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The word 'peat'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
peatOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus22.27126
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 29.1 5 3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 32.7 10 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 35.4 8 2
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 31.4 5 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 209.7 16 1
LAL - General Central 21.4 16 5
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.7 3 2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 1 1
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 88.3 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 102.5 2 2
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of peat in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
Hid cut time in shaeves, een peat size, een on page 19
Aedie's Peat Bank Journal on page 23

2 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
-ster: bluster 'rough, mossy peat' (blue + - ster) on page 42

1 matches

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
A 'lowin taand' (burning peat) was then carried around the (2019)
@MarjoleinR does peat count? i think there's a few (2018)

Mid Northern A

Goodall, Phyllis J. Berryhill, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
Drinkin the peat-broon tea
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Hill o Leddrach, crummlin the peat tae stoor an the blaeberries
the east. The Bruces ained a peat cut ower at the Moss o Leddra
ross, delivered tae yer door. Peat wis a fine, sweet, crummly he
atter. She ran throw her Da's peat cut at the Moss o Leddrach, r
n the road they gaed past the peat shed an the byre, birrin on p
5 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Drumneachie Ferm, (Scottish Poetry Library 2019) Doric, poetry
The ferm wis a peat shed, a stack o hackit kinnli
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Doric buik Peat Moss Poetry whilk is fae coll(2014)
ry book is out read review of Peat Moss Poetry by Auld Wullie at(2014)

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
warmer than soggy heather on peat. I'm wi the yowe! (2020) twitter link

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Flooery achievement for the Scots Government, (The National 2019) Doric, newspaper
xtinct acause o the drainin o peat bogs. The harmful effects o p
1 matches

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
Ye lou the fume o peat reek incensin yowe powes on page 3

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Jonsar Eck athing. "Fit wid a peat mannie
bocht anither peat.
slid throo the peat brakin it intae little bits.
the peat an, the peat wid bide hale. It wid be a lo
s six half barrels, fer foo o peat
6 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
ottle, "git you tae the Argos peat-bogs and dinna even think abo on page 10

1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
9. The Riven Peat-hags on page 112

4 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
wn on a wimplin way throu the peat gairden an past the Rockform
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
oor, cast a guid licht on the peat-fire hearth in middle o the s on page 22
es o puir hill gress an bleak peat hags, haudin nae mair nor a s on page 25
kets. By the fadin lowe o the peat fire, he gruppit his muckle a on page 29
tae the mist for a day on the peat hags, while she busied hersel on page 45
on my wey back ower frae the peat moss. Then the mist cam doun, on page 52
Also on pages 54, 55, 56, 57, 69, 71, 74, 75, 81
16 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
CENTRAL HEATIN' OR PEAT BOG? Think oan noo cos thaur' on page

12 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Review Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
e warsle they had tae cut the peat and cairry it hame, taste the on page 62

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
life whiles, then mud, slime, peat on page 107

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
and the spongy peat sumps on page 91

1 matches

Thom, Williamina Lallans 75 - Oor Tibby Pagan, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, weans
a pot an shoved on top o her peat-burnin fire. Later on, her we
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
The waters laced wi' Pentiand peat on page 10
O'er peat bogs deep, screes and scars on page 50

2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
in peat bog, on page 3

1 matches

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
The kitchen peat-reikit
By the peat’s puttrin flame,
2 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
hey searched ivery moss hole, peat st'ak an each drill, on page 30

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James A' it taks, (Ullans Press 2000) Ulster, poetry
The rugh face o a hannled peat
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Or a peat-choked body buried far on page 7

1 matches

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
tae tha aist an wile boags an peat mosses streetchin awa tae tha
1 matches

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