A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of fifty in Corpus

Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
en happy mairiet for mair nor fifty year, efter aa. on page 19
he vou she haed made mair nor fifty year syne, an in special o th on page 23

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
'Out-throu the fifty-fower year I hae bade on this on page 46
muckle sums. A bodie can sauf fifty-three meenits ilka week. on page 76

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
lining . . . two hundred and fifty bucks. A've asked fur wan ana on page 7
t wis always pocket munchin a fifty pence mix-up aff the van in a on page 30

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
bate me tae the furst daunce fifty six yeir ago. on page 32

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
the gentlemen present, aboot fifty were mounted on horseback. on page 35
there were aboot a hunner an fifty mounted troopers an dragoons on page 36
name o the Lord - he wis nou fifty-three, an ower auld for this on page 37
Embro. Anither twa hunner an fifty-seiven men were convicted, an on page 39
f, ye maun be fined the sum o fifty merks.' on page 40
Also on pages 53
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Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
otox an' haein' yer hair dyed fifty shades o' broon, it's no' abo on page

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
resses the button and it adds fifty pence tae the total fur nae r on page 1

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
llion quid oan offer and no a fifty quid voucher fae Argos. This on page 67
in pints. She wis yin ae they fifty suttin year auld women who co on page 72
"It's fifty fifty, the doac says. Suttin tae da on page 181
r me now. A fag gits selt fur fifty pence in the playgroond? ah w on page 200

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
that's got aboot a hunner and fifty thoosand mile on the clock. A on page 17
at a byous rate. Ah can sned fifty thoosand mile aff the clock i on page 18
nner and ninety-nine pund and fifty pence.' on page 46
ree hunner and three pund and fifty pence awthegether.' on page 47
ree hunner and three pund and fifty pence. Is that whit ye've got on page 48
Also on pages 60, 65, 100, 112, 123, 198, 224
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Dareau, Mareau Lallans 59 - The Dictionar o the Aulder Scottis Leid (DOST), (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
aed duin a byordinar job ower fifty year an naethin wes gettin on on page 59

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
o ice whit shuid he see aroun fifty yairds in front o him but the on page 38
er in James's pocket book wis fifty pund he had gotten that day f on page 106

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
got wans fur twenty, thirty, fifty an a hunner lengths. After we on page 14
n sale this mornin: two pound fifty each; that includes a hot dog on page 33
Ah'd only fifty pee left so ah had tae get a on page 35
This year ah gied oot nearly fifty Christmas cards tae folk at s on page 39
ijo jumper an three hunner an fifty pound awthegether tae spend i on page 42
Also on pages 54, 97, 136, 139, 141, 161
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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
id you no ken that? Its aboot fifty times as muckle as ony ither! on page 10
It wes a fifty-pence piece! on page 49
the shoap and pit the drookit fifty pence on the coonter. on page 51
ll buy it aff ye. I'll gie ye fifty poond. Whit dae ye think o th on page 54
Consumin fifty dauds a day, on page 114
Also on pages 143
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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Fir fifty year it's speirin yella ee on page 14
Twa pound fifty-seeven (an nae cash back). on page 59
Fifty year auld, an ye're oan the s on page 81
When we won the Cup in fifty-seeven. on page 82
ills, and dee'd, at the age o fifty-sax, oan November; 27th, 8 BC on page 102

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
ecause yin giant coo will gie fifty buckets o milk a day" skirled on page 74
Mrs Kranky. 'Ye've jist drunk fifty doses o Geordie's Mingin Medi on page 98
t happens when somebody's had fifty spoonfus insteid o yin' on page 100
' said Mr Kranky. 'She's taen fifty doses o the richt amoont.' on page 102

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
Bought fifty pairs aa black Nae metter whi on page 18
o pals fer a game o dominoes. Fifty pence a game, nothin fancy. I on page 26
inoes. I even forgot aboot ma fifty pence an left it kyin on the on page 27

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
Mr Tod wid snowk him oot fae fifty yairds awa and quickly gang a on page 8

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
"Fifty years syne, there wis this wu on page 87

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
e happily played the role fur fifty years. But it's gettin tae th on page 10

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Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
greetin fir a fifty-p on page 24
at near fifty-two on page 27

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
wes auld auld men o forty or fifty, an haed nae idaia whit went on page 65

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
led, "Och, aboot a hunner and fifty year." on page 23

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 58 - Gairm review, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
For nearhaun fifty year, Gairm hes come furth il on page 126

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
s set fit on it again in near fifty year.
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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
got wans fur twenty, thirty, fifty an a hunner lengths. After we
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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
n French gies Inglis mair nor fifty per cent o the wirds i The Ox
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Wilson, Rab Lallans 76 - The Sycamore at Calton, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
Mair’s twa hunner an fifty year
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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
mang the first ti arrive, but fifty-five ither bodies haed wun in
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Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
already used up twa oors and fifty-five minutes. I had five minu
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Fu fifty year, aye side bi side,
Wi fifty greats an mair
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Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
still scunners me luikin back fifty year on!
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Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
a sheets and towels and aboot fifty
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Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
coast wis biggit, wi ramparts fifty fit abuin the sea, an a deep
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
heen o memories. For mair nor fifty year, his hale wirkin life, m
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Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ais, “There’s a hunner an fifty quid there. It’ll help ye o
nda laughed, like a hunner an fifty quid’s fuck all tae him -
s late wae an ah gave Jacquie fifty quid so’s she could get the
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Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Fifty grand, just oot the wrapper.â
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
oan every cunt oer the age ay fifty seems tae at the slightest bi
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
is bad clothes and tied about fifty pounds of pig iron about his
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Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
that his horse'll come in at fifty tae wan.' Mammy came intae th
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Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
hae the dug. Dick is the only fifty year auld man I ken, wha stil
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
anderers cam up wi thaim, the fifty-odd strinth o the pairty fill
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MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
action that wull be happening fifty years awa'; whin ilka thing e
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Bratchpiece, Neil The Wee Man Ft. Leo - Parliamo Glasgow, (YouTube 2014) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Can I bug ye for a fifty, shuggy?
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
y then tae inform them it’s fifty grand oor their budget.
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
worth at least two hunner and fifty grand?’’
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Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ay micht hae dune weel eneuch fifty year syne wi his Doric, folk
That wis fifty-five years syne. Hou time had
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@fairpechtoot tweeted
teacher... ah've never seen a fifty.(2016) search twitter

