A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

bushes Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.9 6.4 28.8 9.9 17.4 10.9 22.1
Number of occurrences4012 18 1 3 1 5
Number of authors21 8 5 1 2 1 4

Occurrences of bushes in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
e heads appear fae behind the bushes n trees fur a swatch. There's on page 24

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
hris Rice pushed me intae the bushes. WHIT THE, ah said, WHIT YI D on page 73
he said, When yees wur in the bushes. Whit aboot it. Did he try an on page 74
y'd aw went ootside intae the bushes tae smoke it. By the time she on page 155

4 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
Gracefu trees and bushes were growin alang the riverba on page 75
tin wi his stick. And ma braw bushes? Dae ye no think they look bo on page 76

2 matches

Mc Rae, Thomas The Neep Lantern, (Lowdown-L 2009) Central - Central, prose
grawn gairden we ganged, past bushes an’ trees wavin’ in the w
1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
and cuttin grass. Trimmin the bushes in the spring and prunin the
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
s o "...droplets ...as if the bushes grat for their lost beauty".
1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
nor yin bonny burd intae the bushes as weel!’ William keckled i
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
- ps am too auld tae hide in bushes lol (2021) twitter link

Doric

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
gye fancy hoose, wi sculpted bushes an a Bentley sittin oot front on page 76

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
got an affa bigake. The roses bushes (fifteen o em) were still
he grun." Fit aboot this rose bushes?" snarls Jonsar Eck. " Och I
sheetin far ere wis nae rose bushes. En
c sheetin roon aboot the rose bushes.
been torn tae bits wi the bushes".
6 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
coorse there wis blackberry bushes, reed currant bushes, rasp bu
, reed currant bushes, rasp bushes. They
an gang cut some bits o whin bushes
3 matches

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
lugs twitchin ahin ane o the bushes. But in sic a licht, he kent
1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
de. Lang drives wi dark green bushes eether side.
oor an YOU hunker doon in the bushes at the fit o the drive. A sne
n the drive, jookin intae the bushes. An there wiz me. like a stoo
flung wirsels doon ahint some bushes. Key taks the bag fae under h
bag an threw it far intae the bushes aside the burn in the wild bi
5 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
sed. She struggled throwe fun bushes that tore at her legs and eve
1 matches

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
anunder the faalse castor oil bushes. on page 12

1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
annie place. Der wir trees an bushes an flooers an trowe it aa wis on page 5
Dan da trees an bushes 'll sing fir joy afore da Gö on page 42

2 matches

De Luca, Christine Grottie-Buckie and Tirli-Wirli, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997352) Shetland, weans
rries an slidders o da bark o bushes. He fan sillerweed and docken on page 17

1 matches

Southern

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
slae bushes bend frae the blast. on page 153

1 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
e an redd awa tha oul moss an bushes ye'll see twa toom, glowerin on page 8

1 matches

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Hidein' in the bushes, on page 23

1 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
a wheen o ploom trees, curran bushes an some epple-trees - Bramle on page 16

1 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
pe Stanes were thrang wi whun bushes the day: I cudnae see ocht bu (2016) twitter link
aes an hae a keek at the whun bushes... http://t.co/HfQ2tYypUk (2015) twitter link

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