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Use in varieties of Scots

fiddle Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words17.2 8.7 31.7 39.7 58.1 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences5517 21 4 10 1 2
Number of authors29 10 8 3 5 1 2

Occurrences of fiddle in Corpus

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Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
duce torches, somebody else a fiddle; anither wad dive inti a tape on page 74

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
tivity tae survive - think o fiddle-an-box clubs as an exemple, t on page 75

1 matches

Anderson, Elizabeth Lallans 59 - OBITUARY : ALISTAIR TAYLOR 1928 - 2001, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
enjoyed listenin tae pibroch, fiddle, clarsach an tradeetional sin on page 4

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
ist; it micht be a fine set o fiddle tunes that set yer taes tappi on page 56

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
nou somebody had brocht oot a fiddle an wis on page 67

1 matches

Morning, Carey Neeps and Tatties, (self-published 2020) Central, weans
wi pipes and drum, a fiddle tae, on page 22

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ung enough. She's as fit as a fiddle fur hur age. But hur long, dy on page 6
isten that Mum is as fit as a fiddle. She isnae, but it justihed h on page 29

2 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Review Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
l when there wis nae pipe nor fiddle, and nane o them were the hai on page 62

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
of shoes, a fiddle, on page 42
Davy Crockett played the fiddle: on page 58

2 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 58 - The Sang o the Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
eir whit wey we ken whether a fiddle or pipe air is Scots, Irish o on page 77

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Wee Tailor in the Haunted Kirkyaird, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, weans
the fingerbanes like jynit-up fiddle peens, an a voice raired oot,
1 matches

Sutherland, Hope Twa sisters, een room, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Buckie, prose
yed i piano and noo we play i fiddle. We baith enjoy it and I supp
e play it afore. Even wee thi fiddle we are still very different.
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
cht o lichtnin wi a flaucht o fiddle, bi Lori Watson, gied an inla
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
was all tae hell.. I had tae fiddle aboot wi' settings, I wasn't (2023) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
surely grin When he took his fiddle till his chin He wis a maestr on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ep. "Ye've a face as lang's a fiddle." on page 48
ian got fed up playing second fiddle to a stallion." She dabbit he on page 76

2 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Hey diddle diddle i'cat an i'fiddle on page 74
Let me hear fiddle music blarin fae afar on page 153

2 matches

Johnstone, Ian Tuney Loon's low doon, (The Fraserburgh Herald 2000) Doric, newspaper
s came tae the door; yin wi a fiddle, yin wi a drum .... an the re
1 matches

Shepherd, Robbie Harknin tae the braw souns, (John Benjamin 2000) Doric, newspaper
Association of Accordion and Fiddle Clubs, and afa weel attendit.
The accordion and fiddle clubs aa cam aboot in the 70s
aid the foun for accordion an fiddle clubs noo dottit aa roun the
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ture-cairrier in the skeels o fiddle, storytellin an sang. Jude An
. Jude gied him her faither's fiddle an learned him aa his stories
eyn o it. Brian wis hired tae fiddle tae them an tae spin a fyew t
fit they'll makk o ye an yer fiddle?"
scrat oot a fyew bars on his fiddle or skreich a pucklie sangs, a
9 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
in, leuk, fiddle, smile an mizzle. A maun hae
1 matches

McArthur, Kaydi Rich n Peer, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
noticed i time so he teen his fiddle and played anither sang he wr
e wrote and en he snapped his fiddle in half ower his knee.
2 matches

Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gallows Ha - A Spell o Good Wather, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
a fiddle or two, accordion and bass, on page 31

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I wis fitter than a fiddle bit poor Jim wis still gey lo on page 21

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
A fiddle or two, accordian and base on page 157

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Then came a whitema playan a fiddle on page 90

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Grottie-Buckie and Tirli-Wirli, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997352) Shetland, weans
he couldna manage ta play his fiddle ony mair. Hit wis wint ta mak on page 5
it Grizel. Shö could play da fiddle! on page 32
fresh fysh in a bucket an his fiddle-box wippit aboot his middle w on page 33

3 matches

Nicholson, Hannah Eemis Stane 1 - Dance o da Selkies, (Eemis Stane 2022) Shetland, poetry
Is lost in da fiddle music, on page 15

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
I lift a fiddle fae da waa. on page 57

1 matches

Laurenson, Hannah Lisa Da Maa's Eggs, (Hands Up For Trad 2019) Shetland, prose
toom in his mooth, began tae fiddle we Lowrie’s beard. Rasmieâ€
1 matches

Williamson, Christie Da windirs o technology, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Shetland - Yell, poetry
fir Hardanger fiddle
1 matches

Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
art kent for his talent on da fiddle.
€™s Den pretendin tae play da fiddle. Da idder tree took hit in tu
2 matches

Watt, Valerie Görwill trows blamed for earthquake, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
d an stamped wir claas tae da fiddle music. Come da last dance I w
1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
the waiter heid, playin the fiddle, ( A, pages 106-119). Sei (D,
1 matches

Ulster

Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
diddle diddle tha kat an tha fiddle on page 4

1 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
a, whaur MacPherson braks the fiddle http://t.co/hsBAiV6EF2 (2015) twitter link

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