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keeper Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.5 14.9 17.6 0 17.4 21.9 4.4
Number of occurrences4528 11 0 3 2 1
Number of authors22 12 5 3 1 1

Occurrences of keeper in Corpus

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Central

Shepherd, J. Barrie Lallans 82 - Glenluce Abbey , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
the keeper pointit oot, on page 56

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
a muckle pound yonder an the keeper flung fush tae thaim.' on page 59

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
d Bonnyrigg's goals and their keeper looks maire like a cannonbaw on page 105
As he repeatedly roars in the keeper's direction "Pishwater! Pishw on page 108
plan tae fuck wae Bonnyrigg's keeper hus proved tae be nuttin shoa on page 111

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
juist the keeper, ainlie the keeper on page 14
an the keeper stauns on page 15
the keeper hurls his bow-hoched banes on page 16
the keeper chaas his chewnie on page 17

6 matches

Jamie, Kathleen Eemis Stane 1 - Grey Feather, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
yer keeper's up an left ye - on page 7

1 matches

Heather, Alistair Rin throu the jungle, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
wispy white hair. He wis the keeper o the deuks an the pond. He b
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
railing. Declan wis a decent keeper, it should’ve been nae both
1 matches

Sands, Finn THE GHAISTLY FITBAW MATCH, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
him!’ screamed yon ghaistly Keeper.
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
statesman, judge, makar and Keeper o the Great Seal o Scotland
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
e railin. Declan’s a decent keeper, it shid be nae boather fur h
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
, makar, privy coonsellor and Keeper o the Great Seal o Scotland u
1 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
@ClydeFC Whit “Keeper”? ??(2020) search twitter

@WhenDidADidny tweeted
win them the game. 3rd choice keeper in goal. Man sent aff. They h (2018) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
van best display av seen by a keeper and a group of lads from a lo (2021) twitter link
drawer performance from your keeper as well - great win and effo (2021) twitter link
@rorywalker_10 guid keeper that laddie - defo impressed (2021) twitter link
flanagan97 hees a second rate keeper m8 - n the challenge wis sho (2020) twitter link
do recognise scott walker the keeper for the guys in red - sadly (2021) twitter link
and 3 other occurrences.

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
rm. 'An you, Chairlie Forbes, keeper o the peace, a stickler for j on page 8

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
An keep oor keeper wunnerin fit I' score is on page 131

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
o bit fur ae thing. Kevin the keeper didna takk her on at aa. He w
m like claes poles! Kevin the keeper gied them sugar lumps, an scr
rs ava thocht Jessie. Bit the keeper likit them. He wis newsin awa
Neist mornin, Kevin the keeper cam tae gie Jessie her brakfa
4 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
ad at left back did well, the keeper showed up well and there’s m (2022) twitter link
rper always says, aim for the keeper, chunces are you’ll miss him (2022) twitter link
chances tae actually test the keeper but everyone was skyed plus t (2022) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
@AberdeenFC Darren Mackie keeper bounced it aff his heid(2020) search twitter

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
micht a minded wis at wir his keeper. on page 93

1 matches

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
is. Mam said so an Mam wis da keeper o da Hay Rules.
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Da secret wirld o Santie’s elves, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
Santa’s sleigh and reindeer keeper,” said Pepper. We hed a yar
1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
saipret kennels fur the keeper’s huntin dogs. The naem And
wis the keeper yonder, i ma airliest days. A
2 matches

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
thir in haes prison, wae haes keeper on haes richt. on page 18

1 matches

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