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ship Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words65.2 67.3 55.8 129.2 139.5 31 4.4
Number of occurrences209131 37 13 24 3 1
Number of authors51 29 9 2 7 3 1

Occurrences of ship in Corpus

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Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ersman wis awready reddin the ship, makkin siccar that the raips on page 54
, an wioot skaith tae wir ain ship.' on page 55
we would byde for the tradin ship. on page 56
e splash o oars as the trader ship cam near. We could hear singi on page 57
t we could see the prow o the ship kythe aroond the bend. on page 58
Also on pages 59
17 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
an cairry you faurer nor onie ship coud tak you,' said the serpe on page 60

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
ae haun tae truck tae box tae ship tae shop tae plate on page 77

2 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
erdit like nowt on board that ship at Leith, an driven ablow dec on page 31
in maist vile conditions, the ship set sail for the Indies in la on page 39

4 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
aince ma faither's ship, but lang ma ain, on page 55

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
'Mayhap a ship oan druiblie seas. Hoosoever, on page 13
ikit by licht. Speed frae the ship ploo, on page 14

13 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
her's boat Growes ti a ghaist-ship on the seas: on page 29
An the ship that sails fir aye, that kens on page 41

2 matches

Dareau, Mareau Lallans 59 - The Dictionar o the Aulder Scottis Leid (DOST), (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
d wes applyit tae a pairt o a ship's cargo awnit an investit in on page 59

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
It wisnae cheap tae kit oot a ship tae gang whalin, but if the s on page 32
s tae hou muckle blubber each ship had managed tae gaither in. A on page 33
ters on the ice wi bits o the ship's superstructure, there wisna on page 36
in on the ice alangside their ship that wis nippit by the ice. T on page 37
o the lads had shinnit up the ship's mast an had caught sicht o on page 38
Also on pages 40, 41, 44, 58, 59, 75, 91, 92
21 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
A ship's horn blast skelps his ears. on page 18

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The ship slips anchor in the Firth o C on page 19
While the ship relentlessly presses oan, on page 20
Till guid ship Prudence ran aground, Nou fac on page 45
He said 'You're fir the big ship lollipop!' on page 84
The entrepreneur, wi his ship row-chowin in the teeth o a s on page 103

5 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
The Ship o Fools new built wi yon serp on page 35

1 matches

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
n is - a dinghy in batter! A ship wrack ae a fritter - fand fl on page 1

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
If Da could make a ship that gat launched by King Ber on page 76

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
An aa the aald widden ship discovert on page 60

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
hae strauchl't wi an English ship, or three, aroun the same tim on page 50

2 matches

Jamie, Kathleen Eemis Stane 1 - Whimbrel, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
ate forenoon. Yestreen a navy ship was ridin at anchor oot on th on page 5

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
rt the next mornin and fund a ship and crew that wisna feart tae on page 30
ragged the brute doon tae his ship. Wi the buhl safely fankled u on page 33
ng fower extra sodgers on his ship jist in case the king turned on page 34
s but on the wey doon tae the ship wan o the cuddies reared its on page 36
tak the cuddies doon tae the ship and then got tore in hissel. on page 37
Also on pages 39, 41, 46, 47, 48
11 matches

Fitt, Matthew The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Wee Story Aboot Love, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
"A troop ship!" thocht the wee tin sodger. on page 76

1 matches

McCabe, Alan Lallans 73 - Unsteek the Door o Ma Hert, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
The michty ship his cowped its laid on page 94

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
ae Chatham so e could join es ship. E hud tae go on the run up t on page 43
s they wir free an they got a ship hame. on page 47

5 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
The ship slips anchor in the Firth o C
As the ship relentlessly presses oan,
2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
ge atween warlds in a sailing ship til a warld that wis in mony
a craft in the air but for a ship, the nearest thay haed tae co
2 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
ma ancestor fell aff the ship
1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Whuppity Stoorie, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
the navy and had fawn aff his ship and drooned in the sea. Or if
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
aird Manager wis abuird a new ship fittin oot an he gaed tae the
ie on his wey back abuird the ship wi three billie-cans o reekin
2 matches

Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
clankin intae the side o the ship. Ah couldnae see mair than a
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
med helmet an sailed aff in a ship fou o Cretan warriors tae fec
ther, we fled tae Theseus’s ship waitin in the herbour.
The sails o the Athenian ship were bleck. Theseus had promi
alive or deid lang afore his ship reached Athens. But there wis
suin as we lowped aboard, the ship poued awa fae the Cretan coas
8 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
haed juist been loaded aff a ship. It wis her first offence an
r it wis the best kist in the ship; sae ye maun gang tae the loc
2 matches

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
E.V.I.P. let’s run a tight ship,
1 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
ence they’ve a’ abandoned ship an’ cam ower here? But hoo
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
wis like bein on the prow o a ship tryin tae mak wey through a s
l moon, a full-rigged sailing ship, and a pregnant woman. Maybe
2 matches

