A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of grey in Corpus

Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
she geegled, shakin her auld grey curls, on page 29

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
aid the sage, as he shook his grey locks, "Ah kept aw ma limbs a on page 37

1 matches

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
grey esh fleetin past on page 8
(The laifs are grey wi mowd on page 30

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 82 - The Gowden Boat, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Oan a toun pentit grey in the mornin's daw. on page 15

1 matches

Love, Rowena M. Lallans 82 - Hame tae Dunbar Harbour, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
a weathered wuid door, grey as halibut, on page 41

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
aist mature, wee smatterin ae grey hair oan his temples, he'd hu on page 11

1 matches

Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
d o sweat trickled doon Tam's grey face. on page 47

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
either the red or grey, never blue. 'Here yi go, ma on page 12
d starts walkin doon. A see a grey Berghaus among the unfamiliar on page 41
trousers. Addison's maw hus a grey power skirt-suit on. Broonie' on page 51

3 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
aid the sage, as he shook his grey locks, "LT kep mysel steirin on page 44

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
-pit near oor veelage. It wis grey-derk whan A furst seen the st on page 58

1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 59 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
o oorie sillert grey on page 129

2 matches

Philip, Andrew Lallans 70 - Fower Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
ower tuimness and yon muckle, grey, blin lochan that hingit faur on page 55

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
e, greens, rids, yellas, tan, grey an broon. Then ye mind aboot on page 1

6 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
grey caur-parks machair bi coral s on page 43
Hoo it's noo grey, no blonde nor fair on page 49
wait an ettlins, skeck a lang grey rope on page 60

3 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
cloak that covered his hodden-grey coat an breeks, a tall, thin, on page 29
doun. In the furst licht o a grey morn, as Peden crossed the th on page 44
bridle chains, an the lourin grey shapes o horsemen loomed eeri on page 45
north waa, an a bank o heavy grey cley tae stap up the cracks a on page 50
n breeks an a jaiket o hodden grey ... An why the soun o mirth? on page 59
Also on pages 65, 68, 76, 79
10 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
ht-hertit ploys. The warld is grey an mirk, on page 39
intae the dowie air o Leven's grey stane waas, on page 40
its grey faulds bellied abuin the wave on page 45
ks o the Tweed thon day; then grey, on page 49

4 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
strand. 'Goustie, an wi saft grey clood massin oan the firth.' on page 14

3 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
ur. Ah sometimes see a bit o' grey in ma hair noo, bit Ah've no on page 28

1 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Take yer grey-cowled friars on page 45

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
, min! Duis the green turn ti grey, on page 25
lift, Blinly they faa ti the grey earth. on page 29
It's aye been black or grey here, and scant siller. on page 31
land, an then gazed up ti the grey lift: whit cuid he spy there? on page 77

5 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
a haist ah managed tae find a grey polo shirt and a pair ae Fire on page 67
e him a nice cup ae tea. Earl Grey, ken? the proper stuff, no th on page 120

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
be a hero. His face had turnt grey. on page 39
d intae the wumman's slabbery grey een, and she let the silence on page 89
pluffie fozie face hud turnt grey wi dreid. His stocking were f on page 114
the laddie yauled turnin fae grey tae white. on page 115
and awfie glaury, wi greenish-grey skin on tap and an orange-col on page 131
Also on pages 178, 213
7 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
thi followin day, life turned grey, on page 53

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ddle - shitty broon mixed wi grey an yella that changes shade d on page 67
r tae shave cause it's aw wee grey wispy bits. She wore trackies on page 94
short gleeved shirt wi a dark grey bow tie an washed oot black d on page 117

3 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
Excep fossil-dry, grey-bleached, on page 16

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
green. His gloves were pearly grey. on page 67
somethin sae wee and thin and grey that awbody thocht that somet on page 105

4 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
n hills transmute intae daurk grey ocean. on page 19
n hills transmute intae daurk grey ocean, on page 22
Implacable; a great, grey ghaist o steel. on page 27
Grey auld veterans stiffen tae att on page 41

5 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
el, lookin up at the blue and grey concrete square. Ah willnae b on page 3
l by a specky wumman wi short grey hair who puts me in mind o a on page 6
s arms and walks ower tae the grey fitbaw pitch. on page 18
obblestoned shore. The white, grey, and black seashells crackin on page 21
scratchin away at the flakey grey paint. on page 45

5 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
There were grey socks an white socks, Woolly on page 17
e, green, black an a horrible grey colour like she had gathered on page 23

2 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
hae Brains, ony o them, ainly grey oose that's blawn intae their on page 10
'Aye, because it's grey, a muckle grey yin. Here it's on page 89
ng day for his Idea, somethin grey showed for a moment by the ri on page 93

5 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
awfie skinny, and he had on a grey suit wi mirkie stains aw ower on page 22

