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goon Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.6 4.6 30.1 9.9 17.4 0 4.4
Number of occurrences349 20 1 3 0 1
Number of authors18 5 8 1 3 1

Occurrences of goon in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
her goon bedecked wi bows an lace, on page 24

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
in ma tatterwallop goon; the day, I sweir on page 35
She hud me happed in a siller goon, on page 39
Ye needna glaum at ma silk goon on page 40
kit; I glaum at the hem o her goon, on page 45
its the dominie, smoothin his goon, on page 81

5 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
neb, dressed in a lang black goon. There wis twa wimmin that ha on page 47

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
the cord frae Janet's dressin-goon on page 52

1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
r. A wis still in ma dressin' goon whin A slid ri leg a' lamb oo
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
boot the College in his blaik goon lik a Roman senator inventin on page 54

1 matches

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
I 3 Dar Oma A fassont a goon fir Ye wrocht o fush-skin its on page 3

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
unnle, "bit Ah am weerin...ma goon!" on page 56
r cairried oot aneth is black goon o respectability. on page 65
said the beautician, pittin a goon ower Betty's heid an pullin e on page 83

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
h am - a gale. eyn in a pink goon." on page 68
it its contents: a christenin goon, rowed in tissue paper an yal on page 79

2 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
an raxed oot till e fit o his goon, an aa at eence her bleedin w on page 94

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ss rickle o beens in the pink goon? ~ she's dunced, ay, an hid e on page 47

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
and got himself a new dressin goon. on page 163
ookit doon in his wig an' his goon on page 178

2 matches

Milligan, John Lallans 68 - Fu Brawlie Kythe Their Hair, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, poetry
She'd a pvc goon an pvc shoon an pvc ower her on page 40

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
weel happit in a pink dressin goon) and Lord Alfred were sittin on page 90

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 63 - Three poems, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, poetry
He gied’s his college goon, fan he retir’t;
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
fleg, mebbe I'll lay oot yer goon. I'll fill the steen pig wi h
r claes an pit on her flannel goon. She sattled inno the horsech
e dickie collar, wi his blaik goon ower it aa like a hoodie craa
. Afore she knelt doon in her goon on the cauld fleer tae say he
, an she wisna dressed in her goon an kneelin aside her bed, she
6 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I left him wi me dresseen goon and hid a weel-earned meal. on page 21

1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
'Pit a scrit on an bring me a goon. Pit a ring apo his finger an on page 124

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
i dy lace goon. An dy groom, nane on page 100

1 matches

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n me rubber böts and dressin goon #shetland #aurora #gratitude(2016) search twitter

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
in hïm oot ïn a braw fancie goon. An the' sent hïm agane tae on page 109

1 matches

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