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Use in varieties of Scots

peggy Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.5 3.6 24.1 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences247 16 0 0 1 0
Number of authors9 4 4 1

Occurrences of peggy in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
in Grizel, kindness frae auld Peggy Aird the cook, an a guid lauc on page 67

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
A faither speirs his dauchter Peggy what haes becum o hir gowd. S on page 138

2 matches

Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
ttie Cap smiled an showed her peggy grin, black smoke startit tae
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
"Losh, Peggy, wumman," said the ane tae th
"Och ay," said Peggy, "A've heard aboot him; but h
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
t, and aw the rest o them? Is Peggy MacPherson no marit yet, nor
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
"Ah hid it fae Peggy Watson 'at bade across e stre on page 35

2 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Scene one, in which Peggy gets her porridge) on page 192

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
1957 an 1964 bi Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger and Charles Parker. It
1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
Hallo thare Peggy, whit lik? It’s gied tae se
the waas. A got sic a fricht Peggy, ma hert lowpit
nummers. Mind Peggy if it haid bin thirty year sy
smert. Harry wis aye ....... Peggy .... yir nae peyin heid ta iz
The shour wis braw mind Peggy, an a rowth o het watter. A c
12 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
k Aye maist folk dae! His mum Peggy was my dad's sister, his othe(2020) search twitter