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stane Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words141.8 165.4 28.8 19.9 87.2 120.3 362.6
Number of occurrences439311 18 2 15 11 82
Number of authors122 82 13 2 8 5 16

Occurrences of stane in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Black Cuddy, (Scottish Book Trust 2019) Central, prose
craw watched frae the tap o a stane. Ach, ye'll no dee o it, hen. on page 4

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Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
e aiks and beeches is an auld stane place, like a castle but wee, on page 16
Hame wis an auld stane hoose in an auld stane villag on page 17

3 matches

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
lik a stane statue on page 9

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Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
resoondin frae the echo stane. on page 15
ablo the silent echo stane. on page 16

2 matches

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
r wey through the gaps in the stane. on page 59

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
aim. Willie Neill laid a braw stane on Scotland's cairn an wul be on page 3

2 matches

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Langsome spreid o stane-haurd lichtnin on page 54

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 82 - Caul Stane, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Caul Stane on page 24

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Cameron, Peter Lallans 82 - Nevermas, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
This stane toun the ghaist o a stane, on page 25

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 82 - The Banes o Alba, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
cauld stane knucklin thro the pairks on page 32

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Shepherd, J. Barrie Lallans 82 - Glenluce Abbey , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
stane steps led doon on page 56

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McPartlin, John Lallans 82 - Biggin the Great Nor Road, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
in o road. Jumpers intae brie-stane, on page 66

4 matches

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
Ye cannae get blood oot ay a stane. Ah know that much. Ah'm fuck on page 9

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
A frozen muntain, faur awa. A stane paith lies asclent, on page 18

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
The wee prince sat doun on a stane, an heezed his een tae the li on page 60
e well wis the ruin o an auld stane dyke. Whan I cam back the mor on page 83

2 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ie's mooth, his airms an body stane-cauld an his face white is a on page 24

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
ile, then honed it on his set-stane. Then he tried it oot bi shav on page 86

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
owf an lanesome on a wee fiat stane, an as they cam nearer, Aliso on page 44

2 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
rns thrang ten deep roond the stane-dyke o the muckle stank, oxte on page 58
nce on dry grund oo war baith stane-tired an tongue-tackit. Oo cl on page 63

2 matches

Adamson, Donald Lallans 90 - The Myndin o Lockerbie, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
waas, made nocht but heaps o stane on page 37

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
ice ma fit skytit aff a slimy stane an A near gaed tapsalterie in on page 22

1 matches

MacKinnon, Ann Lallans 70 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
and turnt stane cald stares on him. on page 61

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
A PURPLE candle. A smooth red stane. Cauld watter, fresh fae the on page 1

8 matches

Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 2 - Editorial: A Twa Wey Street, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, prose
f frae a dialect. We at Eemis Stane like tae think a literary zin on page 3

3 matches

Grace, Reyzl Eemis Stane 2 - Late Efternuin in the Hermitage, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, poetry
juist as easy thru stane. Insteid, A hauld ma haund on page 6

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
like carvins in stane on page 21
Ae scancin stane empress on page 32

2 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
e Needle's Ee tae the Steadin Stane, on page 26
their ain noo, brick an stane an gless on page 55
That grew the toon wi stane an people, Kingholm, Dockhead on page 77

4 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
t-fire hearth in middle o the stane flair, an sent shafts o sille on page 22
the hous an the midden, wi a stane syver set doun the middle tae on page 27
r an succour within the thick stane waas o Priesthill. Frae Mauch on page 28
n sclimmt up on a muckle flat stane tae address his flock - hone on page 34
frae maraudin troopers in the stane tod-hole biggit intae the bra on page 42
Also on pages 47, 58, 80, 81
11 matches

Burns, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
on the stane faces on page 59
past the craigie stane on page 62

2 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
He seeks a stane, weill-kent in youth, That lo on page 10
-tapped the forest Ligs here, stane-dry; on page 25
d it gentlie gin this staunin-stane on page 39
or the pletforms an pillars o stane on page 43

5 matches

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
yer heart broke like a stane. on page 106

1 matches

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
ir climb it wis, clamberin up stane on page 191
Fir yon lane stane on page 194
its leevin stane, feel history coursin throu on page 196
Yin stane upon anithir, yin wird on page 197
Dry Stane Dyke on page 203

6 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ck, A went tae veesit an auld stane structure ower in Kilmartin. on page 31
that wheechit the Coronation Stane oot o Wesminster Abbey a coup on page 43

