A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Occurrences of pig in Corpus

Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
Pig an Pepper on page 55
aid the Duchess, "That's how. Pig!" on page 59
if ye're gonnae turn intae a pig, wee yin," said Alice, awfy s on page 61
an awfy ugly wean: bit fir a pig, ye know, it's a right wee do on page 62
"It turnt intae a pig," Alice answert quietly, jist on page 64
Also on pages 65, 111, 122
11 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
minutes scoopin up liquidised pig in a bucket? Fuckin idiots, m on page 60

2 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
"Did ye say 'pig' or 'fig'?" said the Cat. on page 44

3 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
he wis still a stately-luikin pig, wi a wyce and benevolent app on page 6

4 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Abune aw ithers is the pig. on page 41
'Wee pig, wee pig, gonnae let us in?' on page 43
And this wee pig wis tryin tae hide. on page 44
'Hiya, Pig. Hope ye're feelin braw.' on page 46
Pig, keekin through the windae, s on page 47

16 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
eh mean pig steh, yi wid mibe find whut on page 105

2 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 59 - Eve and the Aipple, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
hem himsel. It's naething bit pig-heiditness. Ach, A'd hae a go on page 89

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ma ma's da wis a stingy auld pig: he wuid take the eyes oot yi on page 41
se they don't want tae kill a pig, ah tolt her. Aye, said Charl on page 88
hnology, Ah pure mim Harprest pig time, She still writes tae me on page 163

4 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
pig-ignorant an ill-mou'd, let's on page 118
'Little pig, little pig, can I come in?' on page 145

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
ou o peeliewally green peels. PIG PEELS, the label annoonced. F on page 29
They gaed tae the pig-hoose first. on page 62

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
the count, snorin away like a pig. Ah tellt him no tae make a m on page 38

1 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 59 - Eve and the Aipple, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
hem himsel. It's naething bit pig-heiditness. Ach, A'd hae a go on page 89

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
the Cock-O-The-North. That pig, that grunt. on page 23

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
sh her skirlin, vainly rootin pig. on page 112

4 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
like a pig. An aa they on page 20

1 matches

Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
this thrawn, pig-heidit auld wife, tae tak her
1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Whuppity Stoorie, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
warld wis her wee bairn and a pig.
And she loved the pig as weel. It wis a happy wee s
ice. She wid hae tae sell the pig.
gaed tae the byre tae tak the pig tae the mercat. But when she
eel. It lookit as if the puir pig wis aboot tae grunt its last.
13 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
nd tied about fifty pounds of pig iron about his feet and fetch
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
he wis aye a majestic-leukin pig, that haed a cannie and couth
��s juist the wey o’t for a pig. But nae animal jouks the fel
a year syne, whan I wis a wee pig, my mither and the ither soos
ey. Snawba wis mair spirity a pig as Napoleon, quicker in speak
t amang them wis a bausie wee pig caa’d Squaiker, that haed u
9 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
c wirds uachdar (upper), muc (pig) and garadh (enclosure).
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
@musicmeandtea Dinnae pig pictures me... Nothing wrong (2020) search twitter
@musicmeandtea Yer no a pig ?? ye just want something nic(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
Ivery time Ah see that Peppa Pig advert fer washin yer haunds,(2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ist hae te like it. Gie him a pig's lug te chaa on - aat shid on page 27

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
- yon Ling Ting wis a richt pig in a poke." on page 35

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
Socrates dissatisfied than a pig satisfied'. But how can we kn on page 85

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
yer goon. I'll fill the steen pig wi hett watter, an up ye gyan
frae the kettle inno a steen pig tae heat their bed. Minnie fo
m her chilblains on the steen pig in her bed at nicht, bit the
skirlin ooto him like a stuck pig. Alec Mathieson wis five year
a hett milk drink an a steen pig tae takk tae bed wi her. Afor
5 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
long, but it wis his wife’s pig-heiditness that hid galvanise
1 matches

Devlin, Edwin The School Dentist 1969, (Facebook 2020) Doric, prose
So there I sat shakin like a pig in a slaugherhoose , Mengele
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Guinea Pig painted steen £8-50 fae The (2017) search twitter
Cute guinea pig painted stones from £4-50 at(2017) search twitter

Orkney

Miller, Alison Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Orkney, poetry
Seen tae the pig, got everybody up, on page 42

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
the freezer - I butchered a pig and a sheep. on page 31
Peter's Pot-Bellied Pig on page 50
Weel, that pig became a fixture and sheu fai on page 51
The pig'll be past history - ah''ll on page 52
Sheu reckons ah'm a 'drukken pig' because ah'm hin a dram. We on page 81

13 matches

Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
Or he'll hit yir heid wae a pig's shin bone. on page 89

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
then scrapes the rest in the pig slops. on page 117

1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
pig = 'earthenware bottle' in StE on page 106

2 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 60 - The Three Hooses, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, weans
Jock feelin a bittie like a pig's lug in a Waldorf salad - t
1 matches

Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
a paetie basket. I sees a ale pig a da boddam o’m. I looks at
1 matches

Watt, Valerie An onkerry for a kerry oot, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
“Na, joost shicken, coo, pig or praans,” gaffed Meenie.
1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
all them Grice's Ingins here. Pig's onions. Such a bonny peerie(2020) search twitter

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Pig an Pepper on page 54
d th Duchess, "an that's how. Pig! " on page 58
f ee're gaun tae turn intae a pig, hen," said Ahlice, seriously on page 60
s neither mair or less than a pig, an she felt that eet would b on page 61
"Eet turned intae a pig," Ahlice answered really quie on page 64
Also on pages 112, 123
11 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
Pig an Pepper on page 55
the Duchess, "an that's why. Pig!" on page 58
If yae'r gan tae turn intae a pig, mae dear," said Alice seriou on page 61
neither mair nor less than a pig, an shae feelt 1t wud bae wra on page 62
"It turnt intae a pig," Alice answert wile quately, on page 64
Also on pages 65, 113, 114, 124
11 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Pig ain a roarin spit roast. on page 57

1 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne A Furst Readin Book in Ulster Scots, (Evertype 2011) Ulster, weans
Wha'll plant the seed?” The pig sed, “Naw mae.” The cat s
The pig sed, “Naw mae.’
��ll thresh the wheat?” The pig sed, “Naw mae.’ The cat s
ha'll grind the wheat?” The pig sed, “Naw mae’? The cat s
The pig sed, “Naw mae.’
46 matches

Gillen, Charles Whun A’ The Kye Had Names, (Ullans Press 2005) Ulster, poetry
Wur guid for soos that wur in pig an’ min’ ye I’m naw cod
1 matches