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Use in varieties of Scots

stoorie Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.8 10.1 1.6 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2119 1 0 0 0 1
Number of authors9 7 1 1

Occurrences of stoorie in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
wer. 'Ye could tak some o the stoorie bittocks fae the bottom o the on page 16
I did. I took a gowpen o thae stoorie huils and syne, heezin up the on page 17

2 matches

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Yin hot stoorie simmers day on page 10

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
Stoorie auld sanitorum. on page 115

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
Geordie gaed ben the stoorie auld bothy and pit the pot on on page 26

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
r Sunny, Violet took doon the stoorie curtains fae the curtain rod on page 29
r. "Whit are ye daein in this stoorie auld room, onywey?" he asked on page 89
important tae me, includin a stoorie auld melodeon that I ken some on page 124
a dressin room. The room wis stoorie but shiny, hoachin wi keekin- on page 134

4 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
Tae he's keekin up at the stoorie auld Sphinx on page 22

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
resses o the menfowk, the red stoorie rods, the bare-fit people an on page 91

1 matches

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
On the stoorie brae.
1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Whuppity Stoorie, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
That WHUPPITY STOORIE is ma name."
Whuppity Stoorie, thocht the young wife tae he
ung wife tae hersel. Whuppity Stoorie! Sae that's the auld wummin's
and final guess is...Whuppity Stoorie!"
seen the last o that Whuppity Stoorie."
5 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
achne skited backarts intae a stoorie corner o the room.
fou o sherp stanes, an alang stoorie moontain paths, lowpin ower b
2 matches

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Affa stoorie on page 187

1 matches

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
in watter at bes shrinkin an' stoorie. wi' oot grawin an' on page 20

1 matches

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