A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

jug Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.3 10.8 6 9.9 5.8 31 13.3
Number of occurrences3321 4 1 1 3 3
Number of authors19 7 4 1 1 3 3

Occurrences of jug in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
Hare hid jist coupt the milk jug intae his plate. on page 73

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
hersel a gless o watter fae a jug that aye sat on her desk. on page 77
air thing. There hus tae be a jug o watter and a gless on the t on page 130
d the box ower the neck o the jug and poued the hd open and pap on page 134
ney, wha'd taen tent that the jug o watter and the gless were i on page 135
ot and took haud o her watter-jug. Still haudin the jug by the on page 153
Also on pages 154, 165, 210, 218
14 matches

Rennie, Susan The Teeger that Cam for his Tea, (Floris Kelpies 2018 ISBN: 978-1782504665) Central, weans
ogged aw the milk in the milk jug an aw the tea in the teapot. on page 9

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
ig, the fermer's wife, laid a jug o fresh warm milk doun aside on page 17

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Than an nou — poverty, makkin dae, an leukin oot for ilk ither, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
lk!” It wis dishit oot wi a jug an a ladle. Ma mither wad tra
the hooses an fill the cup or jug lyin aside the door dependit
2 matches

McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
r. When he grabbed the waater jug an’ sloshed mair doon his j
1 matches

astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
ey foond the mulk soor in the jug an thyr lassies stole awa in
1 matches

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
h Hare hed joost upset e milk-jug intill his plate. on page 71

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
a howpie o sea-watter inno a jug, likewise liftin some dulse.
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
inder o hame, o sharing a big jug o diluting juice wi yer wee h
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
sed to give it wash down with jug boiling water to get rid of ?(2018) search twitter

Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The peedie white jug full o thripenny bits on page 47

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
are wis juist cummled da mylk jug atil his plate. on page 75

1 matches

Southern

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
fillin up the jug wi' stanes on page 164

1 matches

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
h Hare hed jist coupt th milk-jug intae heis plate. on page 73

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
ttles a year, an the watterin jug an the story aboot hoo John B(2020) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
een an escaped upstairs wi a jug o watter tae git dressed. She on page 18

1 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
Hare had jest upset the milk-jug intae haes plate. on page 74

1 matches

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
roses, eneuch fur tae fill a jug ben tha hoose an a wheen mair
1 matches

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