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cloot Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words43.7 30.8 58.8 168.9 58.1 20.7 53.1
Number of occurrences14060 39 17 10 2 12
Number of authors62 24 15 6 9 2 6

Occurrences of cloot in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
hing she felt wis a fair auld cloot unner her chin: it'd clattere on page 51

1 matches

Scott, Colin nobody remembers the birdman - Empty Nest, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, poetry
wi a petrol-soaked cloot he said on page 171
aboot the wee bit scrappy cloot on page 172

2 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 85 - D.I.Y. Doctor , (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
'Richt, Alan, tak the cloot awa noo tae a hae a luik. on page 36

1 matches

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
wiz a dab haun wi the dustin cloot an hoover, aye wiz, een noo h on page 78
the indwallers, Sadie, whae's cloot an sel baith snokit o marzipa on page 80

2 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
greetin, haudin a cloot on page 81

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Craig, And left the mark o's cloot. on page 10

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
Intae a special silken cloot, on page 114

1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
ye arena Clartians at aw. I'm Cloot, the heid windae-dichter for on page 11
Cloot worked his wey alang the stre on page 12
Ten minutes later, Cloot stapped his hovernut. 'Time f on page 13
id lichts an skirlin hooters. Cloot had gane aw white an peeliewa on page 14
'I think,' said Cloot, still slightly frazzelt, 'I' on page 16
Also on pages 18, 19, 20, 21, 25
23 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
He dried the bottle wi a dish-cloot. on page 37

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
Shø haes a cloot clippin tongue on page 35
Ne'er cast a cloot til Mey's oot on page 36

2 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
lowped atthe end o the table-cloot, poued it tae the flair, happ on page 21
ae neuk o the room, the table-cloot stertit tae fidge on page 127
e wantin this manky auld dish-cloot ony maiz, will ye, and whit a on page 144
ishin oot, and it's no a dish-cloot, it's ma shawl.' Noos and the on page 146

7 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
he wisnae temptit tae cast a cloot, for it wis still a guid twa on page 17

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
up a patterned cloot, aa humphed an stained. on page 112

1 matches

Beckett, Mavis Duncan Lallans 59 - Auntie Aggie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
a's ontae the flair. A fund a cloot an wis dichtin it up whan Aun on page 118

2 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Distempered, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Wee blackie, ye see ayont thi cloot,
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
As lang's A hae an auld cloot,
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
, breeks, bubbly-jock, claes, cloot, coof, galluses, grosset, hem
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Halloween, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
or backs an blinndfoldit wi a cloot, ilka bairn wis birlt roond a
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
reenge us wi soap an a coorse cloot gin aa oor skins haed a glent
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
a traivel shewin kit. She cud cloot up the warst teirs in thair t
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
ng um roon wi’ a soggy auld cloot Aye, efter we'd hammered a li
1 matches

Briggs, Susi Atween the lines o Muirland Meg, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
eg will get is a manky sheeps cloot
“Fer a sheeps cloot she'll do it and do it til mo
2 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
Gaelic’s michtie cloot in Scotland is reflectit forb
1 matches

@RickHJohnston tweeted
Ne'er cast a cloot (claething) till may be oot r (2022) twitter link

@fairpechtoot tweeted
@sadie_d_ryan Ne'er cast a cloot till May is oot!(2019) search twitter

@ThonJacobite tweeted
eordie's are cut fae the same cloot as us ?????? (2021) twitter link
the table a guid dicht wae a cloot' ?????? (2021) twitter link

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
f, an nae siller in haund tae cloot it, syne doon tae Auld Hornie on page 100

1 matches

Reid, Adeline Tales Fae The Doric Side - A Clootie Duff, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
he care o the special dumplin cloot. on page 20
Aff comes the cassen, clarty, cloot, like a wincey sark mishwashe on page 21

5 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
c a track Wi hardly a daicent cloot till yer back on page 15

4 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
injin Skim hidtae licht up a cloot soaket en deesul, an hud eit on page 12

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
er an grabbit the spare bit o cloot at hung it the backside o'is on page 20

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
her on the backside wi a weet cloot. on page 12
rty frocks an bonny bitties o cloot aat wi'd colleckit ower the y on page 79

2 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
doon, wrappit it in a leenin cloot an laid it in a tomb hackit o on page 120

2 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Puppet Mannie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, poetry
gat a lick o pint an a funcy cloot anent,
1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 63 - Three poems, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, poetry
Noo here’s masel (wi mak-on cloot in han
1 matches

