A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

branches Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16.5 9.6 30.4 39.7 11.6 32.8 22.1
Number of occurrences5118 19 4 2 3 5
Number of authors32 15 7 4 2 2 2

Occurrences of branches in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ept gittin tangl't in wae the branches, an every noo an then she hid on page 53
swert; "an then the different branches ae Arithmetic-Ambition, Distr on page 95

2 matches

Philip, Andrew Lallans 70 - Fower Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
t roses grows amang the olive branches. on page 55

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
on aboot as Tom shifts in the branches. At the lit kitchen windae, t on page 1

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
e o wee birdies in the hizzle branches but that wis aw. on page 177

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
bi the Labour Pairty that hid branches in monie airts o Scotland. Th on page 108

2 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Wi roots mirrors o the branches abuin on page 13

1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
ass. Spittle burgeoned on the branches o dogsflourish. An in thon si
1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 76 - The Sycamore at Calton, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
The Spring yer branches nou wull ne’er see.
1 matches

Mc Rae, Thomas The Neep Lantern, (Lowdown-L 2009) Central - Central, prose
bendin’ an’ wavin’ its branches as tho’ it wiz tryin’ tae
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
the park, their barren, naked branches swayin in the cauld winter wi
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
nin intae a tree cause there 'branches growin oot ma heid' an Ramsay
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
abody wi watter fae evergreen branches. Than they lined the coortyai
1 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
shook the pines free ae their branches and nicked the hair fae folkâ
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
a stormer reddin up, sneddin branches, daein topiary etc, but despi(2020) search twitter
I decidit insteid tae gie the branches a shak an a shoogle, an luik (2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
ntly, Virgin Money disnae hae branches, it hus "stores". ?? https://(2020) search twitter

Doric

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
e doos come tae reest amo its branches." An syne he said, "Fit will on page 104

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
Branches drawn thegither on page 43

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
kept gettan entangled amang e branches, an every noo an then she hed on page 51
replied; "an then e different branches o ArithmetieAmbition, Distrac on page 93

2 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
e tae side in the upper-maist branches. We wis there thinkin naethin on page 118

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
heir hoosies an dens frae fir branches inno the Fir Widdie, or auld
1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
every noo an then a shakkin o branches.’
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
wie patches o grass, and the branches above oor heids become fuller
t that shine through the tree branches aroon us. The air grows waarm
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
on. I vrocht late sneddin the branches an cuttin them intae cloggies
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
een she saw the sparse winter branches o the aal aspen tree that gre
ion o’t tae tak some fallen branches fae it. Then she crawled roon
e she picked up an oxterfae o branches. Thankin the tree Mary turned
dee bag. Pickin up the aspen branches on her wye she made the road
apped the steens an the aspen branches tae the grun an thankfully sa
6 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
Wid, dreepit her green jobby branches doon tae
o Deirdre’s horns alang her branches.
2 matches

Orkney

Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
The branches hiv no thorns on page 108

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Bare branches against blue/grey skies on page 112

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
black branches silhouetted on page 56

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Straggly branches on page 18

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
epit gettin wittered among da branches, an every noo an dan shö hed on page 54

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
glansin draps on tips o branches on page 105

1 matches

Southern

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Sneckit oan owerhingin branches, on page 151

1 matches

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
t gettin in a fankle amang th branches, an every noo an then she hed on page 52
eplied; "an then th different branches o Sums - Ambition, Distracti on page 93

2 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
gitting tangelt up amang the branches, an ivery noo an agane shae h on page 53
le replied; "an the different branches o ArithmeticAmbition, Distrac on page 95

2 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
trees. Twa ropes dangled from branches an we teuk it in turns at swi
as the sun skinkled throu the branches, we lay aside yin anither on
ee the sun skinklin throu the branches withoot stories birlin throu
3 matches

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