sail | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
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Occurences normalised per million words | 33.1 | 20 | 52.8 | 69.6 | 127.9 | 0 | 13.3 | |
Number of occurrences | 106 | 39 | 35 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 3 | |
Number of authors | 43 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
Wilson, Rab Lallans 82 - The Gowden Boat, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
ae whit fremmit launds dae ye sail? on page 15
2 matches
Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
e raips were unfankelt an the sail wis straucht. Ane or twa o th on page 54
. I want the Corbie ready tae sail in hauf an hour. Egil, tell t on page 55
raip, claith for patchin the sail, a box o nails. on page 59
3 matches
Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
Ah sail, in sleep, doon throu autumn on page 15
1 matches
Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Immediately set sail. on page 7
1 matches
Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Thare's some sail richt through on page 31
1 matches
Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
shore an whae's the first tae sail intae the glaur. As weel we c on page 77
1 matches
Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
vile conditions, the ship set sail for the Indies in late Novemb on page 39
1 matches
Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
all ootbye an its na sauf tae sail. on page 14
10 matches
Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
l!' an' 'gaun yersel'!'. Ye'd sail through yer days lik' a flat- on page
1 matches
Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Hoist sail upun wide wide savannah grass on page 35
ma Fleet will sail fer Manila on page 45
2 matches
Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
O ploys no fir the settin sail, But a puckle mile inland. on page 12
1 matches
Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ped his neck efter failin tae sail oor the final fence. But ah s on page 60
1 matches
Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
whyle ah sail the seas on page 183
1 matches
McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
he Craig Pier. He pit up mair sail when somethin seemit tae gang on page 92
1 matches
Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
a boatie tae sail. on page 30
1 matches
Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
hat once blew like a pirate's sail over Ipanema on page 11
1 matches
Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Hide this enmity, cut your sail... on page 25
1 matches
McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
"A month we sail't, an naethin saa on page 50
1 matches
Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
and crew that wisna feart tae sail wi him tae Crete tae wrestle on page 30
in chains on the deck, he set sail for hame. on page 33
2 matches
McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
gaithert thegither for a sail. on page 50
1 matches
Purdie, David C. Lallans 74 - The Warld Nixt Door, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Ye micht sail til the doungaun sin,
1 matches
Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ind that Molière and Goldoni sail’t gey close tae the wund wi
1 matches
Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
Sae I set sail wi Theseus for Greece, a coun
t me at aw, an made ready tae sail for hame wioot me. I wis dumf
2 matches
Stewart, Del Tales Fae The Doric Side - Haudagain, 8:12 am, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
ly he wid be better aff wae a sail on page 87
1 matches
Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
tryen siar tae get oot fur a sail, pesteren an priggen at em, j on page 1
probably prefert tae be hee's sail. on page 3
ak a batch a laad's oot fur a sail ena thi Charm. So he loaded a on page 12
She wis acyully biggit fur a sail. She curvit cn fae thi stem d on page 17
le forret!" "Aye she's jist a sail boat!" "She's nay a worken bo on page 18
Also on pages 19, 20, 21, 33, 37, 46, 50, 51, 55
22 matches
Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Div ye sail yer toy boat? (Bath day) on page 165
4 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
, tae be a ship's engineer an sail the muckle oceans. He hid won
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
there wis less chaunce it wad sail awa tae unkent waters, baith
a grumphie, the boatie wadna sail that day. Gin onybody speired
an far he wis gyaun, he wadna sail. He micht faa in wi a reid-he
3 matches
Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
. Jeemicky thankit her an set sail alang the track. The man he w
1 matches
Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
d his brither Hugh wanted tae sail the seven seas jist like his
1 matches
Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Bessie, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
As we Sail past the Skerries I see her, on page 19
1 matches
Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
ay. "Thoo kens Am waantan tae sail wi thee! Whit wey will thoo n on page 39
's draan the peedie skiffs at sail atween hids ooter airms an su on page 92
sed yet fae the muckle dance, sail the rouk in sairch o Light. B on page 151
ie's deep ithe codd whan thay sail, an deeper yet whan the scree on page 152
4 matches
Cowan, Fiona A Boreas domus mare amicus?, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney - Finstown, poetry
bonnie skiffs settan oot tae sail
1 matches
De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Eence uncans cam bi oar or sail: on page 26
dey set der sail fur Klaksvik. on page 59
as weel as da wye der wings sail on page 65
a sail fill ithoot seein dat veil li on page 100
4 matches
Sinclair, James Makkin Hame, (Shetland For Wirds 2018) Shetland, poetry
Her sail filt tae da brim wi a nor-was
skipper, an Willie wirkin da sail.
dey reefed in da sail, doon-haulin wi wan easy pull
'Nearly dere boys, drap da sail an grip da oars –
4 matches
Johnson, Laureen Saands o Maywick, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
an dan you wait. Wait for da sail ta come back inta sight. Dö
n dark. An dey were still nae sail.
ir, da tree o dem, lowerin da sail ida laebrak, ida light o da l
n wir Peter turned him fae da sail, an stöd ida boo o da boat.
4 matches
Sinclair, Lise Fauld up da Feddoms, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, poetry
is duy’s page – clean aes sail
1 matches
Graham, Laurence Flans Frae Da Haaf, (Shetland For Wirds 2000) Shetland, poetry
ever da lang, lang lippen’d sail
1 matches
Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
ttention of his crew. "We set sail fir da Nort Pole!"
oosty mallies, an aff dey set sail fir da Arctic.
2 matches
Priest, Ena Bonxie Geo, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
shop, aboard his boat, we da sail riggit an ready. Mansie hed t
wisna mindin wis his mast an sail wis still up. On da first wav
sna minding aboot da mast! Da sail, still fastened tae da mast,
3 matches
@helenmoncrieff tweeted
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Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
So aff he set sail, man, boys he wiz steamin', on page 29
1 matches