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mither's Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words40.4 35.6 76.9 29.8 5.8 21.9 17.7
Number of occurrences12567 48 3 1 2 4
Number of authors52 30 16 2 1 2 2

Occurrences of mither's in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
the mither's quick question when the boy b on page 18

1 matches

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
at ma mither's knee. on page 31

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 82 - The Banes o Alba, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
nor yet oor mither's need on page 32

1 matches

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
rst heard ye sing at her auld mither's funeral, and again at Missus on page 80

1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
seekin ti pit ideas inti her mither's heid. on page 14
sen he wis richt vogie o her mither's talents an accomplishments. S on page 16
hings, if aa wis weel til her mither's ain mynd, syne aa wis weel. T on page 17
ed adae wi the waffness o her mither's pleens, for the war smaa dout on page 18
t shuir whit wis't at set her mither's birse up. Mibbe it wis the fa on page 24
Also on pages 26, 27
17 matches

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
rk sae Morton wid gang tae ma mither's fur heez denner an agin efter on page 78

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
makkin sic a stushie whan yer mither's shin gat aw lairie,' snecked on page 22

2 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
wi their lights oot. Just ma mither's voice screechin. on page 1

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
weel - that wad be her real mither's uncle ... He'd mind himsel o on page 69
fixed his questin mou tae his mither's breist. on page 71
aboot the place. It tuik aa a mither's strength an patience tae clei on page 73

4 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
k's breeks that hung up in my mither's room. There wis aye a glower on page 69

3 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
e filled the bottle up wi her mither's PLATINUM BLONDE HAIR-DYE EXTR on page 53
The mither's haundbag lay on a chair at th on page 56
look efter me. So he asked ma mither's sister, ma auntie, tae come a on page 190

4 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
'Yer mither's richt!' shouted Mr Boakregard on page 110
up and doon on the loof o his mither's haun, screamin and yowlin and on page 153

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ey ken it aa an brekkin their mither's an faither's hearts. on page 110

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
On his mither's dressin-table in the bedroom, on page 21
adna meltt. And there wis his mither's fantoosh pooder-puff floatin on page 31

2 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
And yer mither's hair wis still gowden red on page 133

1 matches

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
uist nae wey tae leeve. An ma mither's aye on hit us; on page 2

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
tuck Shuggie's lead intae his mither's shed an she came oot tae offe on page 25

1 matches

Morning, Carey Neeps and Tatties, (self-published 2020) Central, weans
baith mither's wee pouties, lithesome and sm on page 29

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
ilk man an mither's son, tak heed: on page 84

1 matches

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
that the leid I learnit at ma mither's knee, is still the leid spoke on page 6

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Jean: Your mither's? on page 27

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
"Ay, in a meenit, whan ma mither's ready." on page 82

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
your last son. He recoonts a mither's tragedy in a soothern state. on page 23

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
ivery day, whan I gang tae ma mither's hoose in the widd," she said, on page 97
Moo gaed her mither's coo. on page 98

2 matches

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

1 matches

Landles, William Lallans 73 - Welcome, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
And a mither's hert sang saftly, on page 57

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
deid an his mither's corp is yirdit, but he leives on page 140

1 matches

Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
'Och, I'm fine. But ma mither's no sae guid.'
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
"It's hame tae ma mither's A'm gaein -
on ma mither's side
Upon ma mither's side as weel
3 matches

Meikle, William Overheard in a Cemetery, (ABCTales.com 2004) Central - Ayrshire, prose
never even shed a tear at ma mither's funeral - no a single wan.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
rn that seen it rugged at his mither's airm, shoutin, "Ma! See thon.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
eren o the play that his puir mither's madness wisnae schizophrenia
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
ry fortnicht, an Ah yaised ma mither's tickets tae borrae adult buik(2020) search twitter
oet Ah wis gonnae suggest yer mither's maiden name, but ye cud get n(2020) search twitter
exacting her revenge fer her mither's deith? #TheHead(2020) search twitter

