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minds Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words46.8 51.9 42.2 49.7 63.9 41.3 4.4
Number of occurrences150101 28 5 11 4 1
Number of authors83 58 13 4 5 2 1

Occurrences of minds in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
e gie him a fleg even when he minds they're there. Left ontae the on page 15

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
e pictur that wad stee in the minds o bairns in my hame kintra. " on page 24

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Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
A sup o tea oan baith oor minds, on page 9

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
did hae the feelin Katja Lenz minds us anent, that the decision t on page 36

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
Archie was in twa minds, He'd a mind tae get awa hame on page 1

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
Riches mair as minds can jalouse, Wheat and baurle on page 6

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
thair bouks as weel as thair minds on page 13
an aft thair minds tae on page 31

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Ah'm shair minds fine whaur Vera daunered tae on page 25
aye minds us o thaim lang syne deid, oa on page 77

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
erdin awa up in the hills. It minds me o yon sair winter we had a on page 81

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Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
irselves peace tae rest their minds an' train their brains. on page

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
And aw she minds ae you is the bruises an fear on page 83
that dinnae care tae ken wur minds, an see love's acts as sins; on page 103

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Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
to have their great minds engaged' on page 36

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
i tre burns. Nick, though, it minds him o his auld Germany, o the on page 77

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
es. And began tae pollute the minds ae the youth ae the abandoned on page 90

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
things. It concentrates their minds wunnersome.' on page 149

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
rces equitably'? Weel, in the minds o the Westminster estaiblishm on page 25
eculiar Nigel Farage, wha aye minds me o Tony Hancock's comic per on page 112

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
bein aroond so many creative minds. Ta... it's been a blast! on page i
fae oor minds. on page 24

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Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
issue that has exercised the minds an hairts o Lallans readers f on page 84

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
e Radgie Rap', Frances Robson minds us that the road til the ill- on page 5

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
An legal minds, trained tae dissect, Prepare on page 31
e double-bills wi the 'Simple Minds', on page 61
He minds the past tho, this son o Wigt on page 87
s an nymphs cam an gae in oor minds as impulses or fancies. Few p on page 102
hed upon our young an fertile minds; on page 128

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
at the wee school made their minds up aboot me a lang time ago, on page 38

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
inner mind, an noo the inner minds o thae poyets an-aw that's sh on page 34

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
aw, they could noo gie their minds tae the Problem o Gettin Lows on page 131

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ooks and, in the back o their minds, they howped that soon their on page 69
f's theatre, they were in twa minds, a phrase which here means "t on page 133

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ears. Folk kin make their ain minds up aboot Stella Marie's chara on page 117

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Briggs, Susi Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
He jist minds his ain business catchin flea on page 12

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Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - Review Lang Syne in the East Neuk o Fife, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ist nostalgic for onybody wha minds the nebbie guff fae the Nairn on page 54

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
generation that minds o gettin a poke thrang wi cak on page 7

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Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
openin their minds, airms, herts on page 30

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Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
onsfowk juickly chynged their minds aboot hingin the sodger. on page 48

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Naebody fuckin minds on page 53

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
eroic fasson; Stephen Pacitti minds me, in no a verra cosh-lyke w on page 9

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
"Mak up yer minds," seyd Alan. on page 63

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Tindal, Betty Lallans 73 - The Scaffie Man’s Tale, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
m daunderin alang here in twa minds as ye can tell, thinking it t on page 113

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Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
cannae go an make up wir ain minds.' on page 46
niver huv been faur fae thir minds, the two young sojers, wis th on page 47

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
pyne o bereavement, but minds us that it's no a pyne ithout on page 7

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
es haurdly been here ava. Oor minds maun warsle wi the undemous l
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Fairnie, Robert Thochts o Speakin Scots, (peffers50.freeserve 2001) Central, prose
d be weel wyced tae pit thair minds back tae thair bairnheids an
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Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Distempered, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
it’s yer minds that’s sma, oor Scotia
oor gulsoch minds sair demented,
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
e nummer o wirds alive in the minds o Scots wha micht itherwise h
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Fleemin, Sandy Post-Its, (sandyfleming.org 2005) Central - East Lothian, poetry
Minds me o mysel.
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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
e day I taks a deep braith an minds mysel that she wadna gae oot
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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
of lapsed observation made by minds whose attitude to experience
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
left teirs in his breeks. He minds that the war a shairp bumming
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Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
is that it does not enter the minds of legislators to make delibe
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Wilson, Rab Lallans 76 - Napoleon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
onds constructit, that in yer minds tableaux
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
b, is a key-wurd for thaim at minds him, an anither is ‘honesty
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Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
lace. Thae bairns hae clairty minds. An
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
e Scottish theatre. Stevenson minds us that:
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Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
r twa that pits whit's in oor minds a wee bit mair bluntly - 'YO
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Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
uist in oor hames, but in oor minds, the circumferences o oor liv
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Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
e '80s - Big Country, Simple Minds, Hue and Cry an siclike - wa
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Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
mensefu national leid, but it minds us that e'en the tongue o the
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McClelland, Ben Chicagof Island, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
t? Thoughts ran through their minds. Frozen to the spot, they kee
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Stirling, Alison Watergaw, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Kirkcaldy, prose
The muin at midnicht minds me o ma lass
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Smith, Jamie The dingin doun o devolution, (Mak Forrit 2020) Central - Edinburgh, blog
hirlt Scotland wad — in the minds o the Brítish estaiblishment
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Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
t in 1795: ‘To act upon the minds of the people at large, a wor
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Heather, Alistair The ghaist lichts, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
ey war fleggit hauf oot their minds: these war the ghaist lichts
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Than an nou — poverty, makkin dae, an leukin oot for ilk ither, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
Ma mither minds her taen in the bairns o a wu
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
rklin in the mornin sun, that minds Athena o Arachne’s bonnie c
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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
she can catch her braith she minds on Rhona an Davie, gits her b
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Muir, Glenn Sport!, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
uidnae get enough o it. In ma minds ee I imagined masel being a s
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McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
nts are legends made! It also minds me o’ somethin’ A used ta
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Lehane, Matt Cubismo Part II, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
in his minds ee
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
es. Bill as he existit in the minds o freins, colleagues. E’en
ly rax oot for that contack o minds that comes through mutual obs
t, “it’s no... me grannie minds quhan it wis just us,” he s
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McClurg, Fernando Indytwa?, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
in muckle tae chynge fowks’ minds aboot independence direckly.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
Ae Dalkeith dominie minds seein sic a gentie officer ma
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Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
arty ay the people; hearts an minds an aw that; a symbol ay natio
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Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
This minds on the Anglicisation (or Scot
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MacMinto, Gregor The Rhythms of Bratislava, (wordpress 2022) Central, blog
, public service vyaachles at minds a bodie o thaim yaised as bar
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ays yit tae come. Changin the minds ae the Leith Nation is nae ea
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
randed in the waitin room. Ma minds still too preoccupied wae ma
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@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
a bonnie bird that sings But minds me o my (2020) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
trust them tae chainge their minds this time?? Guid luck wi that (2022) twitter link

