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tractor Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words18.4 4.8 41.6 139.1 11.6 54.7 4.4
Number of occurrences579 26 14 2 5 1
Number of authors27 5 10 7 2 2 1

Occurrences of tractor in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James The Mannie, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
lds she saw the fermer in his tractor, Agnes's man, back and fore, on page 9
grey, blue, blae, black. The tractor cut across her view, a reid s on page 10

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Thon fairmer, wi his tractor an pleuch, delvin the sile, on page 105

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
rled Boonce, leanin oot o his tractor. "We're comin tae get ye noo! on page 27
switched aff the motor o his tractor and sclimmed doon fae the dri on page 29

2 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
ig an be weel aff an sit on a tractor aa day an drive roond the fie on page 120

1 matches

Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
ae mair doulsome mindins. The tractor driven plous were aye howkan on page 18

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
tate haed been killt whan his tractor rowed ower on the hill. Deith
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
in yon een o ma sittin in the tractor, than on page 52
ttle Grey Fergie an the giant tractor pullin a shiny ploo aat gid s on page 92
Fir a tractor's cam te Hillies - on page 95

3 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
drippin weet, wis a ginormous tractor, gray an menacin lik some pre on page 87

2 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
s a fermer spreadin dung wi a tractor an a muck spreader. Dung flee
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
i the frost bein sae hard the tractor didnae mark the park,
an hut ahin the tractor. The tractor wis a Field Marshall. (POM PO
the fermer climbs in ower his tractor he
made neep grun it wis deen wi tractor
n telt Jonsar Eck tae tak the tractor an bogie an caw awa the knott
6 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
"I fand twa tractor tyres last wikk," he cried. "
1 matches

Gauld, Ilene Ilene Gauld - Piper and Poet, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Keith, weans
The Magic Tractor
I hiv a magic tractor,
Fit maks her a "Magic Tractor?"
Ma wunnerfa magic tractor…….
4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
€™d vrocht a bobbydazzler o a tractor. Bit
on hid gaithered auld boords, tractor tyres that naebody
2 matches

Facebook link (Doric Scots Books an Poems 2021) Doric - Fraserburgh
oot buyin himsel a second han tractor
So getting a bigger tractor wid dee nae hairm

Devlin, Edwin The School Dentist 1969, (Facebook 2020) Doric, prose
as like locked in a Star Trek tractor beam and it was pullin ma ah
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Hiv ye seen Doric tractor play? Ah wouldnae adee, the t(2016) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
teuchter fa couldn't drive a tractor ??(2019) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
sticking a wid be doon wee a tractor £50 a pop(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
"The tractor wis fetched, an a strong (wee on page 16
id tae the hoose. An I hid no tractor wi me." on page 21

4 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Teuk the handbrake aff the tractor and hid rolled right ower the on page 15
Hid splattered the saet o his tractor wi horrible, stinkan blobs on page 16
Ah'm sittan on a tractor, erse exposed tae aal the air on page 47

3 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
in the grip o a tractor-beam dwam o owld haunts, on page 8

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
nd instead o slowan doon, the tractor sped up and wis right through on page 128
sorted the fence and took the tractor home again. on page 129

2 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
gaes the tractor wae a roar and a on page 149

1 matches

Hume, Caroline Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Da on the tractor on page 31

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Lands o Twatt, (Brisk Northerly 2018) Orkney, blog
in the rear-view mirror o the tractor. Silage and hay bales are the
1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Crackan the troughs, (Brisk Northerly 2021) Orkney, blog
tres or so, keepan up wae the tractor at twenty mile an hour, and n
1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
o wings. Owreby, a tractor glunshes bales on page 19

1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
mmon and bh gulls) followin a tractor. https://t.co/JqhUP6H1GT(2020) search twitter

Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
but a muckle rid tractor ahint the stable door on page 131

1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
ferst tae hae ae ferm Fordson tractor up Borth’ick. Watt wis keen
wur killt ae day, wi his ain tractor, whan oot drainin. ( A, pages
Burn an the Dyke Neuk, wi the tractor.
ferm tractor. Hei put ane back axil an gea
4 matches

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Haes loast haes battle wi' tractor forays, on page 12

1 matches

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