Steele, Gregor When Scotty said “Scunner”, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
Stert up yon ship’s warp core,
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
stuffed intae the hold o the ship The Croon o London, sat ther
Yin nicht the ship stertit buckin and rockin lik
itur. We didna ken it but the ship wis in the Pentland Firth whi
ot that bad Paterson taen the ship intae Deer Soond hopin tae ri
But the anchor snappit an the ship stertit tae cowp ower. Paters

@raiphsays tweeted
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
AFA_Official no way yule jump ship m8 - mon the star (2020) twitter link
y - the traitors have jumped ship lol - grassroots is king and (2021) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
t ye could tell he wis like a ship in a fog, jist blaain his hor on page 58

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
On the wey ti jyne mi ship Ah cried in at the Mariners' on page 38
some o the lads that abandon ship, Mrs C. Nae a bit o't; they'v on page 44

2 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
's en thi buiy an funnoot thi ship et theis rescue boat hid caim on page 18
replyed. Couse "eis," supply ship weis flat oot an makken strai on page 48
thi three wheelter, cis ncer ship shayp cis we cood, an eit wur on page 67

11 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
Solfarid", resembles a Viking ship. It is an ode tae the sun an on page 11
'Vikingskiphuset' or 'Viking Ship Museum' hauds even mair histo on page 15

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
d. It wis supposed tae be the ship he’d been on durin the war.
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ir an mair. A ferm wis like a ship...it needit a captain, an wi
el on his first sea voyage as ship's engineer on the Blue Star L
College in the toon, tae be a ship's engineer an sail the muckle
, an he'd gotten a place on a ship seen efter. Bit fit naebody h
s ava. Frae the time that his ship sailed ooto the herbor o Aibe
5 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
, there's the spars o a slave-ship that cam up fyles fan the san
Jed kens far aboot yon slave-ship sits in the watter."
p tae the beach far the slave-ship lay, Jed began tae cam oot wi
ar frae the wrack o the slave-ship noo. He kent fine far it wis,
jist aboot there. This slave-ship cairriet aff hunners o toun b
8 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
k aff the coast o Phuket on a ship full o feverish octogenarians
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ot like the wardroom o a navy ship. Fin she’d been at the skwe
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
heavy fire fae a German flack ship and hid been badly damaged. H
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
y he held firm. Niver hid ony ship’s wheel wirked sae hard. Th
1 matches

TheChielMeister Nae mince in Moray, (youtube.com 2008) Doric, poetry
Jist hung oan an staedied the ship
1 matches

@Franwella tweeted
???????????? ..... fir frein’ship is a silken threid, it binds (2021) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
& built like a Hall Russell's ship(2016) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Hid soon wis ship-shape wance again - a grand on page 25
e sailors that wir aff a Navy ship. on page 29
ankers wait in Scapa Flow tae ship awey crude oil. on page 37

3 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
thrumman the bonns o the ship, a kord on page 5
fingers an waatches the ship link on page 6
Executiveship, nae ship, even, - on page 19
vind hid's like he's haalan a ship: his muscles is haaden in tha on page 27
Eynar skreks. The sealess ship flees trou the next waa, no l on page 60
Also on pages 113, 127, 162
9 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine An Excerpt From Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Future Fantasy, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Orkney, poetry
ava fae sheu teuk the ship tae Mars.
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ay he fell ower board fae his ship, better as sayin he stakk his on page 18
oat wis been called oot, some ship sooth a Sumburgh in trouble. on page 33
aa too. Yun wis Jeems Bruce's ship at da lifeboat gude oot tae l on page 35
a Archives an fun oot aboot a ship at wis wreckit here ipo da ae on page 55
s later. Da storm at drave da ship ipo da rocks drave up graet m on page 56
Also on pages 71, 76
12 matches

Sinclair, Lise Fauld up da Feddoms, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, poetry
Hentin da horizon on a white ship’s keel
1 matches

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
in a loch o sweat, pantin. Da ship wis listin badly, and da 'Mee
Da ship listed sherply again, bringin
ship sank afore him. His grief wis
3 matches

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: A Hamefarin hero, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
aered da sight o a press gang ship. Da press gang forced young m
1 matches

Nicholson, Hannah Samhain - Usher in the Dark - Minni-Babbi, (Leopard Arts 2021) Shetland, prose
Hit wis da uncan ship at cheenged aa yun.
t ended an da sea startit. Da ship appeared fae somewye atween d
oot o da ruif an could see da ship tossin apö da spindrift at w
een o da big waves struck da ship an sent it under da watter at
4 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
nison Now she here runnin dis ship alone (2017) twitter link

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
ew So grand to spik! The good ship IR is heading in a fine direc(2018) search twitter
NOT a fan of 'Da Full Rigged Ship' https://t.co/3R3CC2I0CZ(2018) search twitter

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Was launched a ship wha'es history reigns on page 32

1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
ilk isna onlyke the prow o ae ship wi seemilar brent
1 matches

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
structure? Ye can see the wee ship beside... https://t.co/N6gjBw(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
In frien'ship exten the han' on page 37

1 matches

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