| months | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Occurences normalised per million words | 67.1 | 69.9 | 73.9 | 79.5 | 34.9 | 82.7 | 35.4 | |
| Number of occurrences | 215 | 136 | 49 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | |
| Number of authors | 92 | 55 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
arned onythin in the last six months, laddie? Can ye no follae sim on page 41
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Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
ish lang an bitter cauld. For months the grund wis froze a fuit de on page 85
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Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
So throu summer months, on page 16
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Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
udderwyse in guid fettle. Twa months later, Sadie wiz in a 'Health on page 80
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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
'Six months just aboot. Ye'll go when I s on page 1
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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
Throughoot the follaein three months, there wis a fair wheen o sec on page 6
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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
cloods promisin nocht fir months richt up on page 32
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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
For aichteen months, Jennet wis thirled tae her w on page 26
n cuidnae meet for three lang months due tae a company o papist Hi on page 34
hs, Isabel endured three lang months in her puir cothous, founert on page 43
his Bess tae the heather. For months efterhaun he wis dowf an dowi on page 54
ed her illness for five o sax months but hadnae thocht muckle aboo on page 55
Also on pages 56, 58, 62, 63, 74, 75
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Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
led in ma wame aa through the months, on page 40
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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
e waa cannae be biggit in sax months!' on page 14
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Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
fur her holidays still three months awa'? Wus it the time ye wur on page
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Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
hae somethin' fur the winter months. Ah've an awfy bother keepin' on page 5
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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Well, that wis up until a few months ago. When ma boss imported a on page 22
om. This is the first time in months ah've been anywhere near a wi on page 40
at, ken? Cos fur the past two months Justine's hud me fobbin thum on page 129
yur number a couple of months ago? Yae said if ah ever need on page 145
If we can't tehome him in six months, then he'll be getting a Spec on page 161
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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
em awa cannily fur the dreich months aheid. on page 175
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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
the Vigil thro vicious winter months, ithers tirelessly kept up th on page 107
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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ark fer a new fairmer fer six months or a year. Some o the fairs h on page 30
astit weel enough through the months o bein nippit by the great ic on page 36
on the ice thru the lang dark months o the Arctic winter. Anither on page 37
touer. The weeks passt, then months, an there wis nae sign o Davi on page 88
durin thae terrible weeks an months. on page 97
Also on pages 128
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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
's went on an on aboot it fur months. Ma ma took her tae Halfords on page 40
Who had jist split up an fur months afterwards ah wis made tae we on page 52
letter fae her every couple a months an she's invitet me tae her t on page 121
rugs workshop an how only two months ago we wur aw at that party i on page 130
wur in second year, aboot six months after we first met; we did it on page 169
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Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
t, but it wis jist a couple o months efter Dunkirk, a telegram cam on page 76
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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
been warkin on for ower three months noo. Yon's a record. It's bea on page 38
's had in her mooth for three months! Look at her jaws, will ye! T on page 64
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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Juist months afore the farce o Culloden on page 42
It taen juist three months tae redd it away; on page 81
n o the arts, Gaius Maecenas. Months went by afore Horace actually on page 101
Maist months ah'm skint but ye'll no hear on page 141
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Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
wan ae his freends aboot sax months efter whit haed fasht him sae on page 2
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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
y gettin their first drink in months. Ah gasp. Sommat is drippin o on page xv
hud ma Kate. Fast forward six months, and ah hud a stoma. Hings we on page 5
elationship. It made the last months o Da's life so much easier ta on page 43
e been here for just over two months. Damaged my spine and had to on page 88
when he came back after a few months away. Ah'll never forget hove on page 90
Also on pages 117
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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
ye've heard, months-lang, murnin an greitin. on page 17
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Matheson, Ann Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
be Jess's weird fur a wheen o months. It's dumfounerin hou, in an on page 90
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Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
he hadnae seen them for three months. on page 17
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Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Throu the lang months, wad be a skeelie stent - on page 11
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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
his has the teetle 'The Merry Months of Summer' : - on page 69
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Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
no that long hame, mibbe six months or a year or that. In the rec on page 45
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Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 74 - Kenspeckle Man, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
three months efter thon request.
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Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 74 - Ballad o an Irish student, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Three months had relaxt wir freend:
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McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
In this Parliament a couple o months syne, we memorably celebratit
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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Cairryin Stream o Tradeetion, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
vals that are on in the comin months. The festivals are o aa kins
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
less or plastic kists. In the months and years efter baith men too
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Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
walk there fae Portsoy three months in the year. The jeel in Febr
s chokit wi snaa these winter months, snaa slouched an slewed an c
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
nd fowk jist in the first sax months. Wi this success at their bac
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Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
ae seen maist o ma friends in months, maybe even years. That may h
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ae fresh air an sunlicht ower months, eʼen years, wis thocht by s
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Than an nou — poverty, makkin dae, an leukin oot for ilk ither, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
rns. Her twin wis deid at sax months fae whoopin cough. This wis 1
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Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
en Desert) he wis a wheen few months in Tanganyika, whaur he leiri
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Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
sais, ‘It aw startit a few months ago. They stoapped ma money.
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Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
wis fashionable fur aboot six months in the late eighties. The car
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Bennett, Peter Just Another Minute, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
er gettin the all clear a few months back.
