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Central - GLA e the skin an burns. A tattle-tale o pallor – aat’s the sign
Central - EDN fowk-tale whaur an unkent lassie's mens
Orkney - ORK a tell-tale girn or sibling smile?
Doric - MNA is face wis aa reed an a tell-tale twitch hid stairtit aneth his
Central - LALorld; they're mythical, fairy-tale utopias.
Doric - DOR The lufe-gift o a fairy-tale.
Shetland - SHD A Tale o Love
Central - WCE A tale worthy o some auld Scots ball
Central - LAL a tale o wae
Central - NEC A tale telt by Marsaili MacLeod, a n
Central - AYR A tale worthy o some auld Scots ball
Ulster - CUL Tae bed a tale o breath too waik
Shetland - SHD An if da tale wis laek ta stop Or linned in
Shetland - SHD spaekin, so at her idea o da tale wis somethin laek dis:
Shetland - SHD Waitin fur da tale tae end all tales
Shetland - SHD Da aaldest een demaands da tale An spaeks abön wis aa.
Central - SEC ttish Cringe yersel, an hae a tale or twa tae tell aboot the wey
Central - SEC ed them, they micht tell ye a tale or twa themsels.
Doric - MNAin World War...a cracker of a tale within these pages.” https:/
Southern - SEA Tae beg a tale o breeth tae weak
Doric - NNB Till beg a tale o brith too weak Till stir e
Ulster - PUL They tell tha tale o aa oor fechts
Doric - MNA robbers. He wad stert in wi a tale frae the ceevic records. "Dae
Central - LAL ries. He haed a fine wey wi a tale an wad hae us hingin on ivery
Central - GLA Tae ask a tale ae breath too weak Tae stir a
Central - WCE ttin, afore developin intil a tale o swickin, murther an retribu
Doric - MNA An so aat's it! Ma tale's noo deen,
Central - GLA "Och, ma tale's an awfy long yin, an sad!"
Central - WCE rones, an that's the end o ma tale. Gin ye've no taen it up, ye
Orkney - ORK afil fasht. "It's more than a tale. And I know we're not the onl
Central - AYR Had melled thegither in a tale
Central - AYR Tae speir a tale frae braith ower waik
Doric - DOR I'd ask him for a tale an he'd lach oot
Doric - DOR syne at sorra tale wis sung
Orkney - ORK Here's a tale tae tell wur bairns – hid's
Central - SEC Serpent: Noo here's a tale, A'll tell ye pat,
Central - EDN Mind, therein lies a tale.”
Doric - MNA Fit follaes is a tale o childhood innocence an foo
Central - WCE auld mither spins an tells a tale aboot the loss o a son on the
Central - LAL Thyr’s a fairy an yon’s a tale, byt yon disnae make it false
Central - LAL Och, whit a tale o crime on crime!
Central - WCE sense o juistice, but forby a tale at's thematicallie challengin
Central - EDN naebody staunin tae cairry a tale.”
Central - EDN n naebody leevin tae cairry a tale.
Central - WCE kit Weemen' is a cantie comic tale o bairnhood in whilk the indi
Central - LAL I wiss I could tell a heroic tale o ma first battle, even gin i
Central - DUN t's thi hame o ivery romantic tale,
Southern - SEA "Mine is a lang an a sad tale!" said th Moose, turnin tae A
Doric - NNB "Mine is a long an a sad tale!" sade e Moose, turnan till A
Ulster - CUL "Mine's a lang sad tale!" said the Moose, turnin tae
Doric - DOR gems, essential for ony gweed tale, can be seen differently each
Ulster - BUL Rouge thay cum wi wreitched tale
Doric - MNA kers telt uncle Jeems a weird tale o a bonnie wee Hindu quinie d
Doric - MNA e's leukin efter his fowk." E tale o fit he'd deen gaed throw aa
Central - DUN st that haunts the Castle. Ae tale tells that the original castl
Central - DUN lang dark were funny tho. Ae tale that wis repeatit time an agi
Central - LAL He telt them the ae tale owre an owre, a dizzen times
Central - SEC That the'r nae tale o oorieness,
Central - LAL La mia malinconia è tanta e tale...
