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Use in varieties of Scots

cottage Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.6 10.8 21.1 19.9 0 103.4 13.3
Number of occurrences5021 14 2 0 10 3
Number of authors26 11 8 2 2 3

Occurrences of cottage in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Robertson, James The Mannie, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
lspeth said. 'It's a braw wee cottage.' on page 7
a want tae bring it intae the cottage. on page 9
w the mannie again, no in the cottage. She looked for him, but that on page 11

3 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
h leadin tae a toty rid-brick cottage. The croft wis that wee it lo on page 177
irst visitor ah've hud in the cottage since ah flitted here twa yea on page 189
day ah came across this toty cottage. It wis empty. Ah fund oot wh on page 195
mind aw the way back fae yer cottage and ah believe ah've got a to on page 201

5 matches

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Forest Cottage on page 202

2 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Fae thi mate's cottage it on page 32

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
wuidnae get faur on salads an cottage cheese, A'll tell ye. Back in on page 55
low door an windaes o the wee cottage cuid see. In his hand wis a s on page 98

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
e onywhaur lookin fer a fairm cottage. The road wis gettin narrower on page 19

2 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ter tred wis muivin oot o the cottage and intae the mill, so there on page 69

1 matches

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
furst o twin brothers, in the Cottage Hospital at Netherdale in Gal
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
hin darkness, there’s a wee cottage, it’s white waws the only t
1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ffered us this hoose. A lower cottage flat they wid cry it noo. Fou
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Afore we hud ri telly, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Saltcoats, prose
in'. A seen two wee porcelain cottage ashtrays an' pic't wan up tae
1 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
at the @RobertBurnsNTS Burns cottage, an let us ken ye're comin by (2021) twitter link

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 77 - Whaur Gadie Rins, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
me on holiday till a gamie's cottage in Aiberdeenshire. The hous s on page 55
y the time A gat back tae the cottage. on page 56

4 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
in Missus Reed's hoose 'Kinky Cottage', an the story wis aat she'd on page 66

1 matches

Strachan, Shane The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - An Eggs-traordinar Egg, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
Weel, he'd foun his wye tae a cottage far a blind wifie bedd wi her on page 20
He left the aul wifie's cottage - jist wannert awa, nae kenn on page 22

2 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
offered Jane a sma cottage in the middle o the policies.
1 matches

Kerr, Oliwia, Sarah and Amber Fiona and the Ring, (Scots Hoose 2017) Doric, weans
e happily ever efter in a wee cottage next to the burn wi plenty sp
1 matches

Rebecca, Casey and Stephen The Baby Dragon, the Wolves and the Lassies, (Scots Hoose 2017) Doric, weans
r mither and faither in a sma cottage beside a braw wee glen. Ane d
She went hame to her wee cottage where her mither and faither
d happily ever efter in a wee cottage wi the twa wolves as their pe
3 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
nstable contemplating the wee cottage on the Buchan coast and early
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
bonnie Lichthoose an Keepers cottage glass painting only £8 fae P(2016) search twitter

Orkney

Miller, Alison Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Orkney, poetry
Oot through the cottage waalls, doon tae the shore. on page 42

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Hid wid leer through the cottage window whar Jimmack sat, takk on page 16

1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
cottage, an John, Mr. Scougle, bekam
l A mynd on thum leevin i the cottage i Greenbank’s ferm onsteid,
i the boddom cottage wi hir twae sons, Stewart an
nou whan shei selt the Snoot cottage. Accordin tae (C) the auld Ki
airdner an bade i the Gairden Cottage yonner, anenst the big hoose
9 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
e Aye, jist twae mile fae oor cottage. Great Scots name. Richt up t(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Tha cottage lit whan thunder howled on page 50

1 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
s ye can see in tha wabster's cottage, mine, bot mebbe the' hae it on page 8

1 matches

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
apgrade. The Andra Jeckson cottage ootby Carrickfergus bes getti on page 64

1 matches

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