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
s funnel billows up intae the grey sky. The pains o Hell take a on page xii
hus cream blinds tae aff the grey o the buildin. She peeks thro on page 1
ed grin. He's wearin a shiny, grey suit wi a thin, black tie and on page 7
dra looks down angrily at the grey pavement, and ah laugh. Thing on page 33
l remember the blue cardi and grey on page 39
Also on pages 41, 45, 54, 55, 56, 76
12 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
grey as granite on page 44

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
ithrin wind an seas o drumlie grey on page 24
But in the lownin cam the grey o dawn on page 26
An nests are gizzen in the grey-armed tree on page 33
Tae haary grey, lat me no think on page 78

4 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
The grey's owertakan the black. on page 16

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 67 - In Search o Robert Henrysoun, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
was speirin aw round the Auld Grey Toun, on page 123

4 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
on a cauld Spring mornin. The grey dawn wis brekkin an there wis on page 17

5 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
the wind whummles, green tae grey. on page 112

1 matches

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
l on broun reeds. The sky wis grey. on page 7

1 matches

Jamie, Kathleen Eemis Stane 1 - Pine Wid, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
their grey deid staun on page 6

1 matches

Jamie, Kathleen Eemis Stane 1 - Grey Feather, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Grey feather, on page 7

1 matches

Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
aw a clutch o five smaa eggs, grey-white and green, wi olive and on page 18

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Ootby, the reuch grey's a daud o clagginess; on page 28

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ixty year. Indeed neither the grey waas nor the blue doors hae b on page 72

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
ed, the sel same colour o the grey harled waas ahint them. on page 18

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Less Trauchle Nor A Bairn, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
roon skirt, bleck coat an the grey shawl roond her shoothers hid
The bleck an grey kittlin hid been lappin frae
d shawn her thit the bleck an grey kittling micht waash intae a
3 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
pony and his name was dapple grey,
They ca'd it Dapple Grey;
2 matches

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
Past grey, wat sheep lik ancient stauni
ap yersel up in oo o waarmest grey
2 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
n hills transmute intae daurk grey ocean.
n hills transmute intae daurk grey ocean,
n hills transmute intae daurk grey ocean.
3 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
e claimed veesitations bi the grey ootrels o mair modren times?
the ootrels. Thir spreets wis grey wi muckle black een, some fow
n sindry modren tradeetions o grey ootrels. Whan we cast back th
3 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 81 - Annie and the New Chairs, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
solved bi the entry o a wee, grey-heidit wuman. Aathin aboot he
1 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ight like a dentit bell, flat grey an ringin caal. Cloud settlit
them baith, the ice stretcht, grey an white, towards the far hor
2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
n til Aiberdeen, ‘Homage to Grey Granite’ an ‘I Seek A Cit
1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Ahint him, a fluff o grey sprittled the horizon, the st
anels. The wee wife then crep grey-gizzed to unsteek the bowts,
she watched the grey horizon ayont the movin blur
3 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ssic Gibbon fae the Mearns in Grey Granite (1934): ‘She’ll b
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
an troosers, rabbit grey, but braw.
The windae looms, a sullen grey,
2 matches

Gilmour, Rosie Uniform, (Scots Hoose 2012) Central, weans
It's black wi a wee bit grey
1 matches

Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
actual geography. In the auld grey toon o Hawick, it daesna mait
1 matches

Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ots when she cam tae the auld grey toon. Ah first spake tae her
1 matches

McClelland, Ben Chicagof Island, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
s big, hairy coupon. They had grey fur and gave another screechi
1 matches

Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
ant tae be gleamin white wurr grey fae aw the dirt that hud deci
1 matches

Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
The Retour O The Grey Airmy
But since the retour o the grey airmy (Canus vulpis) it’s c
2 matches

Meikle, William Overheard in a Cemetery, (ABCTales.com 2004) Central - Ayrshire, prose
after us till we got auld and grey. Whit happened tae that dream
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
beauty in a cloud strewn, ash grey sky.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
an head in tae the close. The grey sandstane tenement’s as gri
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
wet strands tae his heid. The grey sweatshirt he’s wearin’s
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ag, lyin oan the flair by the grey, smoulderin remnants ay the f
1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
waw is comprised ay black an grey granite. Above the doorway is
liarity. Horizontal layers ay grey smoke hang in the air like gh
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
an in silence. Vast sheets ay grey cloud race overheid, high abo
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
st nurse says, gesturin tae a grey black panel at the end o the
1 matches

Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
nde hair that wis turning tae grey. She wisnae whit ye wid ca’
weel padded and she had warm grey een and a cheerie smile. She
2 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
he sky whither it’s blue or grey an’ the water whither it’
ither it’s blue or green or grey or that Gaelic only word ‘g
2 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
mage tae me in them days. The grey man got rid o’ the Iron Lad
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
re stauns in the shadows, the grey bristles ay his facial growth
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ous scrawl o green athort the grey san o the Taklimakan Desert.
am on as they swallaed up the grey emptiness o the Taklimakan. B
scuffed an worn, an her lang grey hair wis carelessly twistit o
up in the rw. She lay in the grey mornin licht in the wee room.
oot. He wis an aulder man wi grey hair, though some reid aye sh
6 matches

Sands, Finn THE GHAISTLY FITBAW MATCH, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
beamtet him through the slate-grey sky. They shone o’er the Au
1 matches

MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
mah een tae keek 'n' see th' grey disfigured fist as it tighten
1 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
es the occasional twitch ae a grey whisker. Hazel hud tried tae
1 matches

Ewen, Allan The Blin Man an the Man Wha Couldna See, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
“ the blin are immune tae the grey – Orkney, Shetland, the tun
1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
iked lik it hid grown fae its grey surroondins oan a richt scunn
1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Whit's For Ye'll No Gae By Ye, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
grey grund, nae names on stanes ab
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
the breeze, an a heid o unco grey hair fechtin oot fae aneath h
1 matches

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
wden sheen tae um, Sutton wis grey. They wur bonnie lookin beast
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
ed claes and changed intae ma grey school skirt and sweatshirt a
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
telly remote oaff the modern grey solid oak coffee table that s
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
the other hand, hus chosen a grey and navy jumper and black jea
1 matches

Fyall, Aitken Lallans 74 - Rabbie’s Retrospeck, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
o fasson’s gaen frae hodden grey,
1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
in a man in a broun coat on a grey mare speik tae his faither ef
1 matches

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 74 - Thof nae a rigmarie hae I, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
But there the lift’s gey grey, he dowps doun upon a braw bi
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
eaeron90 Not since auld Davey Grey cut it in my school days, wit(2020) search twitter
@Judy_Jarv Better grey hair than nae hair ??(2020) search twitter

@g_hibby tweeted
e so... Morning peeps.. A bit grey and damp oot there, mind yer (2023) twitter link

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
t, Up in pawkies, napp coat , Grey, nae Liz Lochead blue, Nae ta(2020) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
Scots Leid lesson in the Auld Grey Toun, " This is like learnin (2022) twitter link
e been wirkin aroond the Auld Grey Toun wi bairns in wee schuils (2022) twitter link

@billykayscot tweeted
rin white insteid o dreich an grey! Dei Donum indeed! https://t.(2020) search twitter

@rattlecans tweeted
d no jist the day she, wi her grey hair up in the bun, rowed us (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
tween eer lugs cos theres nae grey matter in there - doh lol (2020) twitter link
@dhowie5 is that jake in the grey jersey n the jeens lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Diansangu, Mae Tales Fae The Doric Side - Efter the war memorial at Cowdry Hall, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ind us nivver tae forget; his grey silence speirs at bodies pass on page 61

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Tales Fae The Doric Side - Vadim Shysimarin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
In a grey an blue trackie on page 64

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
an yer feet turn caul An yer grey hair has grown even greyer Ye on page 15

2 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
Green grey sea's thunner an roar on page 59

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
in hodden grey an bidit in a bourrach, on page 10

2 matches

Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
Lek patches on the grey hous frunts, on page 111
e factory smock comes doun as grey stour, on page 112

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
sinlicht bounces aff sparklin grey granite; feet clatter on pave on page 43
wi the win te show a strip o grey hair; she'd lipstick on her t on page 59
ookit oota them tull they war grey - like an ootside waa. on page 64
d te think foo he'd hated the grey giants bit, noo, he nivver no on page 92
aint: the combine, the Little Grey Fergie, the baler, ploos, hen on page 93

6 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
rough wi the strength o slate grey, on page 1
amidst the grey granite on page 8

2 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Fan I wiz grey on page 71
y bide wi' ye till I'm aul an grey on page 82
Stervin caul fan i'skies ir grey on page 85
inie's in bleck an I'm feelin grey on page 91
addilt roon and roon, sky wiz grey an we wiz green on page 118

12 matches

Christie, Hilary Lallans 78 - Ma Freens in Chains, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, poetry
Or the wide, grey saucepan lid o lift on page 74

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
sade e sage, as he shook his grey locks, on page 45

1 matches

Smith, Derek Northwords Now 43 - Derek Smith, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Doric, poetry
ablow, a lang-droont sheep, grey as the nappy on page 18

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
kle feet its feathers were aa grey and dreiche on page 17

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
le power the one minute, then grey an cankert the next; then the on page 118

