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Use in varieties of Scots

morag Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.5 21.8 0 29.8 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences4743 0 3 0 1 0
Number of authors11 8 2 1

Occurrences of morag in Corpus

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Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
or swung open an in processed Morag, her airms ootstreiched, pres on page 47
ye're a terrible blasphemer,' Morag chided. 'It'll serve ye richt on page 48

9 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
Ma wee sister Morag gat tae go there though. We a on page 7

4 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 79 - Oot o the Mooths o Weans, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
e be a braw big lassie," seyd Morag's grannie. on page 92
A whilie efter, aince Morag hid gaen hame fir her denner, on page 93

23 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
“Morag an masel led the cless throu
1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Cairryin Stream o Tradeetion, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
nnett, Scottish Step Dance wi Morag Johnston and John Sikorsky, W
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
yle wi poems the likes o Lang Morag, Whustl'n Jim Hall an Auld Da
der references the likes o „Morag wi the Titian hair' an „the
2 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Marion an’ Morag
minibus, whaur she wis met by Morag, oor spiritual leader an’ c
2 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
'Can ye gie Morag a haun tae finish the hoose?' (2018) twitter link

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
on widna cost the yird. Katie Morag could be owreset in Scots. Th
1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan, (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
Morag MacInnes’s poiïm sequins â
he secind is tae tak Fiona an Morag MacInnes’s aproch (tho thei
2 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
Scots weans no that lang ago Morag. Ah mind the tawse gettin yai(2020) search twitter