castel fowk saw whit she haed on hir, thay lat hir inti the bryde’s ...
The Storie o Caermoulis Purves, David 1,779 1 0.56

... veisit hir. He wes a wee thing pit out whan he saw aw the fowk in the houss, but whan th supper we set, he wes rael joco ...
The Thrie Sisters Purves, David 26,409 44 1.67

... an a salute wi rifles be-in fyred. But the warna monie fowk on the glaur at the lair syde. Mynd ye, it wes fair rainin ...
... even stertin ti forget whit she lookit lyke. Ah daursay fowk wul forget aw aboot us in the same wey, yae day. Ah dout ...
... Ye said the-nou that oor age wul be cawed gret, but fowk ir wee an shargert aw the same…… (he gets up) Juist look ...
... nae dout, ignorant an backward, the’r juist thrie bricht fowk lyke yeirsells. Atweill, ye canna howp ti mak a big ...
... ye’l mak sum impression. Eftir ye’r awa, mebbe sax mair fowk lyke yeirsells wul pit in an appearance, syne the’l be ...
The Tragedie o Macbeth Purves, David 22,141 12 0.54

... Keing, whaur Noroway's banners flyte the lift an fan oor fowk wi nitherin northern cauld. Noroway himsell wi mukkil ...
... an A hae gained a hantil graund opeinions frae monie fowk. A soud enjey thir nou -- no thraw thaim at ma fuit. L. ...
... Deil's name? Here a swick that helps hissell til ither fowk's siller! But he dochtna cheat Heivin. Cum awa in ye ...
... A howp he never wul -- they'd suin finnd oot what cums ti fowk that kills thair faithers -- an sae wad Fleance tae! A've ...
... Be bauld as a lion, an prood, an never heed the fowk wad vex or fash ye; or plot agin ye! Macbeth wul never be ...
The Twa Heuchie-backit Men Purves, David 1,181 2 1.69

... Tam kent it weill an haed jaloused that whyles, the fairie fowk daunced an sang in it. Sae he wes naething ferlit this ...
... thay daunced wi, an whit sweet vyces thay haed! The wee fowk war dauncin til the muisic o a rhyme on the days o the ...
The Wal at the Warld's End Purves, David 3,678 7 1.90

... an the sweet burds sang the haill day lang. An the war fowk bydin on the island mukkil content, ilk man the frein o ...
... is owre hie a fee for a sowp o cauld wattir. Whitever wad fowk think? But the puir seik Queen. kent that onlie wattir ...
... ti fesh it til hir. She wes a prood, prood quyne, an lykit fowk ti think weill o hir. An the war nae dout that fowk wad ...
... lykit fowk ti think weill o hir. An the war nae dout that fowk wad juist lauch at a lassie that wes mairrit on a fat ...
... owre the island that the Queen wes weill again, an aw the fowk sang, praisin the broun prkincess. But thay didna ken the ...
The Way Forward for the Scots Language Purves, David 11,636 1 0.09

... he's duin wrang, an dinna cuist it up tae him ... Mind the fowk he's helpit ... the weemen an bairnies ... an gie him a ...
The Weidae's Son an the Streinger Purves, David 2,764 2 0.72

... for she wul tell ye hou ye can sauf hir an lowse ae the fowk that sleeps lyke deid aw owre the mukkil stane castel. Wi ...
... wad cairrie him. An whan he wan thare, the war a thrang o fowk aw lauchin, an as wauken an weill as ever thay war. Thare ...
The Wurfs o Merlin's Craig Purves, David 1,526 4 2.62

... haed aince bidden thare langsyne; or sae the kintrie fowk said. The man did as he wes telt an kis he wes an eydent ...
... liftit it. Nou the puir man haed aften hard o the Fairie Fowk, an the skaith thay coud dae ti mortals that haed fasht ...
... cumpanie. The haill nicht the splore gaed on. The wee fowk daunst an daunst lik thay war wud, an the cannie orraman ...
... a mukkil, derklyke haw fou o wee binks, an here the Wee Fowk sat doun ti rest, fair pechilt wi aw thair faucht, whyle ...

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