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  • As for the whistle, it was gaen anes and ay; but mony a time was it heard at the top of the house on the bartizan, and amang the auld chimneys and turrets where the howlets have their nests.

    Redgauntlet 2008

  • "Tak this," said the girl, unfolding a piece of bacon from her apron, "and I hev a silver sixpence to gie thee, when I'm gaen away heyam."

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2004

  • "Tak this," said the girl, unfolding a piece of bacon from her apron, "and I hev a silver sixpence to gie thee, when I'm gaen away heyam."

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2004

  • He yalpit awa 'a' on ae note, juist like's he was roarin 'to somebody to lowse the penter; an' though Sandy keepit gaen, he was in a richt raise.

    My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

  • Every ither nicht they've been ether i 'the washin'-hoose or i' the garret; an 'Sandy's been gaen aboot scorin' a 'the doors wi' kauk, an 'makin' rings an 'lines like railroads an' so on a 'ower them.

    My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

  • (She lowered her voice.) "Ye mun ken, Sir, that o 'a' the leddies frae the Lammermuir, that hae been comin 'and gaen, there was an auld rudas wife this fair, an' I'm certie she's witched the yill; and ye mun just look into ye'r buiks, an 'tak off the withchin!"

    The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 364, April 4, 1829 Various

  • I lookit doon, an 'shure eneuch my taes were turned oot an' curled roond like's they were gaen awa 'back ahent my heels.

    My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

  • Schule were gaen on the paidmint, whaur there were maist gutters, an 'skowf kickin' them at ane anither.

    My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

  • Rover, gaen awa 'scoorin' the sea for nae end -- for the sea's no 'needin' scoorin '-- when he michta been at hame helpin' his wife to ca 'the washin'-machine.

    My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

  • A lot o 'the loons gathered roond an' lay doon on the girss, an 'they keepit their tongues gaen to the playin', I can tell ye.

    My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

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