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Use in varieties of Scots

whaup Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.8 4.8 0 0 17.4 0 13.3
Number of occurrences159 0 0 3 0 3
Number of authors11 7 2 2

Occurrences of whaup in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
The Smiddy At The Whaup on page 21

1 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 84 - Attrition, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
frae his darg whan he heard a whaup comin tae on page 9

1 matches

Donaldson, Gordon Lallans 90 - Echty-Echt, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
ae gaen tae. But here was the whaup in the raip: naebody wantit t on page 36

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
an oatmeal alang wi ony fresh whaup, wild deuk or seagull eggs th on page 56

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
an the wheeple o the whaup at gloamin on page 167

2 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
cam a faur-aff tirlin cry o a whaup. The whaups were back. Spring on page 17

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 73 - Proverbs o Hell, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
The whaup never jinkit sae muckle askew on page 82

1 matches

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
#scotnight whaup gowdspink speug lintie hoolet(2016) search twitter

Shetland

Mainland, Jim Performance (After Les Murray), (Shetland For Wirds 2001) Shetland, poetry
an a whaup-pleepse on a bulderit bit;
1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
ou'd hear wind, lintie/twite, whaup/curlew, shalders/oystercatche(2020) search twitter
Peerie whaup aka whimbrel telling me it re(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
As tha cry o ony whaup on page 16
An in tha whaup's dour cry on page 24

2 matches

@fairfaaye tweeted
bird-names. Have you heard a Whaup (Curlew), Gowk (Cuckoo) or La(2020) search twitter

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