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  • "They hae turnt him oot o 'hoose an' ha '-- schuil, at least, an' hame," she rejoined.

    Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 Various

  • An 'Robert says he does nae that ill at the schuil.'

    Robert Falconer George MacDonald 1864

  • We hae been bairns thegither; we hae been to the schuil thegither; we hae had the same maister; we hae come throu dour times thegither -- I doobt we hae been hungry thegither, though ye saidna a word; we hae warstlet wi 'poverty, an' maybe wi 'unbelief; we loe the same fowk best; an' abune a 'we set the wull o' God.

    Warlock o' Glenwarlock George MacDonald 1864

  • Miss Elsie, her an 'me was at the schuil thegither, an' we happent to tak 'up wi' the same kin 'o' thing, partic'larly algebra an 'geometry, an' can ill haud oor tongues frae them whan we forgather.

    Warlock o' Glenwarlock George MacDonald 1864

  • "I only wantit to lat ye ken 'at I wasna gaein' back to the schuil ony mair."

    Warlock o' Glenwarlock George MacDonald 1864

  • 'He's in my class at the schuil,' said Robert, evasively.

    Robert Falconer George MacDonald 1864

  • "Rob Bruce wasna lauchin 'whan he brocht the bick to the schuil, nor yet whan he gaed hame again."

    Alec Forbes of Howglen George MacDonald 1864

  • Do ye think I dinna ken weel eneuch there's no a lad or a lass at the schuil but 's i 'the Bible-class?

    Robert Falconer George MacDonald 1864

  • I woke ance, thinkin 'I was carryin' you throu 'the water i' the lobby o 'the schuil, and that ye was greitin' upo 'my face.

    Alec Forbes of Howglen George MacDonald 1864

  • She'll be worth siller by the time she's had a while at the schuil. '

    Robert Falconer George MacDonald 1864

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