2 matches

Anderson, Elizabeth Lallans 59 - OBITUARY : ALISTAIR TAYLOR 1928 - 2001, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
s fair taen up wi the study o Stane Circles, Symbol Stanes, Picti on page 4

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
aid there wis a great Pictish stane cried the King's Cross tae be on page 15
id stuff lyin by his side wis stane dry. The lads took him back t on page 30
st at the edge o the auld dry-stane wa o the kirkyaird wi the aul on page 64
d well tae the Pictish Symbol Stane that sits near the fit o Ball on page 77
haur the monster wis slain, a stane wis raised tae commemorate th on page 80
Also on pages 86
8 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
r spunes wi a clatter and sat stane-still, framed against their w on page 56
Granda Jock, stood absolutely stane still and watched them gang. on page 112
git cleuch, it drapped like a stane and Chairlie felt his hert lo on page 139

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Ah cam across an auld dry stane dyker on page 11
Tethert tae a stane, luikin at the sky. on page 14
A message cast in stane, that speaks o hope. on page 21
They're mindit oan a memorial stane, on page 27
We bigg ironic metaphors o stane; on page 42
Also on pages 151
7 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
eerie. The cockieleerie stood stane still. It looked like it had on page 86

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
n or mebbe, it micht be a wee stane shaped like a thocht o glory. on page ix

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
thur is nae stane whaur the gled soars, on page 33

1 matches

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
juist canna haundle the cauld-stane autopsy the neist morn nae ma on page 3

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
Alpine leaned against the dry-stane dyke as he waited fer Joey Wi on page 35

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
wis in the middle o the third stane he stertit tae wunner hoo Kan on page 50
is that beekin waarm, and the stane, that had been sittin in it f on page 51
, he heezed himsel up aff his stane, daunered back ower the burn, on page 52
Pooh had got the maist muckle stane he could cairry, and wis lean on page 92
t he must hae waled the wrang stane or the wrang river or the wra on page 93
Also on pages 94
9 matches

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
Ilkane taks the furm o kerved stane collums wi ae chaft uphauddin on page 12
bit tuip hornes atap the heid stane, no lik the gryte ram curlicu on page 13
cantie keingryke. Bot the kie-stane wes poukit out bi smaikrie, f on page 25

7 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
ti owre-set wi a weillfettilt stane. on page 6

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
he waws an the hairdnes o the stane, an ye wuid drame awaw in a p on page 3

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
the wes the tweistin, lowpin stane decorements at gaed in an out on page 42
the ither syde. Bot aften the stane hed an awte an ane o the airm on page 43
drauchtit sicna reing on the stane in a mainner at jyned the air on page 44
r wes breingin on wi a mukkil stane at he hed fand a bittie alang on page 46
a leil Pecht, Sueno, an this stane wul staun lang ti mynd fowk o on page 47

10 matches

Morning, Carey Neeps and Tatties, (self-published 2020) Central, weans
a stick, a stane, a neisty curse. on page 17

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
said. 'It looks like a solid stane waw.' He and Mr Tod scartit t on page 60
r wis at the tap o a flicht o stane steps that led fae the hoose on page 66

2 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
for." She felt the snug, snod stane in her left haund, the wan sh on page 6
Violent, ridd-faced, felt the stane in her left haund and wis fai on page 8
Violet had tae let gang o the stane she wis haudin. Klaus took Vi on page 10
tor whammelt alang the causey-stane streets o the city oot tae th on page 18
. It wis biggit oot o broukit stane, wi jist the yin, lane windae on page 105
Also on pages 121, 122
8 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
noo wee Shona lies under this stane. on page 7

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
nor a stane in her shoe on page 7
pus chapped oot o a block o stane on page 39

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
drons crooned aside the ingle-stane; on page 22
lamjamfried neuks o cauldrife stane, on page 32
n steek hie on the coomceiled stane on page 44
Corp-cauld on a leck o stane, on page 80

4 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
path the war a millhoose, the stane laid aby. We stuid on the wee on page 125

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Review Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
wild flooers an a scatterin o stane biggit cottages. She descriev on page 62

1 matches

Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Admirin the figurs o stane an the bricht-pentit gnomes I on page 43

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
intil the skuil frae the crib-stane. on page 65

3 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
ma hert unfeelin stane? on page 19
Davie's bluid frae the hearth-stane. on page 22
as draigglin him ower grun an stane. on page 35

