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pooches Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.6 11.6 27 9.9 0 20.7 0
Number of occurrences4423 18 1 0 2 0
Number of authors20 10 7 1 2

Occurrences of pooches in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
it wis and that thae bumflie pooches meant sweeties a wheen o them on page 49

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
that at the hinner-en were pooches on page 36

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
stminster his aye been in the pooches o the rich an there's only ji on page 39
i pittin their hauns in their pooches. The personnel cheenged ower on page 107

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
tho were set on fillin their pooches wi ither fowk's siller an too on page 105
ad a fair bit o siller in his pooches an stairtit diggin it oot an on page 106

5 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
a'll rob him blin an rype his pooches. Ye'd think he'd hae on page 112

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
aa erse and pooches on page 29

1 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
eikit a wee joug in baith her pooches, an brocht scraps hame in tha on page 42

2 matches

Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
e bawbees tae fill thae empty pooches?" on page 28
ened the kist and stappit his pooches wi copper. on page 33
than he could cram intae his pooches, sae the sodger stuffed them on page 34

3 matches

McDermid, Val The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Gowd Breeks, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
m in a poke, then intae their pooches, then the sleekit jouksters s on page 59

1 matches

Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
d, unlike some ither pedigree pooches, he wid happily scoff onie o
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ur seats.” He raikit in his pooches ~ he had mony o thaim, in his
ae tak stock. Bill emptit his pooches an made a wee pile o electron
tch an made him skail oot his pooches. They only got the muckler ob
te a lot o mait in the inside pooches o her sheepskin, as weill’s
4 matches

Clark, Thomas Till Houletgless an the Soond o Money, (The Scores 2018) Central, prose
is seat an reeshelt throu his pooches. Finally, he pullt oot a big
1 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
I've been tint throu holey pooches I've been in the washin tub on page 15

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
agreet er sister. "Ere's nae pooches in a shrood." on page 75
lood es is soul ascendit, is pooches teem an is hairt swallin fit on page 78

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Donald steed wi's hans in his pooches, rattlin his Euros an grinnin on page 39
yke, dug his hans deep inte's pooches an sighed...an siddenly she w on page 90

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ncan, shovin is hans inte the pooches o'is anorak an leukin aroon A on page 13

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
an raked intae his biler suit pooches an, lo an behold oot came
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
n ony excuse tae turn oot his pooches fur siller. Gin Jude an Cammy
he wee boorachie teemed their pooches fur proveesions. Nava hid a M
edmate lang. She wad rype his pooches fur a fix; syne he'd chore it
ks, wi eneuch siller in their pooches tae buy ten Harley Davidsons.
4 matches

Murray, Campbell Dinna Quat, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Aberdeen, poetry
Fan pooches are teem, an’ accounts maun
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
n aboot the grun an fulled ma pooches. Some folk came inaboot and h
some bastard realised that ma pooches were fulled tae brimmin wi ta
n ahin the cairt an fulled ma pooches o this manna fae heaven.
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
Syne he turned oot his brikk pooches. Ane hid a teir in it, bit th
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
treet wi his hands in his ain pooches!(2014) search twitter

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
wae empty pooches, stinkan braeth and lustan gr on page 117

1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
undin wins til them oot ither pooches nor thaim that airts fowk's b on page 5

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
ust @scotsradiomedia Aye, nae pooches in shroods, an auld favourite(2020) search twitter

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