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1,581 occurrences of fowk.

271 documents matching criteria (20.59% of corpus)

1,061,270 total words in matching documents (23.13% of corpus)

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Title Author Multimedia Word count Freq. Norm.
A Braw Guid Alairm Fairnie, Robert 1,498 1 0.67

... auld electric horn aff a motor bike, the kinna thing some fowk wad cry a klaxon, an he thocht that if he cuid juist git ...
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 ...
Afa sad news, bit thanks for the memories - March 21, 2005 Shepherd, Robbie 778 1 1.29

... for 17th-century farm labourers". Get a life, min. Ken yer fowk for a start an hae a bit o fun like the lave o's. I canna ...
A Fer Chauve Smith, Alex 23,344 48 2.06

... Temp 2/16 Rainfall 2/16 Fine wi a bit o warmth in the air. Fowk wauk ahoot withoot a care. Friday 30 Temp 3/6 Rainfall ...
... 18 Temp 6/10 Glorious, glorious, is the day tae be, Fowk relaxed richt fine tae see. Thursday 19 Temp 3/10 Eence ...
... me as I step ootside, Hale day lang ootside I div bide, Fowk gang aboot in their sark sleeve, Wither jist noo is hard ...
... that wis bein focht, nae mak believe T.V. programme, faar fowk faa aboot actin. Efter the news wis past Jonsar Eck went ...
... fyles turnin tae sleet, En ir turns oot dry bit cauld, Fowk gang aboot near twa fauld. Friday 17 Temp 4/7 Rainfall ...
Ahint 'e Herst Brown, Charles W 251 1 3.98

... curin' 'e sick 'at war feelin' rel queasy? Wis it keepin' fowk up ti date wi' 'e news? Wis it tryin' in vain ti fill up ...
A Keek intae the hospital kitchen aifter the appointment wi the O.T. Sangster, Maureen 273 1 3.66

... o whurlan trolleys, Skoosh o watter in tomb-size sinks. Fowk werena wastin Time Bit were mairriet tae him An huddin him ...
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 ...
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 ...
A Sair Fecht Smith, Alex 23,505 25 1.06

... winter being ower wild, Sin is weak bit affa fine tae see, Fowk wak aboot sae happy an free. Tuesday 28th, Temp. 2/6 Still ...
... 13th, Temp. 2/5 (Rainfall 12/16) Affa coorse wither I hear fowk cry, Hale day rain poors fae the sky. Friday 14th, Temp. ...
... hale day dis blaw, Thochts div say cauld eneuch for sna, Fowk div pit on some winter cloot, Dry day, damned cauld ...
... disnae look gweed ata, Wid you believe oot comes the sin, Fowk div feel richt gweed within. Tuesday 29th, Temp. 11/23 ...
... 3rd, Temp. 12/18 Sin dis shine fae mornin tae nicht, Fowk in Simmer attire, a fine sicht Monday 4th, Temp. 9/20 Nae ...
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 ...
...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 ...
A Wee Scran o Herrin Fairnie, Robert 1,552 4 2.58

... braw sicht mair nor that in the fish shops. Thae fish shop fowk's juist greedy hogs. Ye’ll hae tae watch yersels wi some o ...
... They’re your fish an ye dinnae hae tae sell thaim tae fowk that’s juist wantin tae tak a len o ye. The’r plenty o ...
... that’s juist wantin tae tak a len o ye. The’r plenty o fowk that wid be gled tae gie ye a penny for thaim." “A penny ...
... lick awa fae the herbour, takin the gate tae the treds-fowk’s hooses that ower-leukit the links. The first door thay ...
Awfy thochts: The closemouth jottings of Wullie MacKersall Glen, Michael Hamish 3,176 2 0.63

... ye Roon the bend. NICHT HOWL Ma hairy duggie Rins aff frae fowk. Ma big Shuggie's A feardie-gowk. Shuggie's even Feart fur ...
... BARRED Shakespeare's plays Are gey historic, Wi funny fowk Like Lear an Yorick. But nane o us Is that euphoric. Fur ...
BBC Voices Recording: Aberdeen N/A Audio 13,536 2 0.15

... M1042: but ye but ye ken this, I'm still gettin fowk fowk comin tae me an sayin, "It'll never happen ye ken, ...
... M1042: but ye but ye ken this, I'm still gettin fowk fowk comin tae me an sayin, "It'll never happen ye ken, it ...
BBC Voices Recording: Inverurie N/A Audio 12,014 3 0.25

... people bein in there, an fan fan they were workin, the fowk in the chaumer got their meals inside the fairmhoose. ...
... //Aye that would mean ither ither// M1002: //The fowk in the cottages// they aye had their ain, //but they'd ...
... mmhm.// M1000: //Mmhm mmhm mmhm.// M999: An fowk say that aboot days, //it's growfie weather.// F1001: ...
Beginning Howson, Dave 1,320 1 0.76

... hello. Ah'm back," ah seyd. (Eh "Oh, hello" wiz 'cos she'd fowk in. Ah hedna a clue fa they were, for ah hedna' got ma ...
Better Ower Yer Thrapple Fairnie, Robert 511 1 1.96

... eneuch tae be heard abuin the gibble-gabble o the ither fowk in the bar, as Angus cairiet the three pints ower tae the ...
Buchan Words and Ways Fenton, Alexander 52,521 35 0.67

... conspicuous consumption. 'Ca canny wi' the butter, wir ain fowk', he would tell them. Butter was for visitors, when not ...
... the profits were lost. It's just as weel we dinna fatten fowk. As I went around the North-East looking at older ...
... if not to more conservative areas, at least to places faar fowk didna like tae waste onything, least o aa grazin. TWO From ...
... jobbie for a rainie day. I aye likit tae rake aboot ither fowk's places. It's jist winnerfae fit ye can learn. Eence fin ...
... much, so that it went farther. Noo, there's a tippie for fowk tae min. When dished up in plates, raw meal was often ...
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 ...

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