A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of tales in Corpus

Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
time haed juist publisht his Tales frae the Odyssey o Homer, an on page 3

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Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
! When ah used tae read fairy tales, ah thought stuff like that n on page 36

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Love, Rowena M. Lallans 82 - Hamecomin, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Kittle steers the gleed o tales tellt on page 39

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Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
life I haed kent the sangs an tales o heroes an gods, o Sigurd an on page 55

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
w pictur in a buik cried True Tales o the Rainforest. It wis a pi on page 9
story tae begin as the fairy-tales dae. I wad hae liked tae say: on page 20
an shairpent his pincil. The tales o stravaigers are aye jottit on page 55
id tae the wee prince, 'these tales o yours are aw verra weel; bu on page 76
an auld hoose, an there were tales o yirdit treisur inby. Naebod on page 78

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
is aw aboot the tellin ae yir tales ae valour fae Friday n Saturd on page 6
acted, tellin two lassies the tales fae last week. He waves me n on page 25
Aw here we go! The incredible tales ae Big fuckin Tam' on page 30

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
eick o Harry, an they aw haed tales o persecution, ilka story mai on page 86

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
But a wabbit wordsmith's tales maun end, on page 6

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Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Gossip, stories, tales a-plenty; on page 10

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
pu waefu tales fae richt inside me. on page 63

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
The kintraeside's been fou o tales an ferlies anent the wondrous on page 30
brunt tae the grun, an heard tales o murder, rape, an beatins, a on page 34
Despite tales o the terrible ongauns in the on page 44
As mair an mair tales o cruelty an foul murther wer on page 62
Aa roun aboot, he heard grim tales o auld folk fand deid in thei on page 81

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Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
ent Gask (redolent of heroes' tales, on page 51

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Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
ince mair mak caller biblical tales an sawes that were ower weel- on page vi
I hope, is a luve baith o the tales an the poetry o the Hebrew Bi on page viii

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Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Yet how can ah enchant ye wi tales o mysterie on page 43

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
He loved the tales aa tinkers tell, And at the h on page 11
hergate; I kent fine that his tales were an auld man's blethers, on page 76

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
a mum wid jist brush oaff his tales and no pey thum much attentio on page 86
and daddies and start tellin tales. Or tae that bitch in heat wh on page 91

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ht thirled tae the wunnersome tales o Pip and Miss Havisham and h on page 9
ither he tellt me some ugsome tales aboot the way ye behave at ha on page 152
In the land o the inglestane tales, and spelled asleep, on page 178

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
r ago - an that some o these tales are a haill lot aulder nor th on page 67

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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
Some o the tales here are fae a lang time ago on page 10
tellin stories, an some o the tales that were tellt are still abo on page 37
NO AW O THE TALES that were tellt in the lang d on page 40

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
Sic wunnerfu and magic tales on page 158

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Tales tae enlight an thrill us aa, on page 44

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
t witches were ainly in fairy tales, but noo he wisna sae sure. on page 8

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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
Preferrin rather tales o greatness, for their pairt on page 19
ms jyned haunds like auncient tales. on page 49
Tales are whispert in the everywher on page 118

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
When oot comes Joe wi awfy tales on page 7

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
ellers hainit Scots sangs and tales, it'll suin be the 'socially on page 9

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McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
hat nicht bi Weir's troopers' tales, oppressed on page 112

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Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
isitor - there's a myriad of tales just waiting to be told on ou on page 9

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Scott, Hamish Eemis Stane 1 - Fields o Stanes, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
rratit his genealogie, an the tales an siclik things anent the fa on page 21

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Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
The wey fowk tell their tales, on page 10

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
o Kings, maistly, The untelt tales aiblins are the maist wunners on page 35
leein tae ourselves, creatin tales and legends meant tae mak fow on page 45
an nae doot a library o tales o the pure hairted on page 46
frae real tales tae yairns an back on page 84

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
n The Lady of the Lake wi his tales o hieland rievers cawin lifti on page 65

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 58 - Gairm review, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
at we hae come tae lippen on: tales an essays o the Gaelic warld on page 126

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Gowden Gate Til Samarkan, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
Whit sall we tell ye? Tales undeimous fyne on page 30

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
e vairsioun in Winter Evening Tales. The Laird of Kirkmabreeke is on page 142

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
o leets, reuls, traivellers' tales, wather myths, the Tarot, the on page 91

