A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of bull in Corpus

Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
showin a red rag tae a fuckin bull. 'Abi rip yer fuckin airm rig on page 11

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Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
t haund, but he raired like a bull an sneckit the airm aff the c on page 58

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Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
"Psst! sir bull" the fox did say on page 32

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Donaldson, Gordon Lallans 90 - Echty-Echt, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
Ah can hertilie recommend the bull's bluid. on page 36

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
faur less tae be pit tae the bull an cairry cauves. on page 63

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Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
till the tide's up tae his bull-thick neck, on page 46

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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
r Thor cam inbye roarin lik a bull wi a sair heid, an shatterit on page 14

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
tryin, forcin, brass necked, bull heded stubborn fightin, wis f on page 3

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Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Warld accordin tae yer papal bull on page 44
subversive of authority bull on page 51

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
scly. She'd a thrapple like a bull, wappin shooders, airms like on page 76
thered in a field wi a radgie bull streekin towards her; she wis on page 106

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
aed-blooded male, hung like a bull on page 4

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ockin soles, wis built like a bull an for a bet wuid lift his pa on page 57

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ut she's got a face lik a pit bull an she's been in an oot the C on page 61

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
gie started roarin like a mad bull. "Lizzie! We've come tae shif on page 20

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
jist the same, an bauld John Bull on page 50

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
the tap o the hull? The young bull says tae the auld bull..." 'M on page 7

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
ora bull wha micht hae bluitert them on page 66

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 58 - Gairm review, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ne speil anent a muckle broun bull an the tyauve o haikin it out on page 126

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Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - Banes, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Yit nivver a bull has they grippit. on page 75

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Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - Soor Ploom Fairy, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
bull’s eyes an gobstoppers;
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
plied tae the noise made by a bull.
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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
he "u" in wirds like "full", "bull" an "pull". Sic diacritics le
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Wilson, Rab Lallans 76 - The Sycamore at Calton, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
A solitary Bull, it held its grunnd,
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
"A hit! Bull's eye!" they shout wi joy
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Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
ane wi the cairvit figure o a bull, Pechtish, fae Burgheid, Mora
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Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ay they fuckin mental lookin bull terriers; like that cunt oot
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
eid an horns o a muckle bleck bull.
s for no sacrificin a special bull tae them an, as a cruel joke,
or mither faw in luve wi this bull an gie birth tae a bullbairn.
“I amna feart o the Cretan bull-man,” answered Theseus,
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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 59 - A Stot an a Cleg, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, prose
e think ye’d play the Broun Bull tae his White,
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McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Jist aw’ Pamplonan bull!
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
s gaun tae shaw him. She made bull’s horns at her foreheid wi
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astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
e as wull is she cuild keep a bull as her faither’s books.
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Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
Ah duck intae The Bull and Gate. Good wee shoap. Wan
in a phoneboax no far fae The Bull and Gate, oan Kentish Town Ro
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
and Robert De Niro fae Ragin Bull hing side by side oan the wah
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@weenell3 tweeted
.... better than a can of Red Bull you'll swing fae the trees ?? (2022) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
ill to slepe an restis; Papal Bull be the smaill byrdis syttand on page 56

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Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
in in the dark; a horse and a bull wi muckle twisted horns, and on page 40

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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ull The pain wis like a ragin bull on page 15

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
, wi shouders lik a Charolais bull. on page 8

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
step noo. Bein trumpled bi a bull didna dae ma spine ony gweed, on page 12

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
wis jist lik a reed rag tae a bull. “Aye, bit there is mair, a
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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
t wis fan Jonsar Eck took the bull be the horn an, went intae
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
is fertile. Forbye, Northie's bull wis a coorse, illnaturet bree
staig mount the meer? Or the bull in the park wi the coos?'
g cam veesitin, an as fur the bull, it luikit like coalie-bag li
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
bets on fa cud first ding the bull's-ee wi an aipple core.
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Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
t in a bad mood like a sharny bull wi a reed erse hole. In nae t
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@cligeey tweeted
@MagsTaylorish Are ye spikken bull here(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
stylised silhouette o a ragan bull. The interpretive text is una
ors for the tour. Any whiff o bull that might o lingered in the
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Shetland

Southern

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
at the peur wee juror (it wus Bull, the Lizard) cud naw mak oot on page 109

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Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
A lang deid body fae some bull-bait on page 20
hey faa in squathries an sair bull-bait, on page 28
Stapped tha bull-bate owre late, on page 35
A quare bull-bate in tha Caliphate! on page 38
For sic a bull-bait's no been seen on page 40
Also on pages 41
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Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
d in North Down. Efter a daft bull-beat wi Queen Elizabeth's sod
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@the_gellick tweeted
forby: he's quare an fand o a bull-bate. Aa the best! (2014) twitter link
folk gettin drink afore their bull-beat wi the English hallions? (2014) twitter link