@ThonJacobite tweeted
tellin her "MITHER . . . AH'M FIFTY FECKIN EIGHT" ?????? https:// (2021) twitter link
yfjoshua Anthony Joshua. Ah'm fifty seeven. Ah'm 5 fit 5 . Ah'm a(2020) search twitter
ve never seen the likes in ma fifty seeven years oan the planet. (2021) search twitter

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
We wurket a hunner an fifty crecls we her, Ten ficets o f on page 19
Joy, an we wurket a hunner an fifty crecl's. Oneywuly, on els per on page 29

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
" said Stevie. "Ye'll seen bi fifty. It's time ye'd a hoose o yer on page 48
she wis oan the wrang side o fifty; es wide es she wis taall an on page 56
"It's fir fifty poun!" She glowered it the vo on page 79

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
an showin aff his hunner and fifty thoosan poun moter. They took on page 8

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ok - he's got twa hunner and fifty Facebook freens." on page 54
t wis special, Ah telt him it fifty poun a throw it wid need te b on page 71

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
ow five hunner poun, e tither fifty. Neen o them hid ony siller s on page 92
he says, 'sit doon an mak it fifty, an be quick aboot it'. Syne on page 108

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
Loire Valley is hame tae near fifty beautifu castles. The 'Châte on page 17

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
we must hae gaun aboot fifty feet on page 103

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
them Ah had tae walk anither fifty mile or nichtfa. on page 12
na mak up a story aboot haein fifty mile tae walk afore the sun g on page 14
m lost saxty-three? New Deer, fifty? New Pitsligo, echty, Huntly on page 18

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Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
physog o a wumman o forty or fifty. She wis that heich she myndi
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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
truck an, wi a jerk an, fifty yards further alang the road,
ety pence? Na na. Twelve poun fifty pence. Fin the
fifty pence. For the same money he
t's yon rummle o steens aboot fifty yards
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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
ar correspondents in nineteen fifty six." As he made
savin fifty poun the month be usin my saw
hunner an fifty. There wis only fifty pies se
. There wis only fifty pies selt. Mebbe you can see
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
stackit, dried an hurled hame fifty loads an mair, tae see them t
The fermer o Steenhillock wis fifty-three year auld an deein, wi
ies o the North East Sizzens. Fifty-three year auld an deein, wi
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Auld Joe Sangster wis fifty-three noo, luikin mair like s
or wis tae be Jed Anderson, a fifty-twa year auld frae the Cultur
ne – jist fur bein Jed. Noo fifty-twa year auld an as glaikit's
straicht up frae the jungle, fifty fit heich an mair, bit a gwee
s fand bi a rice fermer, lyin fifty yairds frae the paddy field w
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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
he cheque wis for a hunner an fifty thoosand pounds an that it wi
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Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
e een. They’d found a box o fifty o these specialist bullets bu
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The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
rankles even efter mair than fifty five years.
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Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
iller ower richt awa plus one fifty for aa the books. As I left I
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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
tae him and his brither Hugh fifty years before. He’d been a p
a mystery that has lasted for fifty years! I can now put my broth
2 matches

The Flying Pigs There’s nae reassurance over national insurance, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
Fifty thoosand!? I hiv nivver seen
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
ink sweel noo aat she is ower fifty. Noo ma chick is gye sair! ht(2019) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
@Ali_Leith Fifty planes fae UK off to Greece t(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
Foo wi the guff o fifty square mile on page 20

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Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Dae you mind the summer o fifty-six, on page 130
Aal this I've carried for fifty years on page 131

3 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
50 fifty on page 66

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Sinclair, James Yarnin, (Shetland For Wirds 2001) Shetland, poetry
on a February day in nineteen fifty fower
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Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
terruptin him,) "Ah'll gie um fifty pence. Ah dinnae believe ther on page 120

1 matches

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
hunner an' fifty curns ir bein' funded. Thon c on page 38
Hit draws aboot a hunner an' fifty thoosan visitors an' mair on page 65

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Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
It wus jaist me an fifty three weemin, on page 56

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Cartmill, Claire Three score years an ten, (Ballymoney and Moyle Times 2014) Ulster, newspaper
Wha knows .. in fifty years frae noo .. they say th
1 matches

Drennan, William Yin Tae A Hunner, (Ullans Press 2004) Ulster, poetry
Thurty, fowerty an fifty
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Gillen, Charles Fifty Nine, (Ullans Press 2005) Ulster, poetry
Bak in fifty echt or nine,
Bak in fifty echt or nine.
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