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Use in varieties of Scots

birds Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words65.9 44.2 82.9 99.4 220.9 144.7 35.4
Number of occurrences21186 55 10 38 14 8
Number of authors85 38 23 6 10 5 3

Occurrences of birds in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
rns, lochs, hills. Beasts and birds. Cities. Awa frae the smeerit on page 17

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
gittin awfy mobbed wae aw the birds an animals that'd fell intae on page 24
gaithert oan the bank - the birds wae bedragglt feathers, the a on page 25
de a smile: some ae the ither birds tittert tae theirsels. on page 27
sed nae end ae laldy, the big birds moanin they couldnae taste th on page 29
sh ye could see her efter the birds! She'll jist eat a wee bird s on page 31
Also on pages 40, 89, 106, 107
10 matches

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
We chirmed like birds an glent like flouers on page 64

1 matches

Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
ight and the soonds ae singin birds. Oan this particular night we on page 34

1 matches

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
awin nabbie German lassies wi birds cupped in haun. An that wis i on page 137

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
Whan wings o birds on page 35

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
gettin gey croodit wi aa the birds an animals that had fell inta on page 23

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 58 - The Rooks, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Forsak May's smaa birds, turn ti thay on page 112

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Or marred the birds' untaigelt sang. on page 91

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ryin oot, like. Aw they dolly birds, models, film stars. Heids wa on page 1

1 matches

Grace, Reyzl Eemis Stane 2 - Late Efternuin in the Hermitage, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, poetry
like quickened birds, ilka ane hauldin a hazel bra on page 6

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
ae his ain sleepin-place. The birds happit up ontae their ruists, on page 6

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ut nou I fin happiness in the birds, the flouers, the lambies in on page 69

1 matches

Burns, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Birds tummel an faa on page 57
O birds an beasts an flooers on page 60
Whaur bricht birds flew on page 65

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
turies fowk had taen rabbits, birds an mebbe even deer fae the la on page 82
seemd as tho some o the wild birds wuid come at his biddin. Wint on page 88

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ethod, he can mak bonnie blue birds' eggs wi bleck spots on them, on page 13

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
Chookies are glaikit birds, and gey grabbie. They think on page 53

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Aw birds and men and weans on page 31

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
the henhouse like the stupit birds they were, peckin an peckin a on page 72

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
sangy kind o a day ootby, and birds chantin.' on page 161

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
. Finally, when the first few birds stairtit tae sing, Klaus tipp on page 95

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
The sangless birds, tume-gebbit aa the day. on page 33
Or marred the birds' untaigelt sang. on page 53

2 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
The birds are settled in their nests. on page 15
Ach, ye're aa grave-birds - craws, corbies! on page 25
The birds o the air tak ti their beds - on page 35

3 matches

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
as baith birds hunched a feathery neck. on page 7

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
We'd been telt nae birds wid sing. on page 14

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
ers growin in the gairdens or birds fleein in the air. The folk h on page 22
They were thrawn-lookin birds wi bress feathers and beaks a on page 27

2 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
s', whan awbody dressed up as birds... Hoo daft can some fowk be? on page 101

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Or marred the birds' untaigelt sang. on page 91

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
stant but still sonorous like birds in the woods. on page 73

1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
birds reist, see, on ma riggin-heid on page 19
hou's the birds forgaitherin, ay, awa i the r on page 21

2 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 58 - fower poems bi John Waddell, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Wi bonnie birds, an trees, an floors, on page 62

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
Athoot anthropomorphising the birds in the poem aw thegither, Her
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
Birds is representit by a hale floc
eet, the mire snipe, How many birds be that?’ The answer, ye’
2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
obb’s comparisoun atwein ‘Birds and Winter’ an ‘Cauld Glo
, it is a year airlier nor ‘Birds in Winter’, but this, A’m
2 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
BIRDS
The birds had left us aw thegither.
Fechtin Birds
Tae stop the birds fae fechtin Ah took ane up in
Come, aw wee birds an fellow-speugs,
9 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth The killin fields!, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
want tae deny it wi regairds birds o prey like hen harriers or e
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
g oan tae the streets fur the birds tae eat. He wis a scruffy wee
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
s byordinar toys tae play wi: birds wi peckin nebs, butterflees w
hat mortals cud flee like the birds, awbody said he had gane gyte
2 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
til his ain sleepin-bit. The birds jimpit ontae their perches, t
siccar frae human moyen. The birds wisna haein it at first, spei
The birds didna unnerstaund Snawba’s
3 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ina o doos’ daeins, bit the birds thairsels wis at rest in hunn
r thoo canna step for crushin birds’ eggs ... Thoo’s been the
farns ... maybes no that mony birds’ eggs...”
ttish loch. “A pair o white birds, muckle birds wi lang, gracef
, muckle birds wi lang, gracefu craigs ...
5 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Up wae the birds, ah wis. Didnae sleep well, y
1 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
rough the leaves and sent wee birds in a mad panic tae fin shelte
her. “It’d be killin twa birds wi wan stane,” she mumbled.
elpt her fir that. Feedin twa birds wi wan scone, the auld wumman
3 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
s usin his knowledge of the birds tae help him along.
1 matches