Doric - DOR ddy gan tae listen tae ma wee tale
Central - DUN Anent aw this there's a wee tale been gaun the rouns in Embra.
Doric - MNA Ess wee tale is aa aboot a lady caaed Jinn
Southern - SEA ht an eager wi mony a strange tale, perhaps even wi th dream o W
Central - GLA t an eager wae mony a Stringe tale, mebbe even wae the dream o W
Central - GLA The Tale ae a Worm
Doric - MNA "The tale's nae daen!" Nava telt him. "
Central - LALuddy, a grumph, a dug... 'The Tale o the Wee Mowdie' is a licht-
Central - LALwee buik fir young yins: 'The Tale o the Wee Mowdie that wantit
Central - LALNip Nebs', @WeeMowdie an 'The Tale o the wee Mowdie', an @ScotsS
Central - LAL here tae find oot aboot 'The Tale o the wee Mowdie': https://t.
Central - WCE , cumin frae his awn pen, the tale can be a compellin ane, an th
Doric - MNA in the braidest o Scots, the tale o an ugsome quine fa cudna fi
Orkney - ORK The cup is dry, the tale is told, my luv his drunk his
Doric - MNA 10. The Tale o Skirly an Mooch (1)
Doric - MNA 20. The Tale o Suzy the Soo
Doric - MNA 1. The Tale o Jessie the Jumbo
Doric - MNA 2. The Tale o Victor Vratch the Craw
Doric - MNA 3. The Tale o Granny Riddle
Doric - MNA 4. The Tale o Peely Wally
Doric - MNA 5. The Tale o Rosy Vine
Doric - MNA 6. The Tale o the Twa Coarse Breets
Doric - MNA 7. The Tale o Snochrie the Snawman
Doric - MNA 8. The Tale o the Minnie Minnie Mony Feet
Doric - MNA 9. The Tale o Jeemsie’s Starnie
Doric - MNA 11. The Tale o Lowpity’s Teeth
Doric - MNA 21. The Tale o Furly McFarlane
Doric - MNA 12. The Tale o the Shargeret Fir Tree
Doric - MNA 22. The Tale o Gracie Girn
Doric - MNA 13. The Tale o Waggitie Will
Doric - MNA 23. The Tale o Bruce the Mervel
Doric - MNA 14. The Tale o Kirsty the Coo
Doric - MNA 24. The Tale o the Bobbydazzler
Doric - MNA 15. The Tale o Teenie Pence
Doric - MNA 25. The Tale o Coordy Custard
Doric - MNA 16. The Tale o Birly Wheel
Doric - MNA 26. The Tale o Plinky frae Plong
Doric - MNA 17. The Tale o Geordie the Gerbil
Doric - MNA 27. The Tale o Rory the Stag
Doric - MNA 18. The Tale o Skirly an Mooch (2)
Doric - MNA 19. The Tale o Dauvit Duff
Central - SEC endin broodin nicht time. The tale's Scottishness haes been catc
Orkney - ORK ine day for the flitteen. The tale is a cautionary one: many pro
Central - SEC dlin o Stevenson's words. The tale's daurkness haes been weel ca
Central - WCE new generation o readers. The tale o Lazarus micht hae been a ho
Central - SEC City o Literature Trust. The tale's sense haes been pawkiely di
Central - EDN o her erm. She recognised the tale he wis mintin at. She had tel
Doric - ABN 'Haev ye hard the tale o the teem pyock?' he spiers.
Central - GLA is talkin, so her idea ae the tale wound up suhin like this:
Central - LAL il Scots. Jist nou we hae The Tale o Peter Kinnen (Beatrix Potte
Central - GLA t detail in the tellin ae the tale. He acts oot the sound effect
Doric - MNA Which brings ma te the tale o Isobel an Davie Duncan fa w
Shetland - SHDd next week. Go celebrate the tale of these remarkable peerie bi
Doric - ABN ll dae mi best tae gie ye the tale in mi ain words.
