A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of waves in Corpus

Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Thae scaudin, yellae waves on page 88

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 82 - The Gowden Boat, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Waves brak tentlessly agin the boat on page 15

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Underhill, James William Lallans 82 - Ominous, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
the sea retorts wi stutterin waves. on page 23

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Love, Rowena M. Lallans 82 - Simmer Strand, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Oor fingers plet lik waves wi shore. on page 42

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McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
waves. No at me though, at fuckin D on page 7

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Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
es i Swaden an ower the north waves. Haed they felt this wey afor on page 55

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
s the tales fae last week. He waves me n Danny over tae chat. on page 25

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
ke the clappers, makin muckle waves as it went. on page 22

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McNeil, Andrew Lallans 58 - Carnegie’s Turning, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Ma clessroom flair cums in waves on page 122

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
the waves o bricht yellae they cannae i on page 77

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Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
A skimmer o licht on the waves ablow. on page 37
grey faulds bellied abuin the waves, on page 45

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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
SOUGH SEA wee ripples, nae waves on page 14

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Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
e, yell be floatin' alang oan waves on page

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Le Marie, Nicole nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Last Day At East Wemyss, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, poetry
drizzle fading tae greying waves, a tae alive sea on page 87

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
They can row oan tap ae waves while we wade through the shi on page 79

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Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
yer very marrow, an' see the waves meetin' ower the tap o' yer h on page 16

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
tal silence again, except the waves flappin oan the big stanes st on page 3

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
uv tae fink o. Ah imagine the waves slidin up oantae the cobblest on page 7

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Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
the waves o the wide, wet Lake o Chad c on page 43

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
es for the cliffs of Fife The waves rage below. on page 6

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Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Dances mangst the last waves o the day. on page 198

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
past whan Britannia ruled the waves. It wis a lang time ago, an i on page 11

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McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
wha can mak oot dreich waves frae dolphins? on page 16
the boomer waves ca me nondescript. on page 16

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
See hoo she sneds through the waves!' on page 92
As the chocolate waves are sprayin on page 96

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Intae sods, waves, and aw. on page 147

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Ah fink o the waves slidin up oatae the cobblesto on page 21

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
o Heehaw, the stanes wid mak waves, and the waves wid waash him on page 91

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Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
emon at the physics - gases, waves and heat, on page 10

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Tume shells on fish-tumed waves; cast dale an scran on page 39
The sands, whaur waves curmur an smaa wind whips on page 75

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Morton, Elaine Lallans 61 - Twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Lothian, poetry
The sands, whaur waves curmur an smaa wind whips on page 58

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Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
in the cradle o the waves. on page 9

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Jamie, Kathleen Eemis Stane 1 - Grey Feather, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
nocht but the derk waves on page 7

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Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
ght gans oan, we're yet makin waves. on page 41

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
in yer ain heid: the waves on page 22

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Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
iang Watters, ay, smaa be yir waves on page 19
eishle, ay, winds blatter the waves on page 25
eishle, ay, winds blatter the waves on page 28

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Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
that caul. An efter that the waves closed ower thim an the wans on page 43

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Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
led. The trees whispered. The waves roared. People were smiling.
ed. The trees went quiet. The waves died doon. Aw ye could hear w
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Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
wild. Huge big waves shoomin in, some near as big
e and yella wee toon. But the waves: loomin, powerful, like horse
dst of the thunderin, crashin waves as they come and go, wan minu
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Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e Fais by Sash. Trisha McDade waves oer at us fae the midst ay th
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Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
decker bus that’s comin, an waves me oot. Ah clock the bag oan
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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
rees ay the park soundin like waves batterin intae a rocky shorel
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
he roof, but it’s nae guid. Waves o panic rush ower me, but ah
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McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
rnatin’ current is like the waves oan the beach, they come in a
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
haun slippit unner the black waves o her hair an ontae her shoot
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@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
@billykayscot Whan a this *waves hauns howpless aroon an reckl(2020) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
- there a @BBCScotLearn Word waves video fir it here: https://t. (2021) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
Dad stans up an waves fin he sees us comin. He gies on page 96

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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
. * ' 9415 Ye'll nae see mair waves than in Pirriesmill's dubs on page 15

