yince

They were keen to get as muckle work done as possible, an 'they had some coal to get to fill oot a hutch, when a' at yince we heard Andra crying on us to rin.

The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner James C. Welsh

Her guid boots jist yince on her feet are in her room, a 'cleaned jist as she took them off the last time she had them on.

The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner James C. Welsh

Stand oot o 'the light that I may see him yince mair.

Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North Samuel Rutherford Crockett

"Ye see, I'm no 'as young as I yince was, and I need somebody sair."

Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 1887

Na, na, it wadna be mensefu 'like ava'. A 'the Gordons that ever was hae gaen to the gaol -- but only yince.

The Lilac Sunbonnet 1887

"Except Israel himsel '!" said McMinn of the Croft, "man, dominie, since he converted Jock, my ploughman, he hasna been drunk yince, and I get twice the work oot o 'the craitur for the same wage."

The Dew of Their Youth 1887

"Hoot, tell me gin your faither and you bide thegither withoot ony woman body, did I no hear that yince; is that the case na?" demanded the lady of Craig Ronald with astonishing directness.

The Lilac Sunbonnet 1887

I'm maybe an unlearned woman, but I've been through the Testaments mair nor yince -- the New Testament mair nor twice -- an 'I never saw naethin' aboot stools o 'repentance in the hoose o' God.

The Lilac Sunbonnet 1887

The tykes'll be after me, nae doot, but it's no in yin o 'them to catch Jock Gordon gin yince he gets into the

The Lilac Sunbonnet 1887

He gave me half-a-crown yince, and forbade me to play it awa’ at pitch and toss.”

Saint Ronan's Well 2008