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Use in varieties of Scots

croft Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16.3 4 4.5 29.8 226.7 0 0
Number of occurrences538 3 3 39 0 0
Number of authors14 4 1 2 7

Occurrences of croft in Corpus

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Central

Wilson, Rab Lallans 85 - Roads, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
forebears, stuid forenent the croft; on page 10

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
howff an yillhoose, croft an midden, on page 37
sluice tae hoose an loch tae croft, fae burn an dub tae lawn an on page 77

2 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
he braeface, an aicht acres o croft land doun by the cruiked bank on page 50
or in amang the stibble o the croft-rigs. Whiles, if they were bu on page 56
hersel eident an happy on the croft rigs, sawin an reapin, stooki on page 70
an helpin her guidman on the croft rigs. Frae the age o aicht or on page 74

4 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
a toty rid-brick cottage. The croft wis that wee it looked mair l on page 177

1 matches

Doric

Facebook link (Doric Scots Books an Poems 2021) Doric - Fraserburgh
Fan they flitted in te a croft te work en bide
Though affa weel we the croft he hid done
They wid miss the croft mare than a bit

Orkney

Sclater, Kathryn Gallows Ha - The chapel by the burn, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
and their croft Oba. on page 6

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Sheu bade there on a peedie croft wi her ancient ginger cat. on page 35

2 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
n dem an dir midder wrocht da croft till, ane bi ane, dey grew up on page 1
em doon wi onybody fur a guid croft lack what we hae here." on page 2
h fokk at's come ta da Brakes croft. on page 7
aged ta mak a livin atween da croft an da hosiery. Dey wir most t on page 8
ed ta see da day at da Brakes croft is gyaain ta be wrocht again. on page 9
Also on pages 10, 12, 14, 37, 38, 39, 46, 62, 63, 72, 77, 92
29 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
uffix - (e)s: hoose ~ hooses, croft ~ crofts, bairn ~ bairns, flo on page 49

1 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Sang Oda Post War Exiles, (Shetland For Wirds 2003) Shetland, poetry
Dat last faent glisk o wir croft be da shore,
1 matches

De Luca, Christine Thule Revisited, (Shetland For Wirds 2007) Shetland, poetry
ta every gyo, every broo an croft, lik Brunnatwatt
1 matches

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
es fae "tun" meaning Andrew's croft/fields/enclosure and old phot

Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
interest in as a bairn on da croft. An of coorse, we wir still t
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Back tae trowie schul, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
in da paets or even a grain o croft wark. Onything, as lang as we
1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
of video ... Katy Peerie/Voar/croft #shetland(2014) search twitter
one. I was aboot 6, oot on da croft wi my dad. Love at first sigh(2016) search twitter
Wir peerie bit o croft is burstin wi colour. https:/(2020) search twitter
White ragged robin on da croft ?? https://t.co/mk01OAoHL2(2019) search twitter

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