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wolf Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words30 33.5 6.4 29.8 58.1 109.4 13.3
Number of occurrences9363 4 3 10 10 3
Number of authors22 15 2 1 1 1 2

Occurrences of wolf in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
t him know ahm no the big bad wolf. , on page 10

1 matches

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
The Boy Wha Cried Wolf on page 12
"When I shouted wolf, I meant whit I said." on page 13
The Wolf and the Dug on page 230
The Wolf and the Heron on page 31
The Wolf in Sheep's Claes on page 34

18 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
The yowlin wolf or skirlin gled, on page 91

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Wee Reid Ridin Hood and the Wolf on page 36
e better tae hear ye wi,' the Wolf replied. on page 38
'Haud on!' cried Wolf. "You're meant tae say on page 40
The Wolf that saw it licked his lips on page 41
The Wolf began tae pech and blaw on page 43
Also on pages 44, 46
22 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
pin in pain like some wounded wolf and ah'm startin tae hink thi on page 144

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
Fear or believe that the wolf in the sheepwhite hood on page 178

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ator bit sumdy wis cheerin an wolf-whistlin so ah missed whit th on page 15

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ore ye pop them wi a peen and wolf them doon. And, by a maist se on page 13

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
e huv expected wis tae meet a wolf in sheep's clothin, a first y on page 1

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
. Ah blushed at the sound o a wolf whistle. on page 55

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
The yowlin wolf or skirlin gled, on page 54

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Review Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
animal fable o the tod an the wolf, a tale o trickery, a parable on page 62

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Wha'll tak the wolf bi the ears? on page 35

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
the ravenin wolf wis smoked oot frae its lair. on page 112

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
The yowlin wolf or skirlin gled, on page 91

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 67 - Efter the Bonspiel, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Wanhope, the shairp-toothed wolf, louped oan on page 63

1 matches

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 76 - I am the Lass, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
I am your Lion, Wolf an Lamb,
1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
ator bit sumdy wis cheerin an wolf-whistlin so ah missed whit th
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
r pass when a durty great big wolf o’ a dug jumps oot an RUFF
1 matches

Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
ack! The hindermaist Scottish wolf got himsel shot by ane o Cumb
1 matches

Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
a ‘Custom Conjuration of a Wolf Hound spirit’.
A wolf hound, eh? Ah hink. That’s
se of Custom Conjuration of a Wolf Hound spirit. Have a happy fu
side. And there they are. The wolf hound and ma wee fluffy son,
4 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
white wid door and its sillar wolf heid chapper. She wis let in
1 matches

Doric

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
barin teeth an growlin like a wolf, leapit aff the leash an ran on page 118

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ee cuttit teeth gantin like a wolf's mawe, an the rikk risin up
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
dfae snell an oorie cauld. Ae wolf wad catch the sun an anither
wer the toon like rikk frae a wolf's braith. Ilkie tree on the f
2 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
er. Dagmar's maed a faimly on Wolf; Kari on page 16
pairties orbitan Wolf. Thay wir even on page 21
ntan doon? Foo an birlan roon Wolf, mibbe a body wis matched her on page 103

3 matches

Shetland

Sandison, Iris Da Tree Peerie Grice, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, weans
ta be wary o da Muckle Weekit Wolf at sometimes cam aboot, fur h
fore dark, in case yon Weekit Wolf cam aboot. So he wrocht an wr
airst, didna da Muckle Weekit Wolf come in ower da hill an da sl
l, dat didna plaese da Muckle Wolf, so he started blaain an blaa
e an bolt da door! Yon Muckle Wolf is makkin dis wye!"
10 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
y gans, thit the fermer o the Wolf, it yae tyme, wis haein ae
tial herd an his wife fur the Wolf herdin, the wife
on-Ti’iot, fermed baith the Wolf an Craik Hope; wi
oose, it whit wei nou ca Auld Wolf, whilk ligs oot o sicht, in a
hern, an hied awa oot tae the Wolf, tae grip thum; kis sic tryst
10 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Nae big bad wolf cud blaa on page 15
Or a big bad wolf on page 17

2 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
They faer wild a dug ir ein a wolf on page 49

1 matches

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