Curt_Kenobi Mates, (archiveofourown.org 2016) Central, prose
nt waiting. Nae fuckin wonder birds are all ower ihm like eh wis
- - ay mooth can git sae many birds. It's eywis fascinated me, th
2 matches

Wallace, Lorna An Ode Tae Tinder, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2020) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Huv aw yir dreams eh birds an’ bees
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
e glen tae kill aff protectit birds o prey. A cheil fae the RSPB,
1 matches

@FaetheRye tweeted
@liquidbotanical Protected birds of prey, mair like. (2022) twitter link

@weenell3 tweeted
and a wee bit further oot The Birds & Bees x (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
e awe these drop deed gawjuss birds fae the usa m8 - its tae b e (2020) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
e! Fit can they be feedin the birds on?' on page 43

1 matches

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
Soond o birds' wings flappin. Count Conrad on page 40

1 matches

Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ss thing wi brichtly coloured birds fleein aboot. On the wye hame on page 14

1 matches

Innes, Brian P. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Thochts o a Teacher, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
keep a straight face, "Ihese birds had better be gone by morning on page 51

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ken aa the beasties, trees an birds an flooers." on page 44
es an describe the lan an the birds an the beasties aroon him...t on page 91
ver noticed them. An even the birds aat eesed te reest in the aul on page 92
ir the future. An jist as the birds aat eesed te reest in the aul on page 96

4 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
Foo muckle better are ye nor birds. Fitna een o ye, bi witryin, on page 102

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
Beyond the urgent din o the birds, on page 5
an the ancient memories o birds on page 7

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
admirin aa the bonny-coloured birds, palm trees an tropical fruit on page 38

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 57 - Mac, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Doric, prose
e-tree, faar he'd been chasin birds. It wis eeswally pyots he gae on page 27

1 matches

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
ere bonnie, affa bonnie, thon birds. on page 22

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
Nae birds war fleein heich abeen: Nae b on page 52

2 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
se than a sugar raincoat. The birds just didnae tak it seriously. on page 118

9 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
young game birds were sent packin, wi a shot o
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
s een, there wis the twa love birds
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
awa. The warlock keepit fower birds as his familiars, ye see.'
Leddrach, na, he keepit fower birds. A corbie, a jackdaw, a hawk
'Weel, the twa birds sterted the fecht on the tap
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
nkind wi the DNA o lizards an birds. At the hinnereyn, the result
They are riggit oot like birds an claethed wi wings:
n a croon, a kinno bird-king. Birds wad hae ruled ower humans fra
-like chiel proggin an edder. Birds an edders in Egypt maun aye,
ggit oot like tae an erne, wi birds' fedders an heid. The early Y
8 matches

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
e the dairkness. The yow, the birds an the cuddies aa shot the cr
1 matches

Rumbles, Brodie-Anne Recordin on Beep, (Scots Hoose 2022) Doric - Banff, weans
o men, o sons, o dochters, o birds, o whales, o aa leevin things
1 matches

Uri, Antonia The birds an the bees, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
The birds an the bees
North-East o Scotland is the birds. If ye juist pit oot some pea
cht back tae life. As for the birds, aa ye hae tae dae is mak a b
different (an amazin) kinds o birds an bees, richt on their doors
4 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
eel, it’s summin tae dee wi birds fit wye we got the nickname.
1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
birds sing bonnie, flooers lowe bri
1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Kieran an Aidan, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
rts. We hid names for aathin. Birds. Mavies. Yirlins. Vrans. An s
grun, fiooers an girss laid, birds an beasts crined in bores an
2 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
on hiz previous o’ skelpin’ birds, fits he b’in uptae noo? Spa(2018) search twitter

