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courage Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.9 15.4 6 0 0 10.3 13.3
Number of occurrences3830 4 0 0 1 3
Number of authors24 18 3 1 2

Occurrences of courage 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

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
airn, no tae her, so she took courage, an stairtit up again: on page 59

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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
in his lugs. But the hert an courage o the man wis aye thare yit, on page 21

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
The elder wans hud praised ma courage in the face ae the enemy. The on page 44

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Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
The dunkey's courage rose at this on page 17

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Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Thaur cantie courage a hopefu sicht, on page 15

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
fae somewhaur in the buildin. Courage was demanded. Pittin a face o on page 1

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
in shame at their ain lack o courage an smeddum. Here wis their ne on page 41
pirit to give her strength an courage at the appyntit hour of her g on page 43

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
But with courage and precision (Or so it would on page 64

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
the kind o lads that only had courage in numbers an at hairt were n on page 17
unty roun aboot had the sheer courage tae tak on sic a task. They m on page 86
lassies had shown remarkable courage in eatin these slimy wee crat on page 98

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
in dedicatit tae the constant courage the fou herts o thae fechters on page v

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Ach! There's nae courage in your banes ata. on page 32
a blazon o courage, on page 35

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
aith tells us tae "screw your courage to the sticking point." A tri
kthrou an A howp it'll gie me courage tae try agane. If the fowk th
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Gilmour, Rosie Fareweel tae Wallyford, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
Be brave, hae courage, aye mind and share
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Muir, Glenn Ozsome, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
xception, ah hivnae an unce o courage an ah dinnae ken whaur tae fu
the Wizard’ll gie him some courage, if he asks.”
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McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
The kindness an' courage,
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Dig deep in reserves o’ courage an’ pride,
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Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
rty Years War followin Mother Courage’s wagon: often a case o gau
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ntually the auld man fund the courage tae tell him: “There’s so
ectit, that he’d gotten his courage up. An noo maybes Beatrice ha
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Facebook link ( 2020) Central
rang ye huv tae wunner at sic courage. Ah ken thur’s plenty ither

@jax6754 tweeted
ee hee! One day I'll pluck up courage tae go tae a BIG GIG!??? XXX(2015) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Twa pints o liquid courage fae the bar, fower mair visit on page 41

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
e Alice, surprised at her oun courage. "Id's no business o mine." on page 77
but she gained courage as she went on. Her listeners on page 100

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
t masel. Onybody that has the courage ti staan up afore a crood lik on page 75

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Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
, an no tae hur, sae she took courage, an went oan agin: on page 58

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Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
tae, an naw hir, so shae got courage, an went on agane: - on page 59
mooths gye wide, yit shae got courage is shae went on. Hir listener on page 103

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Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Let's nae waste their courage, let's uise it tae leeve on page 33

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