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Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
x month—six o the loneliest months o ma life. Ma Bettie took a t
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
another death. A boy of nine months of age. He died on the 4th of
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
fecht the Greeks. It wis mony months afore he returned; but the wa
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
get yokit intae in the comin months wis brocht up includin the St
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Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
’ it. Ah mean, ah’d spent months o’ ma life avoidin’ theym
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Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
rents’ bought mi a couple a months back for ma 16th. An auld guy
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McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
tale!” It appears that fir months Scott had been goin’ hame e
area o’ Glasgow an’ spent months doin’ it up. She came in yi
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McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
hit?” Joseph of Nazareth (4 months B.C.). It took some o’ the
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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
that I s’ be wi ye for mony months mair, and afore I dee I feel
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
sayed, “a pilot a couple of months ago said he saw a crowd of pe
et a leevin here for a puckle months. He stoppit at the fuit o the
is ribs wi ilka step. A wheen months syne he wad hae thocht it a h
A couple o months passed an the engineer hadna
ve been watchin ye thir past months an conseederin whedder Ah cud
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Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Bit lasts fur three months never fear
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Seth-Smith, Niki Chynge o sum kind is comin either wey, but a vote tae leave wad empooer Europe’s faur richt, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
e dae i the raicent few short months.
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McClurg, Fernando Tae see oorsels as we see ithers, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ns ower the nixt few weeks an months, but here I thocht it micht b
rity govrenment. Efter defyin months o pollin predictin a pairliam
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Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
ans for media platforms i the months aheid – an oor ain wee blog
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astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
n lyin in yir byre these last months.”
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McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 3, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
le she wisnae splattered. Six months in the Western wae a fracture
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ll linger on yur claithes fur months, likes. Bathed in toxic air p
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ow long you’ve goat? Weeks? Months? Years?’’
a stomach’s been fucked fur months’’ Ah explain ‘’The do
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Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
time Jessie had gane her nine months, an her confinement wis due o
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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
n - an clivver an a'. In six months he wis deid o the scarlet fev on page 35
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Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 58 - The Bothy Loon, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
id he wid gie me £24 for sax months, a firlot o oatmeal ilka mont on page 124
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Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ine ma Ma and Da duncin. Nine months aifter they met ah appeared o on page 43
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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Ah wytit fir months it oor place in the widdie... on page 45
ore addin, "Onyroads, aat wis months ago - she'll need te get a g on page 75
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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
mair than a puckle o days (or months). As the 'UNESCO World Herita on page 17
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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
ivver went near his hoose for months. An we nivver spoke aboot fit
We flitted a few months efter that, an Ah nivver saa
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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
ed been attendin services for months! Fat dae ye mak o aat? I gyan
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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
set up a roon for the winter months
Aboot twa months later Jonsar Eck wis doon at
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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
fa fine an cosy in the winter months. Fin he
fine an cosy durin the winter months."
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
n the midden an the lang deid months o cauld flittit in.
anda Bruce hid deid a pucklie months ago an hid flitted ooto his h
heir arles an the offer o sax months work, fan the colour serjeant
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
play at wi the littlins? Fur months efter thon he keepit inbye, a
eel back frae the tap. In sax months' time, vandals hid caad the s
d bin merriet noo a guid fyew months, he still likit tae leuk at h
hameseek an beeriet alive fur months on eyn in their bungalows smo
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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
reenhoose. Within a maitter o months it wis lookin better than eve
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Rebecca, Casey and Stephen The Baby Dragon, the Wolves and the Lassies, (Scots Hoose 2017) Doric, weans
tower and kept her there for months and months.
and months.
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Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
maist o her time and the last months hid been awful as the dementi
The months wint by and in that time her
hid hit him. This wint on for months till ae nicht she’d heard a
Ower the next few months the tormentin didna stop, she
the traumas o the past fyowe months seemed tae come tae the fore
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The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
gettin ma haans on them. Then months later I'd a manna fae Heaven
faarer wi the story an in the months since I'd been last in here g
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Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
aik mooth for it wid mean sax months in the glaiss hoose if he mas
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Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
nd bangs ower the past couple months. I thocht he’d laugh at ma
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Facebook link ( 2012) Doric - Buckie
ng tae Edinburgh for aboot 18 months. Then it was sooth again tae
Uri, Antonia Will virus crisis mean a fresh stairt for Scots produce?, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
oot ilka wikend in the warmer months, fowk are oot promuivin an ta
lth o the nation. The wiks an months tae cam are quite possibly ga
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Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
mense o Light, the mosst fer months, jeust whan sheu canno tak it on page 106
ole a dreef? Weel, he's time. Months, likely, aye, afore thir ony on page 150
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Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
The humour hid left him months back, on page 22
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Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ire lit for the first time in months on page 94
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Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
the months tae com. on page 95
Are no been seen for months. on page 102
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Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
A’m spent fower months back haem researchan an writa
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Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
iles. That will make it three months since I saw my beloved wife, on page 77
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Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
e fur, i total, aboot echteen months or sae. Sax month whan hame o
wunter months, ae Friday nicht dance.
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Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
A dozen months we're sut ait hame, on page 24
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Thompson, Mark Address to a Nintendo DS, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster - Ards, poetry
(but a wheen o’ months later, efter weerin doon his
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Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
A wheen months gaed by an Grace’s wame wus
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Robinson, Philip Tae a Virus, (no publisher recorded 2020) Ulster, poetry
Twa months ago, we didnae ken,
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