1 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Doric Sweet Talk, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
In the dark grey rain washed toonie.
1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
solitude, lookin oot ower the grey North Sea; a seelent sentinel
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
as they reached the door o a grey heich biggin.
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
eat in o the air bit a bittie grey,
Wither is affa dull an affa grey,
Mornin starts awa gey dull an grey,
Dull an affa grey that is the day,
Dull an grey, noo rain I div forecast,
17 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Damp an grey, wamth in the air,
Dull an grey aye an weet as weel,
Dull an grey an affa dismal tee,
ull the hale day an it's affa grey,
Dull day an affa affa grey is the sky,
15 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
yairds frae her taes, a lane grey bawd teetit roon at her frae
moo, the rikk risin up frae't grey as a goat's beard. Sae heich
airst creepit in o't, a great grey ghaist o a bawd, like the lan
ot, hung afore her like a wee grey cloud. The great green firs a
wuvven fur her ooto a hank o grey oo, seein her breath hing afo
9 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
an beryl. Maist o the stinch grey toun o Meikleburgh hid bin ta
s the colour o a deed salmon, grey wi the antrin straik o yalla
hem, the quarry lochan luikit grey as leid. A muckle blaik cloud
3 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
Maist days there’s a thick grey haar that veils onything past
r starts descending. His lang grey hair blaas aa owre the place
y. He looks doonwards wie his grey-blue een and stares at the wi
ight. I look back doon at the grey pillars aroon ma, then lie on
4 matches

Hutchison, Pat Sanners Gow's Tales and Folklore of the Buchan - The Clootie Dummmplin!, (Ayton Publishing 2017 ISBN: 978-1910601419) Doric - Banffshire, prose
wool like the army wore but a grey colour that hid lang tails ta
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
It wiz a grey dreich mornin fin the bairn w
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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ped in an aal piece of hodden grey wiz aa she cairried but even
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
the hose, the blazer, the wee grey uniform an the broon sheen, a
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Harper, Edith Soon Awa, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2021) Doric, poetry
an is as grey an cauld an lanely.
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Facebook link (Doric Scots Books an Poems 2021) Doric - Fraserburgh
THE WEE GREY FERGIE
Fan a wee grey fergie fairly catched his ee
Eence he got the wee grey fergie hame
But still Harry kept the wee grey fergie near

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
riftwid doon amang the cowid, grey stones on page 35
alace lies in ruins, owld and grey. on page 37
he blanket is a murky shade o grey. on page 48
e're baith o us crappened and grey. The trees'll be flattened or on page 67
While the murky grey watter cheust festered and bo on page 71
Also on pages 73, 81, 83
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Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
in a glastos grey-blue-green. on page 10

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Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Colours o blue black, grey and white on page 112

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Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
white, grey an black on page 57

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Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
a grey, Slow Air on page 154

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Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Fither sits astride the owld grey Fergie, grandfither, on page 95

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Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
neen wis bonnie: a douce blue-grey sky wi saft layers o clood, a
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Hershaw, William Seivin Verses for GMB, (Scottish Poetry Library 2015) Orkney, poetry
Five grey- stemmed daffodils
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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
y," said Faider, an shook his grey hair, on page 48

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De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Da day is doo-grey an on page 110

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Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
in till’msell in his short grey baerd.
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Tait, Christian Da Hegri, (Shetland For Wirds 2001) Shetland, poetry
Du’s nae mair as a siller-grey fence post,
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Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
a tap o his haed wis an auld, grey flat kep. Clumps o curly hair
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Isbister, Sonny Caves aroond Shetland, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
s white as snow. His hair wis grey, short and spikey but he hed
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Nicholson, Hannah Samhain - Usher in the Dark - Minni-Babbi, (Leopard Arts 2021) Shetland, prose
urned a dark an angry shade o grey. Finally, een o da big waves
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Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
grey winter's gemm, an watch thaim on page 137

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Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Till, grey-bearded an stunted, on page 153
wi her saft grey shawl. on page 155
ed by the arrival o the auld 'grey Fergie'. on page 163

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Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
A haundfu o grey ashes; lang, lang ago at rest on page 215

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Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
aid th sage, as het shook eis grey locks, on page 46

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Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Hir face bane-ticht an grey, on page 9
The grey scad in the dorr, on page 13
The sallies, hoovin saft an grey, on page 17
Blak birns, grey haggit stumps, a roostin car. on page 26
Its age-owl brae grey-gorred, gant white on page 38

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Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
ixt Tha Whuskin's roaks slate-grey An Miller's Isle. on page 22

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Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
id the sage, es hae shuk haes grey locks, on page 47

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McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Frank gaed tae get tha oul grey meer, By Sowl, bot no too qui on page 4

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Gillen, Charles Oot Here Mae Lane, (Words without Borders Magazine 2004) Ulster, prose
The grey ghosts dissappear, an' its no
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Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
ather med it aa tha waur, tha grey moss an apen muir empie laik
deep rid, glentin in tha dull grey moss laik a licht.
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