3 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
nnae hiv bin ower het, is the stane wis perishin cauld on ma beho on page 82

2 matches

Tindal, Betty Lallans 67 - Two poems by Betty Tindal, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Sand-stane gateposts hae hid tae mak wey on page 129

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 61 - Twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Lothian, poetry
n steek hie on the coomceiled stane on page 59

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
ter, bobbed oot an joukt frae stane tae stane, singin a wee sang on page 17

2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 67 - Clash fae Cauld Hill, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Up an doun stane-auld ramparts an battlements, on page 39

1 matches

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
waas, made nocht but heaps o stane on page 26

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Eemis Stane 1 - Editorial: Scots Belangs Tae Awbodie And Naebodie, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
is the darg that we at Eemis Stane hae set oorsels. We can chore on page 4

4 matches

Capener, Jack Eemis Stane 1 - Syne, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
lkae beak's clack lit a fawin stane on page 10

1 matches

Scott, Hamish Eemis Stane 1 - Fields o Stanes, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
hocht the bodie redd fields o stane as the lifie callant nou lys on page 21

3 matches

Dornan, Stephen Eemis Stane 1 - Lees an Crams, or Ossian on the Death of Cuchullin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
is feet, strapped ticht tae a stane? on page 22
hered roon tae uplift his cap-stane. on page 23

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 1 - Ye’re Still Here? It’s Ower. Gang Hame., (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
then. Ye'll hiv had yer Eemis Stane, aw 40-odd pages o it. Noo he on page 24

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 57 - Twa Auld Men, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
atter dreepin throu the laich stane ruif for company. That is aa on page 136

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
nd Zeus's face wis as hard as stane. on page 3
mooth that could chaw through stane and steel. On Cerberus's thra on page 51

2 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
And as the muckle stane smash't doun on Acis on page 98

1 matches

Cameron, Peter Lallans 59 - Yowdendrift / Gin I Kent, (Lallans Magazine 2021) Central, poetry
Gless o the mune, face o stane. on page 139

2 matches

McDermid, Val The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Gowd Breeks, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
breath and swallowed the big stane in his thrapple. on page 64

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
wi them the Stane o Destiny. on page 29
the stane wis aa slaisterie, on page 30
which struck Donald Ban stane deid. on page 51
, a drunken rammie, a chunk o stane, a non-existent craitur and t on page 75
The true Stane o Destiny on page 77

5 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
skail stane-gress, see, for its sweet sme on page 21
brichten ma door-stane, ay, the Dawin Tree on page 27

2 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
a dashelt, fog smitten graff-stane wi a bit Scots on it. The kin on page 65

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 59 - Eleiven Quad Bike Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Lowpin ower the aul stane dykes. on page 114

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 73 - The Unco Spate, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Dundee, poetry
fae its stane-wrocht bed on page 11

1 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - Banes, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Rais't on the muckle stane o his belly. on page 75

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 73 - Proverbs o Hell, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
reel your coulter, grind your stane, on page 78

1 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - In Liverpool Cathedral, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
1900; the foundation stane wis laid in 1904, it wis cons on page 102

2 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
tten a Staundart Scots on the Stane o Destiny insteid o Staundart on page 56

3 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
n. Thai lukked back at him wi stane faces. on page 18

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
fykie – weirs doun rock an stane. As ae side o the warld faces
history oor forebears biggit stane circles an ither monumental w
is jaloused that the auldest stane circles is at Stenness in Ork
at Stenness in Orkney (cryed Stane-is in the Orkney byleid) bigg
4 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
n cauld watter tap, a chippit stane jawbox, a gas cooker furst ya
cam aw the wey tae the cauld stane flairs (binnae whaur somane
2 matches

Peffers, Bob A Aboot Mid-Camps, Kirnitten, Bi East Cawther, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Fife, prose
he hoose. She yaised a muckle stane built copper biler ootside, a
bi the hoose wis a wee square stane lobby wi four doors. Ane tae
2 matches