Central - SWE ink but they stairtit aff the tale o the kempy loser, a template
Central - DUN An if the tale that's tauld be true
Southern - SEA himsel wis telling the tale aboot this mowdie, hei sayed
Orkney - ORK hush Jeannie, I'll finish the tale
Orkney - ORK tae regale ither folk Wi the tale o the troot that I caught in
Central - SEC ry's strynge reaction til the tale o the Glesgy Screwdriver.
Central - LAL fur he survived tae tell the tale.
Central - WCE wis gonnae live tae tell the tale.
Ulster - GUL ma son thare tae tell him the tale o his fore-faither.
Central - SWE nd o their murtherers, an the tale no truly telt.
Doric - MNA n twa demons – d'ye ken the tale, Nava?"
Doric - MNA t her friens war cheengin the tale. "An she wisna lang merriet t
Central - AYR speikin, that her norie o the tale went somethin like this:
Central - LAL t ilk ane is an exemple o the tale type. There is an animal fabl
Doric - MNA The lave o the tale, Uncle Jeems said, wis aa cir
Doric - MNA sie didna hear the lave o the tale. He wis keekin
Doric - MNA e worsit, an the tellin o the tale:
Ulster - CUL An noo the tale is dane,
Doric - MNA e oo slawed doon fur fear the tale got raivelled) the Divil rode
Central - LAL ng up, desperate tae hear the tale.
Orkney - ORK re the fire an waited for the tale tae unfold.
Central - NEC oont o girnin aboot whaur the tale deviatit fae history, an nou
Orkney - ORK Quite sad is the tale o the randy loon wha's light
Doric - MNA t wi jewels….as this is the tale she telt, near as curious as
Doric - ABN bi ‘The Dodo’, tells the tale o Fiona Presly fa cam across
Central - AYR rent reasons. Famie tells the tale o the decline o the Gawston G
Central - WCE Mess John tells the tale o a aince halie priest wha fa
Central - WCE otland again. An sae enns the tale o the oorie keekin-gless.
Central - WCE her wi hir, but Hogg enns the tale ithout giein the reader onie
Orkney - ORK tae ither ears the tale he told, full-fed on honey-de
Doric - SNO secret that's revealit at the tale's hinneren; the factor Erchie
Doric - SNO cret that’s revealit at the tale’s hinneren; the factor Erch
Central - NEC ater’s development, but the tale o the twa touns is a uissfu f
Central - GLA So grew the tale ae Wunnerlaun So slowly, wan
Central - SWE Here's a blythe tale:
Orkney - ORK ANITHER PIGGIE TALE
Central - SEC Sae it's a bonnie tale tae tell
Central - SWE in equal meisur, an the oorie tale o weemen in boxes. It a stair
Central - DUN wis an he tellt them an oorie tale.
Central - LAL wi lauchter), this is a dowie tale o disjaskit fowk in disjaskit
Central - AYR were weel awa, wi a terrible tale o carnage an savagery. The dr
Central - SEC the same tale, Adam, tae yersel."
Central - LAL ertit tae explain the waesome tale o Heehaw's Forwaunert Hoose.
