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Use in varieties of Scots

thistle Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.7 14.9 15.1 19.9 5.8 20.7 13.3
Number of occurrences4729 10 2 1 2 3
Number of authors28 15 8 1 1 1 2

Occurrences of thistle in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
then Alice dodged ahint a big thistle, tae keep hersel fae gittin r on page 41
unner its feet, ran roon the thistle again: then the puppy stairti on page 42

2 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 85 - What Kind Of Scots?, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
git as a corbie an jaggy as a thistle, on page 9

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
i rent breeks, skint knees an thistle skelfs in their fingers; whil on page 73

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
flat pancakes under a Patrick Thistle strip. on page 10

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
A Drunk Wumman Sittin oan a Thistle on page 4
A thistle, A?'m stertin tae stagger. A' on page 41
be shouting. Bit you ma freen thistle jist patiently listen. Ah thi on page 43
A flattened the thistle, ma frock's nane the waur, An on page 44

10 matches

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 58 - twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Disjaskit, fusionless; thistle seed blawn heeliegoleerie on page 95

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
But she missed, an fell in a thistle clump,
1 matches

Gilmour, Rosie The Thistle, (Scots Hoose 2013) Central, weans
The thistle is a stinkie
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Sport!, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
is wis due tae twa ex-Partick Thistle players wha kept passing the
1 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
.. ken, if ye support Partick Thistle wha dae ye really support? Ah
c Labour, n’ SNP is Partick Thistle. Na, we a’ ken it’s relig
2 matches

Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
wisnae published but like the thistle itself, its wild seeds hae bl
1 matches

Lehane, Matt Gif I was, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
s wad hae a sowel- an Partick Thistle wad champion the warl
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
is, "A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle" an maks a bauchle o his poss
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
sic as Lamont Sporrans, Wild Thistle an The Highlander. It is the
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
y to say - well done partick thistle! (2021) twitter link
ferranti thistle/meadowbank thistle n noo livingston united - wh (2021) twitter link
syngenta juniors n bathgate thistle leaving the juniors to go eos (2021) twitter link

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
d yer pals played fir Partick Thistle in Glesca! on page 40

1 matches

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 58 - The Bothy Loon, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
butter intae wee roonds wi a thistle marked oot in the middle. I w on page 124

1 matches

Wood, Evelyn Tales Fae The Doric Side - Carlo, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
adapted shaving brush wi its thistle engraved ring had secretively on page 29

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Kilmarnock, Airdie or Partick Thistle on page 93

2 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
n Alice dodged behind a great thistle, till keep hersel fae be-an r on page 39

2 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
hilli fae @FoodstoryCoffee at Thistle Street in #Aberdeen gaun try (2017) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
en will run is a joke. And in Thistle’s case it’s jist nae fair. (2020) twitter link

@daleser23 tweeted
just did 8 extra days on the thistle anyway so i thnk i deserve it(2013) search twitter

Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
s Closs and an faerful proggy thistle growan oot o the wall at Bruc on page 86
tae clear the faerful proggy thistle. Hid's Mimi Marwick, The Man on page 87

2 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
n da Shetland Sunflooers (sow thistle) come back for anidder year. (2020) search twitter

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Ahlice ducked ahint a muckle thistle, tae keep hersel frae bein ru on page 40

2 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
baechin a thistle, tae keep hirsel frae baein r on page 42

2 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Thistle, thron an sweat oo brew, on page 30

1 matches

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