McDonald, Charlie Doric Scots Books an Poems, (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
A cloot, brushes o' a' shapes tae kee
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
it's yon sayin aboot a winter cloot?
Fowk div pit on some winter cloot,
Fer wabbit like a weet cloot I feel.
ackin case, pot ana, wi nae a cloot near em.
4 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Cast Winter cloot? warnin bells div ring.
fa thrawn tae cast yon winter cloot.
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
t's preened tae a plain kinno cloot.
in up a wee braisse bell wi a cloot, an Isie wis straikin the kit
fore the fire, haudin a cauld cloot tae her hett lug an her fat l
irt band, an pattet her yalla cloot heid.
rlour, a braw fite lace table cloot wi polished cutlery that refl
5 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
it in his hauns like it wis a cloot fu o watter.
her patient's heid wi a weet cloot, syne tuik a wee turn roon th
2 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
a gansey, washin saip an face cloot, an tain it doon
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
an dichtit his broo wi a damp cloot the nurse gave her. The blood
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ree side tae side jist like a cloot in a washin
1 matches

Noble, Brian , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
bonny big dumplin biled in a cloot
1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
rump ach, yer mibbes right, a cloot tae claw at ma erse!(2016) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
aurus A richt dicht we a weet cloot(2021) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
oot. And if ye hadna cassen a cloot for the simmer, ye were still (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Sclater, Kathryn Gallows Ha - The chapel by the burn, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
In a Caithness cloot, he made his wae hame. on page 6
A lump o stone in a cloot on page 7

2 matches

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
oot the food on a bonny white cloot and poored them all some ale. on page 22

1 matches

Miller, Alison Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Orkney, poetry
For Feyther oot o such fine cloot as that. on page 39

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
He gied me a dight wi a oily cloot on page 2
peculiar smell - like burnan cloot or hair. on page 13
pan wi swaet and as limp as a cloot. Completely exhausted, I cheu on page 72
y tae say ~ ah'm as limp as a cloot bi the end o the day. on page 75

4 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
hid spraed hid oot on a linen cloot on page 72
smooth fine cloot, bright roosty reed, on page 101
The cloot aboot thee wis tied tight on page 116
worsid cloot coorse on hands raeddened bae on page 117

7 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The hot broon brick in pink cloot, on page 45

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
oot the food on a bonny white cloot an poored them all some ale. on page 76

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
mindit tryin ta gie hersel a cloot alang da lug for chaetin hers on page 14

1 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
happit him aboot wi strips o cloot an shö led him i da strae. on page 79
s wi wine an dan pat strips o cloot aboot dem. Haein happit da ma on page 116

2 matches

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
Da sun drittles trowe a syer-cloot o ask; on page 33

1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
fore dey'r mair pirm treed as cloot." on page 35

1 matches

Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
n. His face wis as white es a cloot, set an draan, da lock a blac
1 matches

Laurenson, Hannah Lisa Da Maa's Eggs, (Hands Up For Trad 2019) Shetland, prose
e’s faces turned white is a cloot at da tought o no hivin dir D
1 matches

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
een dat coulda brunt hols in cloot. Stukkin upa da tap o his hae
1 matches

Walterson, Barbara Da Trow o’ Fogla Skerry, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
a twa wrinkled mits wi a weet cloot held in een, edgin taewards m
1 matches

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
-up juice, peeriewyes, grethy-cloot, hert-holl o de nicht, life-t(2020) search twitter

Southern

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
o ma table-cloot tent, on page 155

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
arkThompStuff Dinnae hing yer cloot oan it!(2020) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
e stuid up slowly an spreid a cloot ower the fuid. on page 5
watter intae a bowl, dipped a cloot in an rubbed on some Lifebuoy on page 17
throu the watter, plucked the cloot an rinsed it afore takin Hugh on page 18
bath. She cud see the blutdie cloot. She cud see the skin. Bluidi on page 33
uk efter a wean. Niver cast a cloot til the mayflouer is oot. Did on page 46

7 matches

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
In the mirly cloot: on page 2

1 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
. A hae kep ït lapt up ïn a cloot. A wus afeart o ye, for ye ir on page 102

1 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
A can feel iverie clatter an cloot! on page 19

1 matches

@Angelinekking tweeted
OL! Do they say "never cast a cloot til may is oot!" in Scotland (2019) search twitter

@the_gellick tweeted
We'll hae tae get you a snoot-cloot for thon snattery neb! (2015) twitter link

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