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
the hoose; he saa the ripplin waves o on page 92

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
rm got up ower e loch, till e waves were brakkin richt ower e hei on page 16
, feert o e roar o e sea an e waves. Fowk will faa intill a dwaam on page 115

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
like the wee waves lappin at oor taes. on page 1
the wind whips at the waves on page 4

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
turns it the glaiss doors an waves, an ma hairt's sair cis Ah ke on page 47

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
In oor wee hideawa unner i'waves on page 184

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Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
Wud waves breenged ower the deck and fl on page 116

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
s the penny in Dod's haan, an waves him oot. on page 107

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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
e snell win that walloped the waves up roch like a dragon's teeth
Bit noo the waves turned rocher an threatened t
sea wis cauld an sautie. The waves cam creepie-crawlin up ower t
Atlantic waves sair pairtin
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Rumbles, Brodie-Anne Recordin on Beep, (Scots Hoose 2022) Doric - Banff, weans
e. Obliterating me in the wye waves kill saund, in the way a Hype
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Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
tae the shorie tae waatch the waves foam and fizz tae pass the ti
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Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
helicopter Andrew came in. He waves and shouts up at them.
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Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
He watched as the waves crashed against the Devil’s
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Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
hin pain teerin throwe him in waves.
at the end. He lay gaspin as waves o weakness passed throwe him.
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
inno the waves. Doon. doon, doon, it gaed li
up n doon like a see-saw. The waves grew derker an derker.. they
alane in the muckle sea. The waves
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Harper, Edith The Wye Athin Chynges, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2020) Doric, poetry
en glisters like gowd oan the waves.
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Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
it tae slice throu the rairie waves. They say a fisher quine need
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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
oat ploo'd through the boilan waves - me hert wis in me mooth. on page 20
he Barriers? Most unwise. The waves'll catch you by surprise. Air on page 75

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Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
ds sheu'd find oot thir, whit waves. on page 44
me the steps," sheu says, an waves a cheerio. Thir fock waitan f on page 89
ingan glimro o human wirds in waves atwart the shiftan waas: equa on page 101
vel better an faaster by lang waves o light as by a shaef on a sh on page 113

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Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
surfan waves o white noise on page 9

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Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
n a mountainous waste o black waves. on page 14

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Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Dae they hide neath the waves wae watchful eyes on page 83

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Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Is he waves you 'Bye, bye.' on page 88

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Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
tae see the waves. on page 18

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Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The rhythm o the waves broken only by the caall on page 27

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Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
tae ruffle the waves and keek up a dust. on page 154

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Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
waves wash his peedie body. on page 93

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
blue, fleckit wi gentle white waves, an a backgrund o a cloodless on page 71

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De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
Moor Fea man be conductin da waves. on page 28

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De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
Waves tummelled on page 19

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I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
owe Orkney. Dey laekli cam in waves reidder as in wan muckle colo on page 13

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De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Waves tummelled on page 22

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Sinclair, James Makkin Hame, (Shetland For Wirds 2018) Shetland, poetry
ower da heicht o white cappit waves
hert pumpin fae da rush o da waves.
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Manson, Finnley Wir Beach, (Scots Hoose 2017) Shetland, weans
Da waves is brally strong
Da muckle waves dunder
Da waves smashin da rocks
Da waves lap ower da stons peerie wyes
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Walterson, Barbara Da Trow o’ Fogla Skerry, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
n da saft, swishin soond o da waves wis aboo tae send me aff tae
n rain on my faider’s boat, waves oxford blue wi cotton coloure
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Williamson, Christie Da windirs o technology, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Shetland - Yell, poetry
fae ayont da waves
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Nicholson, Hannah Samhain - Usher in the Dark - Minni-Babbi, (Leopard Arts 2021) Shetland, prose
indrift at wis formin ower da waves. Hit wis in deengir, an hit w
rm wis blown up, an da sky an waves were turned a dark an angry s
o grey. Finally, een o da big waves struck da ship an sent it und
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Sinclair, James Murmansk, (Scottish Poetry Library 2019) Shetland, poetry
t wis da wadder, graet muckle waves
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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
tack and dir calls come up in waves on da wind. I used to take sc(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Sum cum tae watch the waves brek, on page 49

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