Thom, Williamina Lallans 75 - Oor Tibby Pagan, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, weans
e in the eichteen hundreds, a stane wis pit up in her memory, mad
el-kent road tae walkers. The stane is still tae the fore. Aye, a
2 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
“a steppin stane tae a National Scots Language
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
peth the war a millhoose, the stane laid aby. We stuid on the wee
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
ss fur alterin a chermin auld stane byre intil a
mainner ti wirk stane an sklate. Als the drauchts w
k wes feinist, A fand a squar stane wi a nate roun holl
hae lowsent the stane whyles dreillin it, an, whan
pype throu, the stane wes poussed out. A tirned a b
21 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
A message cast in stane, that speaks o hope.
1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Wee Tailor in the Haunted Kirkyaird, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, weans
st a whirl o haar or a lump o stane or a brammle buss that clauch
k here.” He sat doon on the stane bink an tuik oot his graith a
ented owre the grun afore the stane, he thocht he saw the yird mu
3 matches

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
see nae boulder, nor rock nor stane.
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
Aiblins a fiery stane fawin fae the heevens, but fo
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
the concludin wurds ‘hert o stane’. Houane’er, whan Robb ga
1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
he rig o the rottit bink an a stane page forby for the graffitolo
1 matches

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
either. I went over tae a wee stane table and ma mum and dad dump
n I spotted it. Above the wee stane stage, which the musicians we
2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Whuppity Stoorie, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
She walked ower tae a muckle stane and sat doon and started tae
1 matches

Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
s throu oor pairlament wi the stane o Caithness an the steel o th
1 matches

Cunningham, Liam Tam, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Bellshill, prose
ave it a go n a jamp oure the stane brig n the young witch grabbe
1 matches

Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
4ft n looked aboot seventeen stane – they wurr like two wee Re
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
hardest stane, thae twa anachronisms gied w
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
tish staudin stanes. The Farr Stane staunds in a kirkyaird at the
the north, an merkit it wi a stane as a declaration o civilisati
2 matches

Heather, Alistair Rin throu the jungle, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
these wee fowk ar sort o like stane-age people wha bade intae the
nese lad, the Pygmies fae the stane age haed helpit us. But the f
2 matches

Heather, Alistair The porage revolution: Hou porage cam tae mak Scotland habitable, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
muckle stanes thegither intae stane circles. They also ettled at
oondation o cereal. The early stane-age fowk developit intae the
2 matches

Heather, Alistair Lat the auld witch burn, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
The stane mason Donald MacLeod scrieved
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
nfiguration, isnae yet set in stane. But whit is gey clear tae th
1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Fae Mooth tae Page, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central, blog
h on this bonnie birkie eemis stane o a planet.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
lessly, drappin like a fuckin stane, vanishin behind the brow ay
1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
cted wae red facing brick wae stane copin.
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
I stood close by, as the stane door closed ahint Theseus –
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
'er sinned nane caa the first stane at her" an efter the stane th
at her" an efter the stane thrawers haed mizzelt awa Jes
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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
Wullie gaed intae the auld stane oothoose thit Isa cried her s
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Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
amshackle oot buildings and a stane- built twa storey hoose. The
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Muir, Glenn Ozsome, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
atcher lookalike) an kilt her stane deid.
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
roon hersel. The smooth pavin stane wis icy cauld against her bar
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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
ly on the grunds the’ war a stane in her huif. And the behaviou
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
He restit on a stane whaur the track jynt a road.
r, which gied doon a couple o stane steps intae a scullery. The d
r, which gied doon a couple o stane steps intae a scullery. The d
ice had never been inside the stane tower o the doocot. She wis k
He follaeed her tae the stane toor an opent the door for he
14 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
d be killin twa birds wi wan stane,” she mumbled. Her nan woul
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Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
d been pitten throu the grund-stane for tae mak it doun tae sma p
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McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
? Ye’re gaein tae kill whit stane deid?), an maugre o a slicht
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Steele, Gregor When Scotty said “Scunner”, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
glaikit and dwam and fleg and stane,’
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Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
Ye cannae get blood oot ay a stane. Ah know that much. Ah’m fu
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
Staunart English – Steppin Stane or Spectrum?
SSE can be seen as a steppin stane atween English and Scots.
closer glisk at this steppin stane or spectrum norrie.
3 matches

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
oth. The sack wis left on the stane flair o the courtroom. It lef
on’s bluid seeped intae the stane an didna fade awa. In fact th
noo ah kent aboot yon bluidy stane. Nae maitter hoo braw or comf
e stain. Bottom middle is the stane whaur the accused stood tae b

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
ght up wi him. The first flat stane is his restin place in Cumnoc

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
So aff we gang, by auld stane gravestanes, in the daurk wit

