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The Buik o Ruth: 13 - Notandums Borrowman, A S 358 1 2.79

... is ane o five 'megilloth' and was leart tae the Israelite fowk at hairst. LATYNE: Gawin Douglas: Proloug of the first ...

The Buik o Ruth: 14 - Anent the Buik o Ruth Borrowman, A S 620 9 14.52

... in the twalt orlang-hunder B.C. but lang efter. Some fowk jalouse it was scrievit afore the Israelites were cairrit ...
... dingit doon, alsweel its waas and ilka hoose. Forbye the fowk were disjaskit, alsweel discomfist. It was a tapsalteerie ...
... they for the Law o God whilk had gart them be a by-ordinar fowk. Ezra and his feres pit stout herts tae a stey brae and ...
... their dicton, 'Oursels alane'; nae merridges wi fremmit fowk; ill-wull tae the fremmit, and nae companionry wi fowk wha ...
... fowk; ill-wull tae the fremmit, and nae companionry wi fowk wha dinna belang tae the kintra or kin o Israel. It was an ...

The Buik o Ruth: 15 - Levirate Merridge Borrowman, A S 264 1 3.79

... cam tae be scrievit. Algates, whan Ruth was scrievit, the fowk fasht themsels mair wi the name o the faimly, (a man ...

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 Fower Quarters: 03 - A Gey Dour Bitch Blackhall, Sheena 4,030 6 1.49

... that lay on either haun. Fur, he telt me, they war far oor fowk cam frae, time ooto mynd. An mair, the auld Druid circle o ...
... o the fusky that cud gar Auntie Nell's cousin's man sheet fowk. I wis hopin the fowk at North Gellan hidna taen a drap o ...
... gar Auntie Nell's cousin's man sheet fowk. I wis hopin the fowk at North Gellan hidna taen a drap o fusky, an widna offer ...
... a lang sicht o him. I dinna mind muckle o the lave o the fowk we met yon day, bit I weel mynd on Auld Peter. Fur aa his ...
... bin gey bonnie fin he wis a loon, blaik-heidit like aa oor fowk. Bit noo he sat stent i the neuk o the fire like a ...

The Fower Quarters: 04 - Disraeli for Me Blackhall, Sheena 1,832 2 1.09

... readin reenged inbye mony a fremmit shore. I likit aa the fowk Miss Rubislaw didna. Fan we read 'Twelfth Night', I felt ...
... - a Scot. Till then it hid nivver cam tae me that aa the fowk aroon war Scots tae, jist makkin on affa sair that they ...

The Fower Quarters: 08 - The Warlock's Curse Blackhall, Sheena 4,243 9 2.12

... an bar them, the pleisur park wis teem. Maist clachan fowk war inbye their hames, watchin TV. Jist the soun o some ...
... Nae lang left the schule, an wirkin at the local Auld Fowk's Hame, Ruth wis a sonsie, frienly quine wi moosie hair ...
... tae the dowie Loch o Sgian, he hid terrifeed aa the fowk o the kintraside. Sib tae the Deil hissel, the warlock's ...
... his soul. The pyot won, the pit-mirk soul wis sained - tho fowk said he wis anely pit yonner because the meenister hid bin ...
... pitch, as if the verra watter itsel wis deid. Boddomless, fowk said o yon loch, hemmed in wi a taigle o bog an muir an ...

The Fower Quarters: 15 - Blessed wi the Gift [Content label: lesser] Blackhall, Sheena 3,717 5 1.35

... "John Anderson my Joe" tae the bumbazemnent o Kilmamock fowk. The sign tellin us we war throwe Kilmarnock spirkit aff ...
... sink in wir lavvie, nae far up frae the fleer. "Yon Irish fowk maun hae richt fool feet," quo Da, "tae hae a sink at the ...
... voices aroon me. They war bonnie an sang-like, nae the wye fowk spakk back hame. "Sure an you'll be from Donegal, with a ...
... at Dun Laoghaire. Rich broon Guinness aawye, an aa ma fowk teetotal. I wis ower young, an Dublin wis ower auld. Fur ...
... ower auld. Fur twa days I treetled back an fore ahin ma fowk as they reenged the Liffey an gawped at the Book o Kells. ...

The Fower Quarters: 16 - Martinmas Blackhall, Sheena 92 1 10.87

... Langsyne fowk killt the winter mart, Byled puddens in the pan, Fin deein ...

