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beastie Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.2 7.7 27.1 0 0 62 0
Number of occurrences3915 18 0 0 6 0
Number of authors22 12 8 2

Occurrences of beastie 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.

Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
last. This sleekit, tumorous beastie within ma breastie isnae taki on page 47

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
hat she had hurt the puir wee beastie's feelins. "I fair forgot ye on page 21
n waitit till she heard a wee beastie (she cuidnae wark oot whit ki on page 37
Sae she set the wee beastie doun, an wis gey gled tae see on page 44

3 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
o us thegither will slay the beastie, conquer, and kill that Covid on page 143

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
wee timorous beastie as ah've wan o ma ain - sort on page 28

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
lt himsel, 'or some ither wee beastie.' on page 12

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Briggs, Susi Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
I've beastie freens aw ower in the gairden on page 12

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Clark, Thomas Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
A beastie, big or wee, on page 18

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Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
whit like beastie wis yon? on page 18

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
What then? Poor beastie, thou maun live!" on page 83

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
But every beastie has its faut,
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Fitt, Matthew Whuppity Stoorie, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
. But when she got there, the beastie wis lyin wi its wee leggies u
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
niver mind a body bigger as a beastie.
1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Whit, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
Ower ma pan but the beastie fasht nocht
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
"Wee sleekit cowrin timorous beastie, whit a panic's in thy breist on page 57
"Wee sleekit cowrin timorous beastie - "' on page 58

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Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
r an see thi bottam an aa thi beastie's doon air. Of coarse thi wat on page 1
Ma bonnie wee fower leggid beastie on page 53

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Blackhall, Sheena The Doric Gruffalo's Bairn, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1785300691) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
Fa is thon beastie, sae coorse an sae strang? on page 24

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Iv ye'r a beastie bodie ye'll ken at a pet is n on page 17

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
tak tent; it's the Merk o the Beastie ye ken!' on page 77

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Gray, Kath Lallans 63 - Aikey Brae Fair – 1962, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
wid tak yir photograph wi the beastie. Ye wir a wee bit scared o th
1 matches

Uri, Antonia The birds an the bees, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
feel richt if there’s nae a beastie o some kind takkin refuge in
ed wi a tiny little petrified beastie that couldna even staund, an
s. We aa kept clappin the wee beastie, as if tae say “we winna hu
ility like adoptin an injured beastie tae lend a haund, tho. Gaun b
4 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
n clappit the peer terrifeart beastie. Jeemicky expectin aa the whi
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
“Is this the beastie she says is better nur us?”
cGinty. “A richt fine quate beastie yon. Ye’ll be wintin yon tw
2 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Fit wee beastie is a Horny golloch? Find out (2014) search twitter
This wee beastie has been walking aroon ma kit(2019) search twitter

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Thon beastie maun be deef on page 25

1 matches

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
feirt that she'd hurt th pair beastie's feelins. "Ah fair forgot ee on page 21
n waited till she heard a wee beastie (she couldnae guess whit sort on page 37
as eet was a funny-shaped wee beastie, an held oot eets airms an le on page 60
o, whit am Ah tae dae wi this beastie when Ah get eet hame?" when e on page 61

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