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picnic Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.8 9.8 25.6 29.8 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences4119 17 3 2 0 0
Number of authors26 12 9 3 2

Occurrences of picnic in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
he wid. "Talk aboot Muldoon's picnic! It's the stupitest tea-perty on page 75

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
Ah nod doon at the picnic table; there's a pile ae aboo on page 10
ate, a Double Decker, oan the picnic table next to the lads' carav on page 24

2 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ie an the twa weans breakfast picnic-style hunkered roon the coffe on page 1

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
May picnic here! (Bring Yer Ain Cauldron on page 63

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
rive hus been nae teddy bears picnic fur me neither and ah cannae on page 158

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Ah get that it's no exactly a picnic fur yj livin here, ah said, B on page 169

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
white haunbag flyin. It's nae picnic expectin, and ah'm a guid Cat on page xiv
masel. Rearin ma weans wis no picnic. No when ah'd barely two penn on page 51

2 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 76 - The Gied Ower Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
The picnic brae abune the watter’s edg
1 matches

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
charcuterie n that at his wee picnic table. He wiz using some mass
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
awricht. This bugger’s nae picnic, but ah’ll get through it.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
aur an sorted oot the striped picnic chyres, invitin us aw tae tak
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ie and Frank’s turn for the picnic this time. Faither picked the
This wid be oor second picnic by the Clyde. The first had b
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
plies. A few munchies fur oor picnic and cauld drinks along wae a
d catch, hud ourselves a nice picnic, took a few memorable snaps f
2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
wink n al huv a wee seat n ma picnic basket wae me lol (2020) twitter link
r points m8 n mind n bring ma picnic doon tae the swing park on we (2020) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
Nae half. Gonorrhoea wis nae picnic. His mood chynged aa o a sudd on page 30

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
e wither - a Force Ten's nae picnic, Ah can tell ye.' on page 44

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
n a ba' aboot, or haein a wee picnic on the girse, wi a bottle o a on page 35

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ame-made cheese an wi'd hae a picnic oan a tartan rug: me lyin oan on page 66

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
s an Razorbills. Wi'd aet wir picnic an lie on wir bellies, savour on page 21

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
. Dinna fash if ye forget yer picnic thou. Jist aside the beach is on page 10

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
o anither faimily's picnic table, drawin on page 31

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
aud muckle appeal. It wis nae picnic ti fling back the blunkets, p on page 75

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
nsar, we thocht we cood hae a picnic
hid a picnic or twa jist tae brak the jour
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ittach breemy wids, lozent bi picnic neuks – a richt snorrel o r
ie wis beached, the makkshift picnic etten jist far they'd sterted
2 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
t theatre events, mibbe hae a picnic in Princes Street Gairdens an
Margit an me hid teen a picnic lunch wi’s an we ett it on
Efter oor picnic an wee sit doon Margit hid ti
3 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
empien oot the picnic bag an stowein twa sea-maws w
1 matches

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
y a white pudding supper on a picnic bench while pretending not to(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
We gaed ower fur a picnic - wi the Sunday School, I th on page 63

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
leather jaicket an plastic picnic furniture on page 5

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Swanbister - picnic bae the burn, a book, strande on page 13

1 matches

Shetland

Facebook link (Shetland on Camera 2021) Shetland
peace n quiet places , peerie picnic on Ronas Hill eenoo not annid

Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
cam across da teddy bear’s picnic. “Mr Yogi Bear and his fami
1 matches

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