A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

leaf Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.5 20.2 12.8 0 0 0 8.8
Number of occurrences4838 8 0 0 0 2
Number of authors29 21 6 2

Occurrences of leaf in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
glint is wondrous, an a faa'n leaf brings pain. on page 18

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Calder, Bob Lallans 82 - Ae Legend o Sanct Benedict, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
and wes snoozin at peace on a leaf, on page 52

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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
Imagine, he made a braw drap-leaf brod for the kitchen, wi a bo on page 26

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Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
O gizzen leaf crinched ti the tread on page 91

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Bruce hus been shakin like a leaf in the motor and the closer w on page 158

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
Takkin a leaf fae Ms Riddoch's buik (sae ta on page 31

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McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
Landed oan an ivy-leaf, but no fittit, on page 16

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
id o the F-word. Ah'm takin a leaf oot o hur book there. No that on page 8

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
end in - f, for ae instance 'leaf', is turnt tae plural bi eiki on page 26

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Thrombotic clats in auld leaf-veins, on page 2
An whan I see them, leaf an flouer, on page 3
nip wi rimie hand the dowless leaf on page 33
An green grows ilka leaf an bled on page 36
O gizzen leaf crinched tae the tread on page 53
Also on pages 74
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Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
d the notion tae hae new gowd leaf on the Angel on page 43

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Morton, Elaine Lallans 61 - Twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Lothian, poetry
r loam is made o yesteryear's leaf-mools, on page 58

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MacKenzie, Douglas Eemis Stane 1 - Puir Finch, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
That like a bud new heezed in leaf on page 13

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Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
O gizzen leaf crinched ti the tread on page 91

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Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
leaf o the green, see, an flourish on page 25

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Waddell, John Lallans 58 - fower poems bi John Waddell, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Wi feck o holes in every leaf, on page 62

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Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
dragged themselves ower every leaf an blade o grass. Spittle bur
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Till ilka leaf gane bare and broun
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Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
She scuddelt like a blawn leaf frae the bouer, wi a quick gl
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
An aipple leaf wis far ower sma
the leaf seemed adequately big,
Let me adjust this aipple leaf
Bit here! A fig leaf fae this tree
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McKinlay, Kieran Walk Way to Fame, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
ma knees were shakin like ah leaf. Ah pit mah Nikies oan n tied
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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
˜she’s shakin like a fuckin leaf in here. Ah’m no much bette
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Bennett, Peter Clyde Built, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
. He’s shakin like a bloody leaf.
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
hair wis raivelt up wi bits o leaf an twig. But Hippomenes thoch
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Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
irk, Allan happened on green, leaf-lik matter that luikit appeti
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Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
t by accident. Ah’d drawn a leaf shape and coloured it green b
tae look at her she wis a tea-leaf.
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
16 look brother tony - tak a leaf oot ma book - keep it short! (2021) twitter link

Doric

Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
No a leaf nor a burd. Naethin bit stane on page 111

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Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
ry ma faither, tho the antrin leaf frae his buik o local lear wi on page 51

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Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 73 - David, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, poetry
Leaf frae a stinch Buchan tree on page 13

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
o autumn’s ruggit near ilka leaf
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Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
could get oot. Shakin like a leaf he lookit doon at Bob the dog
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
eddylanners cooriet doon on a leaf an luikit at her.
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@fittiecrooners tweeted
ae pick them up! Should tak a leaf oot y(2017) search twitter

@glenlivetloon tweeted
cDictionary I mine the docken leaf fin I wis a loon! Nae muckle (2013) search twitter

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
whaniver tha tree ïs ïn fu leaf on page 109

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Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
ll growein strecht, an no yin leaf haed cum aff tha thoarn tree.
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