Kirk Jn, Albert Whit, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
Monie a stane dis it tak tae mak tours,
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Kay, Billy Time for Reflection, (archive2021.parliament.scot 2022) Central, government
Gladstone wis originally Gled Stane — “gled” bein Scots fur
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Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
there’s naebody. These braw stane biggins are abandoned, an wil
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Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
a cairn tae deid Jacobites, a stane tae deid Colonel Anne, a plaq
1 matches

Letford, William This Is It, (Scottish Poetry Library 2016) Central - Stirling, poetry
where the hammer hits the stane an sparks
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Gilliland, Sam Lallans 74 - Thof nae a rigmarie hae I, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
s doun upon a braw bit marble stane,
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@g_hibby tweeted
tae yer hoose Jean, it wid be stane cauld... Best ye make yer ain (2023) twitter link

@DABArbuckle tweeted
ie me the boak. Ah kin gain a stane jist LOOKIN at a doughnut ??(2020) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
Potter and the Philosopher's Stane': https://t.co/43NfLERbXi htt (2020) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
Ah'm aboot eleeven an a hauf stane. Ah'll get in the ring an gie(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
mpantFM @RuairiMurphy aye nae stane will b left unturned if a mak (2021) twitter link
e eed better beleeve it n nae stane will b left unturned brother (2021) twitter link

Doric

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ur pullin Excalibur oot o the stane, Donald yanked oot a bottle o on page 76

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Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
leaf nor a burd. Naethin bit stane. Yirth. on page 111
Bleck Stane On Tap O A White Stane on page 125

3 matches

Philp, George Lallans 67 - Thochts anent Sangschaw and Penny Wheep, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Doric, poetry
irn - Crowdieknowe and Eemis Stane, on page 139

1 matches

Christie, Hilary Lallans 78 - Ma Freens in Chains, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, poetry
Gin ye poot a plantie neth a stane on page 74

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Smith, Derek Northwords Now 43 - Derek Smith, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Doric, poetry
ebuilt wi Tam's Forest Quarry stane, on page 18

1 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Berryhill, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
fin ye come ti the fite quarz stane
Wi yer han on the fite quarz stane.
2 matches

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
tae the air afore she drapped stane deid intae the dairkness. The
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McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
unds an banged its heid aff a stane, makkin shair it was deed.
bottom o the faws oo war stane-tired, drookit an oor legs wa
2 matches

Kerr, Oliwia, Sarah and Amber Fiona and the Ring, (Scots Hoose 2017) Doric, weans
tae turn the hale world into stane and when Fiona realised what
Johnny fae turnin abody intae stane. Then she wished that she and
2 matches

Johnston, Shaun The Forkie Gollach, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
kicked the bin ower and pit a stane through the windae.
1 matches

Uri, Antonia Widney’s Fuil, (Mak Forrit 2017) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
y’s fuil wis buirit, an his stane that wis erectit in 1861, whi
1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
she lay greetin on the bitter stane
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Harper, Edith Soon Awa, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2021) Doric, poetry
its in ma hert like a granite stane.
1 matches

Orkney

Miller, Alison Gallows Ha - Bairns Sang, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
a bed o stane, no maet or ale. on page 14

1 matches

Hollinrake, Fran Flett Assipattle and the Mester Stoorworm, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
sses, aa tied tae a graet big stane
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
aa gane back ta girse, an da stane daeks run. It seems lack a mi on page 9
Janet sat as if turned ta stane, starin at da parcel, dan, ha on page 24
oft hooses is vodd noo, solid stane biggit hooses at sood a been on page 62

3 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
Yell, whaaras you staand ON a stane on page 79
ositions): Da man stüd ON da stane / Da wife bides IN Shetland / on page 80
da stane at fell is spaekin aboot dat on page 97

5 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
ness o stane. Der iverywye you luik, on page 33

2 matches

Sinclair, James Makkin Hame, (Shetland For Wirds 2018) Shetland, poetry
lik a flat stane skitterin ower da ream-calm.
1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 60 - The Three Hooses, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, weans
le haa-hoose biggit wi dresst stane, weel leukit efter. The Hiech
1 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Sang Oda Post War Exiles, (Shetland For Wirds 2003) Shetland, poetry
Dat last rummlt stane I touched o wir daek,
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Walterson, Barbara Da Trow o’ Fogla Skerry, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
udden he scurried aff ahint a stane an disappeared. I sulked look
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Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
brig an cam tae da “Coortin Stane”. We set wis doon a peerie
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Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Ah cam across an auld dry stane dyker on page 207

