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sack Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.4 9.8 25.6 0 0 0 31
Number of occurrences4319 17 0 0 0 7
Number of authors22 12 8 2

Occurrences of sack 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

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
. Syne, A'l fairlie gie him a sack fou o sair banes! He's cum fr on page 48

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
aw day affair. 'Ah'll get the sack if ah miss ma nine start the on page 1

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
that fu o cake he wis like a sack o slaistery cement and ye cou on page 127

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Oan SMG micht mean the sack, Or even worse! on page 46

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
mistake. Maw said she got the sack fur no usin the belt. on page 38
hy should gie his cleaner the sack, ah hink. Ah've a swatch at t on page 114

2 matches

Tindal, Betty Lallans 73 - Mither, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
r hands on the coarse hessian sack at her waist, on page 58

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Than an nou — poverty, makkin dae, an leukin oot for ilk ither, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
he docks. He wad gaither up a sack o discardit fish for ma grann
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
clean sheet, ye maun go in a sack as weel, fir fear ye’ll fa
1 matches

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
y cut them aff, pit them in a sack an set aff tae claim the sill
wernicht in its Tolbooth. The sack wis left on the stane flair o

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
haunds wur cut aff, pit in a sack an aff the troopers went fur
at Douglas Tolbooth whaur the sack sat on the courtroom flair ow

Bratchpiece, Neil The Wee Man Ft. Leo - Parliamo Glasgow, (YouTube 2014) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Drap that rank that, Sack that. Catch that?
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
Sack her. Thur's nae excuse. Stupi(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
wauntin u runnin aboot like a sack oh tatties-av goat ma image t (2021) twitter link
hats theyve got hard necks - sack them oan the spot - efter me (2021) twitter link
@jordy21389 sack him now - why waste time lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
lm yersel Winifred. We cannae sack im. We cid nivver find anithe on page 40

1 matches

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - The mornin o the waddin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
if you eens are ony example. Sack at like." on page 98

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
iks' papers Intull a wee fite sack. on page 34

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ell wi a bairn. Faith, they'd sack them as quick as luik at them
d the towes frae the neck o a sack he wis cairryin. The futterat
le paws. Minnie stood up on a sack o corn, an helpit Isie tae sw
. Baith o them crawled inno a sack apiece, an cooried deep inno
bushel pressed hard doon on a sack o corn, wi its boddom upperma
6 matches

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
th his body he layed an auld, sack covered, thermal matt - just
1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
oarner an pulls an auld hairy sack o a coat fae a peg doon ower
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
kent she wiz gyan tae get the sack for aa the cairry on and she
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ad be. The neist race wis the sack race. It wis even
fur Dauvit wis that heich the sack jist raxxed tae the boddom o
“Did yer sack shrink in the wash?” cried
3 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
? These fannies got Glass the sack and now they’ve downed tools (2022) twitter link
roon is a real factor, can ye sack him as part o the backroom bu (2022) twitter link

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
They filled up a prittas sack, on page 21
O thon prittas sack o deid jaa banes, on page 22
Oot A gaed an nabbed tha sack on page 23

6 matches

Stewart, Kenny The Proota Field, (Facebook 2021) Ulster, poetry
y there tae empty it into the sack.
1 matches

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