Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

fireside	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	6.6	4.1	10.6	39.7	0	10.3	4.4
Number of occurrences	21	8	7	4	0	1	1
Number of authors	14	5	5	2		1	1

Occurrences of fireside 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

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
an he wid mak a poker for her fireside. on page 22
lies open by the fireside neuk. on page 24

2 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 85 - D.I.Y. Doctor , (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
The auld man in the fireside chair hoched anither glob o b on page 34

1 matches

Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
nker at hame in a dwam by the fireside, on page 43

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
o steive enuch tae hiddle the fireside tartan oan the frunt o thair on page 65

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
tae licht, an freens, an fireside.
an socht the fireside, safe an warm.
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
body ye ken sittin at yer ain fireside an speakin in yer ain Mither
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ot the Evenin Express oan the fireside rug an proceedit te pare is t on page 54

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
an, sittin hissel doon it the fireside. "Ah teen a lang, haird winne on page 49
ushions aat matched the funcy fireside rug. Inside oor hoose wis dar on page 64

2 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
nt dcemie saw him sittin at e fireside, teuk a gweed glower at him a on page 118

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
ord Alfred were sittin bi the fireside in the breakfast room fan the on page 90

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
wis slumped in a cheer at the fireside, her een swallt wi greetin
1 matches

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 71 - Snuffy, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Doric, prose
wis sittin on his knee at the fireside. Aa aboot Joseph fa haed a co
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
hen he gaed in and sat bi the fireside. If this didna wirk, he'd go on page 17
Sheu wis snoozan bi the fireside when sheu haard an unkan soon on page 35
ch up on the gossip roond the fireside at nights. on page 58

3 matches

Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
wis grand tae sit doon at the fireside o' a evenin wae ony veesitor
1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Fireside rug, on page 16

1 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Wi reekin lums, an yarns, an fireside crack, on page 38

1 matches