Central - EDN e mornin. Ah’ll mak up some tale an Ah'll juist tak ye ower th
Central - EDN e mornin. Ah’ll mak up some tale an Ah’Il juist tak ye ower
Orkney - ORK So that's me tale, ids fairly true,
Central - WCE Ane Tale o Alchemy
Doric - MNA e deid are reesed again in e tale oe burnin buss fan he ca'ed o
Central - LAL e like yon, fyr it’s a true tale an A’ll no lie in the telli
Central - LAL the hale true tale o countless years,
Doric - NNB Thus grew e tale o Wonderland: Thus slow, wan
Central - LAL ou - weel, no tae mak a lang tale o it, that's whit it is.' He
Shetland - SHD ana Lang Tale
Ulster - CUL A Caucus-Race a na Lang Tale
Central - GLA A Caucus-Race an a Lang Tale
Central - AYR A Caucus-Race an a Lang Tale
Southern - SEA A Caucus-Race an a Lang Tale
Central - SWE 'I hae noo feenisht the lang tale o the Roman Empire,
Central - WCE t by the metre, Her harrowing tale,
Doric - NNB A Caucus-Race an a Long Tale
Southern - SEA An e'er, as th tale drained
Doric - ABN e are mither an dother. An mi tale begins wi jealousy.
Doric - ABN 's a gweed wye tae end a deuk tale!
Doric - ABN a gweed wye tae stairt a deuk tale?
Central - LAL k tent forby o the apocryphal tale o the English textbuik yaised
Central - SEC is a traivellers tradeitional tale. It wis telt tae Blackhall bi
Central - DUN A Snail Tale
Central - WCE in. The innin til the ackwall tale is slaw an leisurelie, wi the
Central - LALKinross-shire this was ‘Tell tale tit, yer granny cannae knit,
Central - LAL stull in circulation? “Tell tale tit, ye’re mammy cannae knit
Central - SEC he saitisfeed relish o an ill tale to tell. “Then
Central - SWE Keith gied us a South African tale aboot Samson, no’ quite the
Doric - MNA e alang wi the antrin sang an tale, tae gie him a sma livin in t
Central - SEC r ye see this wunnerfae woven tale.
Central - LAL that gae wi this hert-ruggin tale o'luve': Hi the haw, the gilh
Central - SEA owsome for a mediaeval reivin tale, the fursten maisterwark o ve
Central - EDN pairts o the warld tell thon tale mair dramatically nor wir ain
Central - DUN air tae be tellin some kind o tale, often aboot the things he ha
Ulster - GULe Nabob" that gies a seemilar tale o twa Presbyterian rebels...
Central - LAL nall na Hearadh), an a langer tale o the trauchles o a lassie se
Central - LAL rds. As ye micht jaloose, her tale is tellt in a straucht-forrit
Central - LAL ou tae tak pleisur in it. Her tale o clauts, that sair fleggit m
Central - WCE e at aw. If they believed her tale, and she doubted they wid, th
Orkney - ORK coffee before continuing her tale.
Doric - MNA quo Jed. Nava gaed on wi her tale.
Southern - SEA Kilmeny,” I says, whan her tale hud endit. “Suld we tell fo
Doric - MNA Jude Anderson fur futtlin her tale doon tae naethin ava, fur fea
Southern - SEA ooten hir mooth. Anither tale ma faither enjoyt telling wis
Central - LAL is motives belang tae anither tale,
Central - SEC Oor tinker thocht o anither tale As he daunered on the strand:
Central - DUN omans oot, but that's anither tale entirely.
Central - DUN THIS IS ANITHER TALE that cam frae the Screiver ma
Doric - MNA airts. Syne they fand another tale frae Mesopotamia caad The Des
Doric - ABN ce they get stuck intae their tale - weel, it's like pullin a l
Central - SEC Bi aa that hear oor tale:
Doric - MNA An eis is far oor tale concludes,
Doric - DOR ouch, faar hyne, Aa throu our tale mith skimmer,
Central - LALished watching The Handmaid's Tale reckon they're glued tae that
Central - LAL the sair mirk, Mr. Enfield's tale cawed by in a rowe o lichtit
Shetland - SHD Effie an Aedie's Tale
Shetland - SHD Da Mock Turtle's Tale o it
Central - SWE The Scaffie Man's Tale
Shetland - SHD I micht harken tae a tear's tale.'