@DoricPhrases tweeted
loon, leave some fur the sma birds! https://t.co/B8KfCIQa5i(2017) search twitter
Fin ye see twaa birds chasing each ither fae tree t(2019) search twitter

@beast_afc tweeted
wik an it wiz there until the birds finished it.(2020) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
cht we Millie moo, I heard th birds n water in th burn clearer n (2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
orned beef hash Fittie style, birds eye pancakes wee a twist, fri(2017) search twitter

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
row. Think o the sounds o the birds on the loch on a spring night on page 20

2 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
he boortrees o Bockan Aal the birds o the air seemed tae sing. on page 66

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Nestan birds on page 65
Baby birds at the feeders on page 79

2 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Mansie kens the birds an thir weys on page 59

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Bonny Isle o Sanday, (Brisk Northerly 2016) Orkney, blog
nd. A hunder thoosand migrant birds. A scant scattering o folk. T
1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
n hunders o sightings o these birds flyan ivvrywhar since grimlee
1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Crackan the troughs, (Brisk Northerly 2021) Orkney, blog
ile this waathir maks certain birds more apparent – snipe, in p
1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
will be great for seed-eating birds in winter(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
Spaekin wi animals an birds - An half-believe it's true. on page 5
comin braaly crooded wi aa da birds an animals at wis faan athin on page 24
d apo da broo o da loch - da birds wi dreggled fedders, da anima on page 25
pon his face: some o da idder birds sneestered lood enyoch for fo on page 27
bit o a steer, for da muckle birds complenned at dey couldna tas on page 29
Also on pages 31, 40, 91, 109, 110
12 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Peerie birds ir twa a penny bit da Gdd Man on page 95

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
k, lack at Hermaness. Na, wir birds laeks dir space. Dir a pair a on page 91

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
da straff o birds apö da banks on page 19

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
as if da birds wis hed some kind o foy on page 92

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Soondscapes, (Shetland For Wirds 2015) Shetland, poetry
o birds, a oorie whirr, a vimmerin
1 matches

De Luca, Christine St Ninian's Isle, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, poetry
Here, on a boannie day, wi birds apö da wing
1 matches

Sandison, Iris Da Tree Peerie Grice, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, weans
icht wis comin i da lift . Da birds wir begun claagin an makkin a
1 matches

Mainland, Jim Love (After Miroslav Holub), (Shetland For Wirds 2001) Shetland, poetry
flachterin lik birds.
1 matches

Manson, Finnley Wir Beach, (Scots Hoose 2017) Shetland, weans
I can hear da birds tweetin
1 matches

Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
an plenty o information aboot birds an wildlife. An we could lear
sdom Michael wis kent for. Da birds an wildlife dat enjoy da gree
2 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
Dir birds I only keen da Shetland name (2021) twitter link

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
imagination to go... "ahh da birds are comin in, dey must sense (2020) search twitter
le of these remarkable peerie birds! @RSPBScotland @helenmoncrief(2019) search twitter
ooty Aalins are een o my fave birds (as are Guillys and Nories). (2020) search twitter
wesome and mesmerising peerie birds. And cute.(2016) search twitter
g me to these gorgeous peerie birds. Really interesting to hear a(2016) search twitter
and 8 other occurrences.

Southern

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
as birds conter aw this clamant, on page 159

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
ek oot the wine fir the early birds, on page 208

1 matches

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ol was gettin awfy crowded wi birds an animals that hed fa'en int on page 23
hat assembled oan th bank- th birds wi dreggled feethers, th beas on page 24
hide a smile: some o th ither birds sniggered awa. on page 26
noise an cafuffle, as th big birds complained that they could no on page 28
ish ee could say hur efter th birds! Jings, she'll scoff a wee bi on page 30
Also on pages 39, 89, 107, 108
10 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
, a finger tae her lips. O aa birds, the yorlin seemed tae cast a
1 matches

@jamie_ginger tweeted
an over rated bellend and yir birds a dug #yirmothersawumin(2012) search twitter

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
e pool wus near enuch full wi birds an animals that had fell inta on page 24
got thegither on the dake-the birds wi draggelt fithers, the anim on page 25
ide a smile: some o the ither birds chirpt loud enuch tae bae hea on page 27
t aboot thim-aal soarts o wee birds an baists, es weel es the hal on page 108
thim wur animals, an some wur birds), "A suppose they ir the juro on page 109

5 matches

Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
Taw wee dickey birds sittin on a waa on page 6
Whun thon pie wus opened thon birds began tae sing on page 30

2 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
By birds an bees ye ken. on page 27

1 matches

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