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porridge Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.7 8.2 22.6 49.7 0 0 35.4
Number of occurrences4416 15 5 0 0 8
Number of authors25 12 9 3 1

Occurrences of porridge in Corpus

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Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
as if they're wadin' through porridge wearin' wellies thit are twa on page

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Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
r cos a wis sick tae death of porridge and a wis always fussing over on page 38
were empty, there wisnae even porridge. There wis only one tin of be on page 40

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Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
tasted his salty porridge on page 96

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
porridge oats, wi love bein thi underd on page 120

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
sick and lookin down tae see porridge mixed wi half-digested pills. on page 86

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
i can gie a bool o porridge on page 29

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Jordan's New Jaiket, (Education Scotland 2014) Central, weans
en we’ll hae some pipin hot porridge. And then we’ll aw go oot a
1 matches

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
oan me? Ye canny refuse free porridge. Ye lap it up lit barr ginger
unny wee ferret, a promise of porridge n a meaningless insult among
2 matches

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
git oor breakfast. It’ll be porridge an toast an eggs.”
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Ma robin likes his porridge
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
nn na bhrochan (“my head is porridge”), the Scots speiker willna
1 matches

@IshbelMcF tweeted
ck tae auld claes an parritch/porridge in Kinross.(2018) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
Cannae fund ma porridge bowl onywhaur. Ah hope the cl(2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
. He saa her cookin an bakin: porridge, stovies, hen-broth, clootie- on page 90

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
one, in which Peggy gets her porridge) on page 192

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Hardie, Buff Dod 'n' Bunty, (Evening Express 2000) Doric, newspaper
d for daein' time in jile is "porridge"? D'ye mind Ronnie Barker on
iminal fraternity is that the porridge in Peterheid is the toughest
Look, it's good for ye, 'at porridge. I mean, look at ye. The pict
r o' health. 'At's yer Sunday porridge that's deen 'at for ye. But d
4 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
akfast table. I hid a plate o porridge, fin the wifie asked if I
wis hungry an forced doon yon porridge an
2 matches

Gray, Kath Lallans 63 - Aikey Brae Fair – 1962, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ys, “Back tae auld claes an porridge e morn.”
1 matches

Bowie, Tyler Stookie, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
sel. A fair fancied a bowl of porridge clarted wi syrup. But fan I l
got oot ma list. I wis needin porridge oats, breed, butter, milk and
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Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
he bed haein a big bowelfae o porridge.
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Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
er wee three fittid callander porridge pot that hung fae the swye ab
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@72redz1903 tweeted
@lokiscottishrap Middle class porridge min ?? love it. Ah power tae (2022) twitter link

@fittiecrooners tweeted
worth buying yon milk fer ma porridge earlier in the day in case I (2018) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Bit hid teuk a bite o porridge and some binnack dipped in te on page 12
Hid's porridge fur breakfast on Sunday and a on page 31
Sheu gets porridge fur her breakfast and sheu's on page 51

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Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
No bubblin porridge pot on page 35

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Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ready for wark - porridge, on page 111

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
lery an measured oot a bowl o porridge. "He'll need ocht wairm," sai on page 3
Maisie set doon the porridge. She lifted a plate an soda f on page 4
rang men tae help me stir the porridge," said Maisie. "Dae the pair on page 13
t tae the kitchen tae git the porridge frae the stove. "Ihere we are on page 15
wud squirm as Jamesina spoont porridge mixed wi cod liver oil intae on page 28
Also on pages 60
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