@fairpechtoot tweeted
@DrMDempster Got tae be Mither's Pride!(2019) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
Hae a braw Maw's Day/Mither's Day/Mam's Day, dependin oan w (2019) twitter link

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
tae howk a sec o coal for ma mither's hoose efter schuil, an gin he on page 99

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
aul, puir loon. He wis in yer mither's class at Cassie En' Skweel. Y on page 35

1 matches

Reid, Adeline Tales Fae The Doric Side - A Clootie Duff, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
magic bitties aye missen fae mither's slicht o haan on page 20

1 matches

Skinner, Alison C. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Leaves, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
anither rummle throwe her ain mither's wardrobe fan she wis eleivin, on page 22

2 matches

Diansangu, Mae Tales Fae The Doric Side - My Faither's Fowk, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
efter aa, yer mither's on page 37

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
"Yer mither's in her prime - looks like wi on page 92

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ot the windae Ess on the sill Mither's nae daft . Smoking can kill S on page 15

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
bonny reed steen. "It wis ma mither's," he said. "Div ye like it?" on page 31
Mither's mam wis stoot an waarm an wor on page 66
in. He teen a bit smile es is mither's wirds cam back tull im: 'It's on page 75

3 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
in unspeakable things til her Mither's decor, an their fusky glesses on page 94

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Yer mither's ayewis hated ma!" Donald felt on page 34
Donald rolled his een. "Your mither's a travel agent fir guilt trip on page 35
nywye, Mam." Lorna pattit her mither's han. on page 36
"They wint a lot, an yer mither's jist spylin them," said Donal on page 41
say oot lood as Ah unlock ma mither's door. "Bit Ah s'pose it'll bi on page 78
Also on pages 89, 94
9 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
att hid deit wis pis weeda't mither's only sin, an a muckle set oot on page 91

2 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
Fan ane o their mither's asked far twaa on page 33
while ithers possessed their mither's resilience on page 34

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
arcastically. "It's ma bliddy mither's." on page 37

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 78 - Scots Teegars, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, prose
aur the 'ither side' wis, but mither's face went white an A wis telt on page 80

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
tae ma grannie, Lizzie, on ma mither's side, fur we war aa close in on page 51

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
late, will be the cry!" (His mither's vyce again.) He'd tried tae m on page 85

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
her faither's side, throw his mither's fowk, the Menzies o Claggordi
in like her. She favoured her mither's side, the Ross's o Migvree, n
t comin up the stairs wis her mither's, back frae the byre.
tee, tae keep a reef ower his mither's heed an breid on her table.
4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
gin whales.' – bit the step-mither's set her hairt oni fullin her
tho, hid bin lifitit frae his mither's wame, detoxed in the Baby War
s ain wad faa in wi his birth-mither's friens, the scum o Meikleburg
n. Wi the tither, he tuik his mither's airm an smiled at her.
4 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
Jessie wiz mair used tae her mither's fire wi its big iron grate th
1 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
tie soup an aw. Wisnae lik ma mither's nor ma grunnie's. Still fine (2020) search twitter
Aat wis ma mither's line. I aye gie tae guisers -(2020) search twitter

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Happy Mither's day tae the quines o Aberdeen(2016) search twitter
Mither's Day present - primroses pain(2017) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
I'd pissd masel.......it's ma mither's heated car seats.......phew!(2011) search twitter
elope the morn. Wonder if yer mither's had a wee squinty at it aread(2011) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@billykayscot A wird my mither's side o the faimly used a lot (2020) search twitter

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
pt tae grip a hen, tae pit in mither's pot. on page 98

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Oh, God, thoo're brokken me mither's plate! on page 5
I saa a big blue parrot on me mither's gairdeen gate." on page 55

2 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
You never kent then yir mither's line on page 88

1 matches

Southern

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
I spied oan ma mither's face, on page 157

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
roods, an auld favourite o ma mither's(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Whan A wus at ma mither's breesht Thou gien me hope an on page 64

2 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
t tha cairpentér's sinn? His mither's caad Mary, isn't she? An ir h on page 9
richt frae hïs mither's wame. on page 69

2 matches

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