2 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 74 - I Hae A Drame, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, poetry
a stane o howp.
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Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
they want the siccarness o stane an airn.
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Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
Owre the stane dyke frae the ludge gairden,
ur the Maislee/Wudburn mairch stane dyke, raxes
Maislee side o whit wis, the stane
in doun the Waitter, owre the stane mairch dyke frae Maislee ligs
the Wudburn / Maislee mairch stane dyke. Wullie Blackie left
5 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
lang white goonie, still as a stane. Yin airm wis hingin at her s
couldna tell – tae a muckle stane, heich on a braid muir that s
2 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
an marble fireplaces, onlie a stane's throw frae the wairm voices on page 1

5 matches

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Stane an watter an grevel, there on page 8
The hingin sky, solaid as stane, on page 23

2 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Oul-farrant nichts an stane-waa ruins on page 4
Me coul an haird as stane. on page 12
Lake free-stane blocks, yella breeks on page 15
A thoosan blue-stane, slatey bans That bak-waash d on page 26
Nor aa tha mills o stane an wud. on page 28
Also on pages 37, 52, 53, 71, 72
19 matches

Warwick, Matthew Fergie an Freens oan tha fairm, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2011) Ulster - Rural Mid-Antrim, weans
Liz is warkin at biggin up a stane dyke. Kock an Fergie is reddi on page 9

2 matches

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Like an ammonite happed up in stane, on page 7
ye tha oul ruined kirk wi its stane waas aa dunnerin in. An gin y on page 8
Biggit intae tha oul dry stane waa on page 9
e come oot o thon bake o coul stane. on page 10
g: he jaloosed it was maybe a stane at tha furst. Hooaniver whan on page 13
Also on pages 18, 24, 33
12 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
r fear ye dunt yer fit agin a stane.' "Jesus saed bak tae hïm, " on page 3
m fer breid, wull gie hïm a stane? Or ïf he axes hïm fer a fi on page 8
hint me, Satan! Ye ir a thrip-stane tae me; fer ye gie nae thocht on page 9
ir tha Sinn o God, tell that stane thair tae turn ïntae breid." on page 75
a faither, wud he gie hïm a stane, or ïf he axes a fïsh wud h on page 89
Also on pages 94, 98, 103, 105, 107, 111
15 matches

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Must Ah turn mae heart tae stane? on page 32

1 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
An ale yer thoughts ir set stane. on page 28
STANE WAAL on page 35

3 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
mair shot" G'lespie stans in stane. on page 1
Tummelt doon stane dykes, tae Cowie''s Craig. on page 2
whar he pued up, ayont an oul stane barn, on page 3
clean ower, an Frank wus kilt stane deid. on page 5
ss it, fur we hae a big white stane oot by tha road, wi a nummer on page 27
Also on pages 31
6 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
An wus five stane lichter!! It's true!! on page 58

1 matches

Reynolds, Charlie Tha demise o oor ain tongue, (North Antrim Speak 2010) Ulster - Coleraine, blog
hat tha wye they taak is mill stane roon thaur neck. It wull shan
1 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
Stane-deefness or hairdness o heeri
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Gibson, Darren Solace, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster - Ards, poetry
Tae lay agin a waarm stane waa
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King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
anesame lik a sea-maiden on a stane. Ah spleeled up aside her and
1 matches

Bennett, Hazel Tha Near Cut, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
a caur trinnled yont tha mile stane fer Crumlin, scho stairted ta
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Fenton, James The Lade, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
e fiels weel guerded wae fait stane dakes rinnin bak tae guerd as
wur gutted an renshed bae the stane steps. Thonner, tae, we catch
2 matches

Robinson, Philip Tae a Virus, (no publisher recorded 2020) Ulster, poetry
An twunty stane o rice.
1 matches

Fenton, James A' it taks, (Ullans Press 2000) Ulster, poetry
A stane-daked fiel o hutted coarn
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@the_gellick tweeted
then catchin it aff tha crib-stane? (2019) twitter link
Stane skull in the aul kirkyaird. I (2014) twitter link
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@johnnygf He must hae a nice stane tae shairpen it wi! Aa the be (2014) twitter link
Iviews - Aye, it's a wheeker stane they hae in Newtown! (2014) twitter link

@MarkThompStuff tweeted
entions in the song “The Big Stane”. Greenwell Street area,(2020) search twitter
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