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
haes gien us mony legends an tales, whither fae the Auld Greeks
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Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
egun tae speak, claikin on wi tales
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
pamphlet wi twa tradeitional tales. The first ane is aiblins bet
Dragon Rikk - Poems and Tales in Scoots for Hafflins and Li
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ark liggs i the smeddum o the tales thaimsels. Ti say the truith,
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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
ti pley, the auld ti tel the tales an sing the sangs o
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Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
aricht in McLellan’s kintra tales, whaur ye dinna aften want ti
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
er tae peasant tradeetions an tales. Deed, ane o the meenisters o
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McClelland, Ben Chicagof Island, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
y didnae listen to auld wifey tales. They wanted to see the wilde
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Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
es. Roman historians screivit tales o the northren barbarians, an
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Heather, Alistair The ghaist lichts, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
thae days, fowk creditit the tales o ghaists an siclike supernai
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Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
Dennis Oziri tellt us bedtime tales in Pidgin; Uncle Ali, a Hausa
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
e soond like the cantie-est o tales, but its mirkness is telt wi
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Muir, Glenn Sport!, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
im), aftimes he would recount tales o his prowess wi the roond ba
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
An' tales, frae aff the gowff course br
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Tales o' Scotland's ancient glories
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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
ase hatit Moses cause he telt tales and did nae wark, but a few o
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
t leave anybody alive to tell tales,” sayed Beatrice. “Il hop
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Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
oan a mixture o history, fowk tales an fantasy. The historical in
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Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ience wi traditional sangs an tales frae the book maistly in the
encouraged tae tell their ain tales an sing their ain sangs. This
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astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
Maist fairy tales stairt wi “Wance Upoan a Ti
w the Ochils, an she kent the tales aw the Guid Folk an the glais
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Coyne, Hilary The giant’s wife – or Ailsa the irked, (hilarycoyne.com/ 2021) Central, prose
ready heard they’re writing tales o’ Finn and his ‘wise wif
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Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
fowk hae gaen a wheen sangs, tales, identities, wirds. Wi them h
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Doric

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
through the years. An aa the tales that's ivver tellt, on page 10

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Differint tales te tell, on page 6

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
eum, ye will lairn aa kynes o tales aboot leprechauns, but ye'll on page 7
ntra's influence on Toliken's tales isnae tae be snuffed at eithe on page 12

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
Scottish Folk Tales, Lomond Books, New Lanark, 20 on page 126

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
cotland, I fund that the Fowk Tales o wir country were ane o the
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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Puppet Mannie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, poetry
hearkent apen-moo’d tae the tales o Robin Hood
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Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
ngers, but he hid heard fairy tales aboot strangers that frichten
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
gweed fur, learnin auld wives tales tae fleg wee quines.
eps an fleggit ane anither wi tales aboot ghaists an bogles, an h
es, Meg Ramsay cappit thon wi tales o chiels faa'd disappeared an
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
riet o singin sangs an tellin tales – 'twis as naitral tae her
tae spin a fyew traivellers' tales – the ordnar darg fur a cul
e or twa. I hae a rowth o sea tales in me."
tack. "I'm sure they're braw tales, fegs ay! Bit I'm here on ith
ns dellin in Scandinavia fand tales o the eyn o the Yird eftir th
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Uri, Antonia Widney’s Fuil, (Mak Forrit 2017) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
dae ony hairm tae spreid ony tales ye ken aboot yer local area b
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Diansangu, Mae naebdy likes a clype, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, poetry
tellin tales just isnae
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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
the thoosan-telt tales
Let tales be telt, let lees become trut
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
n the sun, tellin ain anither tales aboot fit they’d dane afore
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
Allan JR Thomson - Poems and Tales at https://t.co/Q6F237rDhe ht(2016) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
and then gan tae bore him wi tales o the guid auld days fan I bi (2022) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
@benthorn30 Any gid ebbe tales in at book?(2020) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
th lower beats o’ th Sp’y n tales o’ th fishin’ nets spoken i(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
nd they cam wi some gey fancy tales on page 42

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Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Clestrain - me father's tales, plooan wae Clydesdales - pr on page 13

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Hall, Simon W. Bonny Isle o Sanday, (Brisk Northerly 2016) Orkney, blog
As a result, we ken more folk tales fae Sanday than fae any ither
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Shetland

Sinclair, James Murmansk, (Scottish Poetry Library 2019) Shetland, poetry
d tell wis some o his wartime tales.
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Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
sum grit tales tae tell an affen spak aboot
u o rummil-gumption. (Sei, “Tales o the Borders” Bi
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Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
� like a spreet oot the fairy tales I yaised tae tell her whan sh
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@StuartPoet tweeted
noo bides in. Such a store of tales. Today, the child-hunting cap(2020) search twitter

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
tMiggins That’s auld wives’ tales! ?? or dependin oan specifici(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
! Whin A use't tae read fairy tales, A had it in mae heid that ki on page 35

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Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
I. Yarns an Tales on page 56

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Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
gs wae whom hae worked, thirs tales tae tell, on page 43

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Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Weans thut heerd tha wondrous tales, on page 19

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@the_gellick tweeted
Readings wi Paddy M'Quillan's tales. Quare crack; interestin leid (2014) twitter link