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wallie Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.9 11.7 20.8 39.7 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences4022 13 4 1 0 0
Number of authors27 20 2 4 1

Occurrences of wallie in Corpus

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Central

Philip, Andrew Lallans 70 - Fower Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
let-be, the ae path's peelie-wallie strip appeared, a line o line on page 55

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
tae the barn, wheetlin peelie-wallie and govin frae side tae side on page 6

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
OOR WALLIE on page 77

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Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Bonnie picturs, wallie dugs. on page 32

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
the years had made me peelie-wallie, bags under my e'en ye cuid c on page 76

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
dy as a jyle-cell. The peelie-wallie daylicht that entered came fa on page 183

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
an the main problem is peelie-wallie politicians an lickspittle jo on page 36

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
e leave this culture a peelie-wallie shedda o itsel an loss that b on page 9

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
I'm sure, that peelie-wallie scrunt o a man, on page 29

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Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
tie." The fourth wes peelie-­wallie: "Daith warmt up!" The fift o on page 42

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Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
paper as leukin lik a peelie-wallie tree strainin awards the sunl on page 8

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
the sun and the moon and the wallie-teeth o the gods in the heive on page 19

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
s mines. Thare's some braw an wallie walks in that weel-widdit air on page 65

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ime. Bit he wis wee an peelie wallie lukkin, due tae the Silicosis on page 68

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Peffers, Bob A Aboot Mid-Camps, Kirnitten, Bi East Cawther, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Fife, prose
the raw wi twa, three peelie wallie enamel pails an hauled watter
tter. There wis a auld peelie wallie sink in the scullery set inta
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Wilson, Rab Lallans 76 - Napoleon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
peelie-wallie platoons o young peach trees;
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Than an nou — poverty, makkin dae, an leukin oot for ilk ither, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
bairns, an leukin sae peelie-wallie, nae mair ‘an a rauchle o b
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ised haes gotten a bit peelie-wallie in raicent years, the innin t
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Eunson, Catherine This Winter, (The Scores 2020) Central, poetry
peelie-wallie gress whiskers rustlin a roon
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
it, coorie, weel-kent, peelie-wallie, shooglie, or high heid yin.
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MacMinto, Gregor Beam Me Up, Sunshine, (wordpress 2022) Central, blog
A wallie day fur a bit dander i the pa
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Doric

Strachan, Shane The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - An Eggs-traordinar Egg, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
but he grew shangie and peely-wallie because there wis nae naethin on page 24

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
aside the McPhails, the Troot Wallie cottars war swattin the fleas
Rodden Hoosie, far the Troot Wallie cottars bedd. Dod Mathieson a
ck o the hoose, wis the Troot Wallie, far ivery cottar that iver c
n byordnar kind tae the Troot Wallie cottars fin their quine Jessi
pinnle airms o a beech at the wallie richt in the mids o the girse
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
fowk aroon him tho war peelie-wallie an dwinin, cheengin inno the
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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
chets o bairns, but Gunnie is wallie nou wi shairp dairk een an As on page 63

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Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
back in the peelie-wallie day. on page 12

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Parkins, Hazel Lallans 67 - Fower Poems efter Rilke, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Orkney, poetry
o peelie wallie nights on page 58

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Hollinrake, Fran Flett Assipattle and the Mester Stoorworm, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
Hid's wallie tail culd wrap aroond the ear
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Shetland

Tait, John M Lallans 60 - The Three Hooses, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, weans
Hiech Hoose haed aince been a wallie steidin, but it haed rummelt
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