Central - SEC Kate O' Shanter's Tale and Other Poems is published
Central - SEC "Kate O'Shanter's Tale and Other Poems"
Central - SEC lished poem, Kate O'Shanter's Tale. This poem is noo pairt o the
Central - LALFitt's poem, Kate O'Shanter's Tale, is recitit ower the warld oa
Central - LAL Kate o Shanter's Tale
Central - SEC ae his buik, Kate o Shanter's Tale.
Central - SEC The Owersetter's Tale
Central - SEC ld churl! That's but a poet's tale: What fool, sir, would you ma
Central - SEC e listener tae the braggart's tale
Doric - MNA He'd held aa throu eis tale,
Central - SEC When the Emporor heard his tale
Doric - MNA jail An tellt a constable his tale He asked the man tae look an
Doric - ABN g afore Fergie set tee wi his tale.
Doric - ABN e seen gat yokit again wi his tale.
Central - AYR he 'greed tae gang on wi his tale. "An sae, there were thae thr
Central - SEC cter in the poem tae tell his tale like in Hot Taxes and Cold He
Doric - ABN t nae persuaadin tae tell his tale aa ower again, buskin it up t
Central - DUN tellt in an roun Dundee. This tale refers tae events that were s
Central - LAL nou, wha this tale o truth sall read
Doric - ABN hat some fowk micht find this tale jist a wee bit indelicate. Fo
Central - EDN And here this tale:
Central - DUN s pals were fair taen wi this tale an it wisnae lang afore it wi
Central - DUN id cry a character. Whan this tale took place she wisnae that au
Central - LAL compellin, sae at we ken this tale, houiver ruitit in its staund
Central - SEA Gattonside, A wis tellin this tale ti my fursten wife Monika Dun
Ulster - GUL A suppose the true wae o this tale is that James wis nae alane.
Doric - MNA telt me the first hauf o this tale, the lave caused a stooshie a
Orkney - ORK it o sense whin hearan o this tale,
Doric - ABN Fither or no this tale sud be telt, A dinna richt ke
Doric - DOR eg as weel,) tellin abody his tale o woe. Aiberdeen Angus said.
Central - LAL Twis tale o him loe'n anither.
Central - LALties oan 'Wandering Willie’s tale' an ‘Thrawn Janet’ fae the
Central - LAL the page oan this sad fanklet tale,
Doric - MNA spare, I cud tell ye a richt tale or twa. I hae a rowth o sea t
Central - LAL This wee wickit weel-kent tale
Doric - DOR turnit tell an affa different tale.
Central - WCE The neist tale ‘Alarming Increase o Deprav
Central - WCE e Death of Douglas, the neist tale, Thirlestane, is a haet o sum
Central - EDN lt. Ruth is a couthy ilka-day tale o kintra weemenfolk, maist by
Central - WCE Wis an equally lurid bluidy tale.
Central - SEC A Fishy Tale
Central - SWE o childhood the only tale
Central - SEC unding and support from Curly Tale Books and the Scottish Govern
Shetland - SHD "My tale," said da Moose, turnin ta Al
Central - AYR hore, an then I'll tell ye my tale, an ye'll unnerstaun juist wh
Central - LAL Dout on my tale there canna be,
Central - GLA A Diversionary Tale
Central - WCE A short cautionary tale about the dangers of glorious
Doric - MNA A fairy tale
Ulster - EUL Is this some kind o a fairy tale?’
Central - WCE hem. It wis richt oot a fairy tale.
Ulster - WUL n thocht, wis no jist a fairy tale,
Shetland - SHDn where I've allowed my fairy tale imagination to go... "ahh da
Orkney - ORK nits, ah'll recoont the sorry tale.
Central - NEC haed furthset the hale sorry tale, but. Nou the outside warld k
Ulster - BUL This sorry tale, she's sure til tell.
Central - LAL it be poem, owersettin, cutty tale or whitever. The winners need
Central - WCE in fae the Swades o the cutty tale Duggregnet by Hjalmar Séderb
Central - EDN ’ illustration, a tellin’ tale. A wis comin’ doon the pass
Central - EDN ae relate an “Unco foefu’ tale!” It appears that fir month