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boats Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words34 28.8 30.1 79.5 81.4 41.3 31
Number of occurrences10956 20 8 14 4 7
Number of authors46 23 6 5 6 2 4

Occurrences of boats in Corpus

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Central

Love, Rowena M. Lallans 82 - Hame tae Dunbar Harbour, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Hard by boats addin colour tae the harbour' on page 41

1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
air wark an hae a leuk at the boats. This time, tho, he tint the on page 20

1 matches

McNeil, Andrew Lallans 58 - Carnegie’s Turning, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
No jist upturned Pairliament boats on page 122

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
hat millennium shit. Pleisure boats comin through. Parasols oan t on page 1

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
ain tae lift intae noo fir aw boats. The Finnieston Cran isnae ye on page 77

4 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
yage, an richt eneuch Einar's boats wir lurkin in thrie voes ettl on page 14

1 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
rs, like lichts tae steer the boats by, an' heaven up there. Weel on page 10
till walk the length o' their boats till the day they dee. Aye, a on page 13
oon pittin' oor men tae their boats. There wus this toff, fae Edi on page 16
boats were hingin' roond tae see wh on page 18
t up wi'. Ye see maist o' the boats are faimily boats, so ye can on page 37

9 matches

Burns, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
the bonny boats on page 63

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
is a near-at-haun beach whaur boats cuid easy be draggit up. In t on page 32

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
we boats kerry-in cargoes on page 90

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
cessful at the supplyin o the boats throu his ships' chandlers an on page 33
t tae ane o the actual whalin boats. These werenae onie bigger no on page 40
t the ropes but half a dizzen boats, each wi five or six lads in on page 41
an that a couple o the ither boats had made it tae Iceland. Tosh on page 43
an Fife. Fer monie years the boats went fae Ferryport on Craig, on page 91
Also on pages 94
14 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
A Pairlament o upturnt fishin boats. on page 42
wi shoon lik boats. An yet, he's the vera exampl on page 117

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
air than wan reason. He loved boats, not football. He grew up in on page 10

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
eavin watters jeel, wanchancy boats on page 30
Cowp the drave boats, gie the eurofishers on page 39

3 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
an wait fur the boats on page 13
even think aboot it. Oor new boats no riddy yet wiv ainly goat t on page 28
on boats ower the wathery seas. on page 38

3 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
coorse the Germans in thir U boats wir firin torpedoes, tryin ta on page 43

1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
s ae tourists jist in aff the boats. Zadar’s yin ae thae bits t
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
ds ar pithailed anachronisms. Boats tae the isles ar auld an dear
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Than an nou — poverty, makkin dae, an leukin oot for ilk ither, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
gae doun tae meet the fishin boats comin in tae the docks. He wa
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Deid huddies an the Moray Eel, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
bummers said European fishin boats shuid hae permanent access ta
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
back tae the students an’ boats at the access point, Callum,
Whaur they tie up boats,
2 matches

McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ed. A got ready an’ got the boats, paddles an’ spray decks oo
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Owerlookin’ the boats sailin” in the regatta Mibb
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
nd deid or deein Scots fishin boats. No a bonny sicht
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
ng doon the harbour lookin at boats! X http://t.co/0mkGqosGuq(2015) search twitter

@fairpechtoot tweeted
lie wi Oor Wullie an yours wi boats? :-) Maybe a photie cannae re(2017) search twitter

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
oor job's byous dangerous: U boats, E boats, battleships, mines, on page 44

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
stburn Park ye could sail yer boats on, an a'. Bit we hidna nae b on page 35

2 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
The Boats on page 8

2 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
O sheen an ships an shoogie-boats, An castocks, cats an keings, on page 54

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
boats, yachts, an sic like. Water s
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
ked themsels on rusty fishing boats and heided aff to fitiver cou
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
here's yon many loons aff the boats coming in tae Fittie Bar now (2016) search twitter
some bleezing laddie aff the boats spills his pint o'er em(2016) search twitter
Bloody idiots coming aff yon boats(2016) search twitter
? A yon young laddies aff the boats ask fer it a the time!(2017) search twitter
Even the polish lads aff the boats are gan elsewhere now! Be nae(2018) search twitter
and 6 other occurrences.

Orkney

Miller, Alison Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Orkney, poetry
Tae see the boats and waatch the Vikeen men on page 43

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
eletons o the scuttled German boats on page 37

1 matches

Flett, Alison Harbour, (Scottish Poetry Library 2004) Orkney, poetry
see thi boats cummin in
thi namesy thi boats
2 matches

Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
the grund that wis takkin the boats oot, and they thowt that they
ey spak maist aboot, for some boats hed come ashore wae big haals
2 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
ditions for the peedie rubber boats. My passengers were in the be(2020) search twitter
ent many happy days in peedie boats aboot the craigs and Geos o t(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
ek ta dem an sat on wan o dir boats. He dan got da men ta pit da on page 87

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
replaced Alec, but I burnt my boats there before I left." on page 25

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
al gender aless for vehicles, boats an countries at ir "shø"s, b on page 49

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
da boats at wid a fished fae here. Noo on page 33
f der huntin böds wi coupit boats, on page 48
wha kens whitna boats on page 50
bi Usta Ness. I da boats, men row on page 62

5 matches

De Luca, Christine Thule Revisited, (Shetland For Wirds 2007) Shetland, poetry
der muffled throb: Norske boats
Der boats wir gowld an white, neebin
2 matches

Sinclair, James Yarnin, (Shetland For Wirds 2001) Shetland, poetry
an tumbled aw da boats up ower da broo.
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: A Hamefarin hero, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
. Sometimes we wid race siggy boats doon da burn. For a start he
gang aff her wir usin peerie boats tae geng aa aroond Shetlan.
2 matches

Sinclair, James Murmansk, (Scottish Poetry Library 2019) Shetland, poetry
wi nae hoop o rescue, U boats, aeroplanes an even ee time
1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
44. The Boats Float: Chu Hsi (1130-1200)
the river boats swither,
THE BOATS FLOAT
3 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
is never aff it, that and the boats. Great place tae get away tae(2020) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
an I gtow up. He puuls in the boats, ye know!" Hughie's een wut a on page 13

1 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
e heidlans at Tha Whuskin Gar boats gan' roon. on page 25

1 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
tha Wurd o God. An he saa twa boats pued up bi tha wattèr's edge on page 77

3 matches

Thompson, Mark The Lost Ness Monster, (clydesburn.blogspot.com 2009) Ulster - Ards Peninsula, poetry
Wi the fishin boats at Portavogie
It ate aa the fish, then the boats
2 matches

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