A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

gowans Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.8 6.4 9.6 0 0 0 13.3
Number of occurrences2112 6 0 0 0 3
Number of authors13 8 3 2

Occurrences of gowans in Corpus

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Central

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
like the heids o the witch gowans on page 43

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
he meedow pouin heids aff the gowans - life cuid whiles feel gey on page 55

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
e filled wi thoosands o yella gowans. on page 75
ye like ma gress and ma yella gowans? The gress ye're staundin on, on page 76
body stapped pickin the yella gowans and glowered across the river on page 77

3 matches

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
wi the gowans on hir brow on page 27

1 matches

McCabe, Mary Lallans 73 - Soond shift, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
A bairn stringin gowans till her mither's hair. on page 49

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
the Asteraceae faimly is the gowans in ‘Auld Lang Syne’: ‘W
bout the braes, And pou'd the gowans fine’. I aye thocht that go
fine’. I aye thocht that gowans wis ox eye daisies, but I cou
3 matches

Porter, Steve Lallans 74 - Gone Wi The Windae, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ornamentit wi spanglin yella gowans, the driplin burn aroond the
1 matches

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
June cam in wi gowans white,
1 matches

Doric

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
la.The sun wis waarm, and the gowans were oot, so he pit his heid on page 84

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
kle flouer-bed, wi a border o gowans, an a fir-tree growein in the on page 25
-like, an loutin doun tae the gowans, fa war jist gettin yokit aga on page 27

4 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
did gie iz yon muckle bunch o gowans e poud doon the
1 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Weans aye know tae pick tha gowans, on page 24
An tha heather an whins an gowans soomin on page 53

2 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
A throuither wheen o gowans amang the stanes doonby the s (2014) twitter link

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