@billykayscot tweeted
olk criticise the SNP the now minds me o Hugh McIlvanney’s quote(2020) search twitter
usic scene he’s thirled tae. Minds me o ma pals past an praisent(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
wunner WTF wis goan thru the minds o the grand jury members. Pol(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
@13sarahmurphy Aye minds me o yon wee fella fae Ghostb(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
scots who couldnae make there minds up - says it all lol https:/ (2020) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
The lot ~ an that'll tak wir minds on page 15

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Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
n mak siccar that your mither minds tae pit my name an crest up t on page 10

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
o their minds on page 26

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Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
Bi noo their minds were full o woe, on page 6

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
Well o the World's End (which minds me that the Montgomeries drav on page 126

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
ll o the World’s End (which minds me that the Montgomeries drav
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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Dry day, Spring in oor minds uppermost,
Pits winter in oor minds uppermost.
Pits winter in oor minds uppermost.
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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Pits winter in oor minds uppermost.
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Health Centre hid bin in twa minds as tae whether or no tae gie
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Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
en and battered corners, that minds ma on ma childhood, on Faceti
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
“It minds ye on a muckle firewirk.”
“Whyles it minds ye on a banana, an whyles it
kebbuck o cheese. It minds ye on a kebbuck o cheese, tee
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Facebook link (Doric Scots Books an Poems 2022) Doric - Aberdeen
Fa minds gan tae the bakers fer fresh,

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric - Aberdeen, poetry
Fa minds gan tae the bakers fer fresh,
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@d_anderson878 tweeted
nt tae lairn an hiv mair open minds - nae their fault - doon ta(2020) search twitter
Minds me oan ma man the day o ma si(2020) search twitter

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Fa minds putten these oot fur the scaf(2017) search twitter
Fa minds playing wi this simple bit fu(2018) search twitter
Fa minds Pocket Pac-Man! https://t.co/(2018) search twitter
Fa minds owning ae i' these heavy bulk(2018) search twitter
Fa minds this car aff the telly and fa(2018) search twitter
and 2 other occurrences.

@beast_afc tweeted
@craig_engy Minds me o @ChelZReese bent ooer at(2020) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
LouiseNicol1 noo that's great minds, canna b fools ;-)(2011) search twitter

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gallows Ha - Dance tae the End, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Thir made up thir minds, I abandon aal hope. on page 27

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Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
a man o many years, but still minds o the shame on page 98

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Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
wi her bit they changed their minds gey soon on page 50

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Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Thir made up thir minds, I abandon aal hope on page 153

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Hall, Simon W. Crackan the troughs, (Brisk Northerly 2021) Orkney, blog
ny more.’ Me faither-in-law minds the postie walkan right acros
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Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
on dem dat minds wha he is. on page 44

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De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
A whaap flees low, minds toons aa maa'd on page 36
a meetin o minds, or on page 40
nd penga, but hit's haerts an minds on page 47

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Sutherland, Stella Half a Twalmont, (Shetland For Wirds 2014) Shetland, poetry
minds set
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Tait, John M Lallans 60 - Da Odyssey (1-75), (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, poetry
ny men's toons he saa, an dir minds lairned;
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Watt, Valerie Back tae trowie schul, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
e da trowie chiefs mak up dir minds ower whaar tae dig hit oot at
ope yon trowie chiefs mak dir minds up afore wir eens laeve da sc
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Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Within yer minds creation on page 39
Trapped still within yer minds on page 54

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@StuartPoet tweeted
m Mima's 90, fae Muirkirk and minds this bit o an auld sang . Kam(2020) search twitter
#COVID19 on our minds, govt scandals, hellish weath(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Yins wi minds an wisdam, on page 25

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