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Examples
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I'll swag, Meg's fa'in on hex feet, an 'nae mistak'!
My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond
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'Twas when the wan leaf frae the birk tree was fa'in ',
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Various
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The laddies paid fine attention, an 'ye cudda heard a preen fa'in' when Sandy was speakin '.
My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond
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Gin they stoppit, Sandy had fa'in 'in wi' Danyil, an 'there he was, glowerin' at's a ', life-size, an' twenty lions wirrin 'a' roond aboot him.
My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond
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'Twas when the wan leaf frae the birk-tree was fa'in ', vol. ii.,
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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An 'nether did I, for that pairt o't, for she byochy-byochied awa' the feck o 'the nicht, an' I cudna get fa'in 'ower.
My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond
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"A 'never saw the marrow o't, Tammas, an' a'll never see the like again; it's a 'ower, man, withoot a hitch frae beginnin' tae end, and she's fa'in 'asleep as fine as ye like."
A Doctor of the Old School — Complete Ian Maclaren 1878
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"A 'never saw the marrow o't, Tammas, an' a'll never see the like again; it's a 'ower, man, withoot a hitch frae beginnin' tae end, and she's fa'in 'asleep as fine as ye like."
Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush Ian Maclaren 1878
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"A 'never saw the marrow o' 't, Tammas, an 'a' 'll never see the like again; it's a' ower, man, withoot a hitch frae beginnin 'tae end, and she's fa'in' asleep as fine as ye like."
Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) Various 1878
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"A 'never saw the marrow o't, Tammas, an' a'll never see the like again; it's a 'ower, man, withoot a hitch frae beginnin' tae end, and she's fa'in 'asleep as fine as ye like."
A Doctor of the Old School — Volume 2 Ian Maclaren 1878
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