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feathers Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words21.6 15.4 35.2 89.4 0 21.9 22.1
Number of occurrences6729 22 9 0 2 5
Number of authors31 19 6 3 1 2

Occurrences of feathers in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
nk - the birds wae bedragglt feathers, the animals wae their fur cl on page 25

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
No while the quetzal feathers loss thair sheen; on page 40

1 matches

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
"Sic bonnie feathers in a tasefu' black on page 14

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
on the bank-burds wi draiglt feathers-beasts wi their fur slaikit c on page 24

1 matches

MacKinnon, Ann Lallans 70 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
He tousles his reeky feathers on page 61

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
feathers. Craw. Seagull. Magpie. Thur' on page 1

2 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
have shed their few remaining feathers, on page 31

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
it covers ah thi burds feathers on page 90

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
couch. Jesus will be spittin feathers at Stella Marie, ah thocht, on page 61

1 matches

Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
In rain, its feathers wringin. on page 16

1 matches

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
wi white feathers whisperin on page 30

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
thrawn-lookin birds wi bress feathers and beaks as strang as steel. on page 27

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
Thair Fower Feathers) wir bizzy makkin a guttypole on page 69

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 73 - Proverbs o Hell, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
gin it fleps wi its ain feathers. on page 79

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
They fairly made the feathers flee wi peckin ane anither.
isnae worth ye losin aw thae feathers."
e think A wantit a moothfae o feathers?"
3 matches

Letford, William Bevel, (Carcanet 2012 ISBN: 978 1 84777 192 6) Central - Stirling, poetry
ruffle yur feathers show me yur plume look it tha
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
y wings, an dust an wee white feathers fill the small space as a squ
in, whippin up aw the dust an feathers an fuckin dried bird shite in
aboot him an some ay the wee feathers lodge oan the stubbly growth
3 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
her place. Gie me the saftest feathers fae yer snawwhite swans tae w
ts bricht threids an fantoosh feathers, luiked cheap an gaudy nixt t
ir wings. He gaithert chicken feathers fae the Minotaur’s lair, an
Icarus. He jined the wee-est feathers thegither first, syne added l
the sea in a clood o brukken feathers.
5 matches

McClure, Alan A poem, (Twitter 2022) Central - Galloway, poetry
The feathers flew, the battle breengin
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
cushions an duvets an there's feathers awyes.(2020) search twitter

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
It's affa fine wi feathers sae saft on page 62

2 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
on e bank-e burds wi draggled feathers, e animals wi their fur cling on page 23

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
lang neck and muckle feet its feathers were aa grey and dreiche on page 17
blind wifie said, clappin his feathers. on page 20
jist loved their fite-as-snaa feathers, the lang sklent o their neck on page 22

3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
them opened an shut its dowp feathers like a leddy clickin her fan,
ise up guid wife an shakk yer feathers,
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
hin better than tae coont the feathers on a doo's dowp. Fyles, jist
riggit oot as a Reid Indian, feathers an aa, tae sue the Council. H
iff aneth rankled their tarry feathers like weird weemin.
was an Eagle, with wings and feathers of air; he caused the inside
physog, thatched an framed wi feathers, drawn oot tae a pyntit beak.
5 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
wad wint sic a hudderie bag o feathers as ye, fur a man”, he telt
ichtit his neb, he powkit his feathers flat, he even pykit the girse
w. Fit a pictur she made. Her feathers war as black as brummles, her
luikit doori at his hudderie feathers, an his pirn taed feet, an ke
gun, takken half o Victor’s feathers aff his dowp. Bang gaed the g
7 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
n a wee birdie wi nae fledgit feathers. Nae fit ye wis aifter, bit n(2020) search twitter

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ettle on – I’m richt spewin feathers an need a fly cuppie an a fun(2018) search twitter

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
Than sheuk his feathers right. on page 40
Lost aal his bonny feathers, on page 41

2 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Her ginger feathers scattered while the cat lukk' on page 12
his skinny legs and meed his feathers fly. on page 13
green stuff and flappan hids feathers every morneen, as Jimmack wal on page 16
hen he saa the black bundie o feathers gaan intae the bam tur the ni on page 17
Hid tore a chunk o feathers oot and stabbed him in the ey on page 56

6 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
and the feathers fallin out o yer tail. on page 144

1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 73 - Ten Owersettins frae the Chinese, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Whyte feathers like the glisterin silk, on page 39

1 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
float alang as licht as feathers.
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
r mantles glossy white, thair feathers sleek an blak. on page 1

1 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Purch'd ain post yer feathers preenin' on page 32

1 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
an swallt, an ah wunnered if feathers wud sproot frae her skin.
in as ivery yin o them growed feathers. The weans didnae know what w
flew west, their lang, white feathers fleeted tae thon very spot an
3 matches

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