The Fower Quarters: 17 - Veesitors [Content label: lesser] Blackhall, Sheena 3,511 4 1.14

... An her hair wis yalla, blin fair, like the Auld Norse fowk micht hae haen. She wis staunin aneth an aik, a lang green ...
... ithers that he wis a gaun-aboot body, ain o the traivellin fowk. Fitiver he wis, he'd bairned her. An the auld laird wis ...
... reamin wi sodjers, an celebrations aawye, like shipwrecked fowk that's bin saved fa thocht they wad shairly droon. Ae day, ...
... bairn bi noo, near echt month gone. Ane o the baby boom, fowk said, tho Chae'd bin nae farrer frae Deeside than ...

The Fower Quarters: 18 - Three Little Words Blackhall, Sheena 4,385 1 0.23

... cup. "I've often wondered that masel. Hate often binds fowk thegither as ticht as love, whyles tichter!" Her visitor ...

The Fower Quarters: 19 - Ceevic Duty Blackhall, Sheena 1,672 3 1.79

... Ootsiders, Mr Erchie Gray aye telt his bairns, judged the fowk o a toon bi the look o the place, an a body wis anely ...
... the scaffies' heid yins doon at the cooncil offices. Some fowk micht caa this interferin, bit nae Mr Gray. He saw himsel ...
... - streekit oat on the cassies. Danny Stubbs wisna fond o fowk in the main, bit he did hae a saftness fur breets. He ...

The Fremmit Tail Forde, Iain W D 3,072 3 0.98

... neifs wes, at thai wes aye tintin thair geir. Wi sae monie fowk breingin about, naethin ivver restit i ae bit fur lang. ...
... a whyllie thai myndit-na ti dae ein this. Apairt frae fowk kythin i thair scuddies or scartin about i thair nebs fur ...
... fester. A wunner, he sayed t'hissell, gin ghaists ir puir fowk, condampt ti drie thair weirds at an unco spede, sae fest ...

The Heavenly Cow of Thebes [Content label: serious] Blackhall, Sheena 9,752 4 0.41

... Tree (Poems) 2003 Queerie-orrals (Poems) 2003 Boorich o Fowk (Poems) 2003 Winnlestrae (Poems) 2003 Loon (Scots Novella) ...
... I wis jocose, I wis blessed, I wis vauntie Frae the meenit fowk quo, ‘Tak tent o her! See, here she comes, garrin the ...
... in this cauld toon An hoasts hack deeper in the briest O fowk fa thole the cauld the least Slipt somehou frae the ...
... glentin aff drookit leaves. Haar haps oor kennin o the fowk aroon. Relationships, like roads ye wauk on bye Nae seein ...

The Humpty Dumpty Man [Content label: serious] Blackhall, Sheena 6,223 9 1.45

... ower a bane: 'City or kintra, fa's greater claim On the fowk o this lan. Hame, or Embro sae braw?' Leopard an Lion... ...
... legs, A wyver sits wi a smirk on its mou, wytin tae gie fowk flegs. Turn on the tap. Sweel him awa, belly oxter an lug! ...
... wir hats an heids. A richt doonpish is gran fur fish, Bit fowk hae ither needs. Thor, silkie, kelpie, keep yer bree Fur ...
... bog an fen, fower cheenges ken, rowed in the Sizzens gird. Fowk steer like wasps roon hinneypot, here, in the simmer ...
... Gracefu its thrapple, sweet its string. It's willin fowk tae touch its sides, The slichtest stroke will garr it ...

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 kilt, oor ain identity, jist gets mair popular - March 28, 2005 Shepherd, Robbie 765 1 1.31

... tae see the prood kilters comin up the aisle alongside fowk fae foreign pairts in ither gear. It wis only last simmer ...

The Lan o Tea an Tigers: Poems fae the Muckle Furth Blackhall, Sheena 6,393 5 0.78

... The cobras wyvin an dauncin The glaur o the gutters The fowk fa sleep on the streets Here is Delhi's oasis. Here, far ...
... you SURE this is a school? Monsoon Fae Bombay tae Rangoon, fowk will say the Monsoon Is a blessin that's mixed fur the ...
... me, ma armour-platit frien fit think ye o these fremmit fowk? Rolex, Gucci, Chanel they buy...Aa fake.. bit names ...
... in their belt Maun stalk the waukwyes, jist fur fear the fowk fa vend takk back fit's selt. Wang-Kher Wang-Kher is the ...
... The Lion rampant's cleuks are strang, wi the Eagle's fowk the wauks are thrang See the Eagle's pouer, hear the ...


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