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snaw Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words67.4 90.5 22.6 9.9 11.6 155 31
Number of occurrences216176 15 1 2 15 7
Number of authors67 50 8 1 2 4 4

Occurrences of snaw in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
nday in winter that wis black snaw on page 18

4 matches

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
nae snaw-draps noo, tae welcome in the on page 27

1 matches

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Yon flouer, stampit in snaw, on page 2
ms presst in the cauld paum o snaw, on page 20
lassies rin throu snaw on page 42
howe in the snaw - on page 44

4 matches

Cameron, Peter Lallans 82 - Nevermas, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
safter nor ony snaw. on page 25

1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
een thaim, as thay watcht the snaw dingin doun in the hauflicht on page 25

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
Intae the Snaw on page 14
ndae, wind blaws straucht the snaw; on page 15
River Snaw on page 19
In skies o snaw the forenicht comes, on page 21

5 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
time throu sand, an rochs, an snaw, the wee prince cam on a road on page 64
ms, wi his face as wan as the snaw. on page 83

2 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
wis froze a fuit deep an the snaw wis haiped up bi the sides o on page 85

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
die said, "An yer hatr glints snaw-white in the licht; Ye staun on page 44

1 matches

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
February's snaw-draps keeked brave an bricht, on page 15

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
The tashless snaw passed Eden by, on page 91

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
w,' he says. 'Rhymes wi craw, snaw, fitbaw. Blaw. Ye smoke it.' on page 1

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
no tiptaes in the snaw on page 21
throu warm an snaw on page 43
snaw in June on page 46

4 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
e glaur and the clart and the snaw, on page 8
A smoorin, a dichtin o snaw oan the grun, on page 38
as untrauchled snaw, broo agin the comin year. on page 43
SNAW-BREAKER on page 65
ld year's near by noo there's snaw in the wind, the nichts are g on page 77

11 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
fter week by storms an muckle snaw-wraiths, Isabel endured three on page 43
ohn trauchit throu twa fuit o snaw doun tae Darnhunch, an brocht on page 44
es tae the stell when the bad snaw came, an cairtin shairn tae t on page 55
ierce bitter storms that sent snaw-wraiths sclimmin the hicht o on page 56
cruel icy fingers o frost an snaw, or the chill claws o sleet a on page 71
Also on pages 81
10 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
ma braw snaw, wi yer twa masts, on page 55

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
Heave an Hack. Nicht an Dey. Snaw an Haill. on page 14

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Snaw-White and the Seeven Dwarfs on page 21
The bonniest noo is Snaw-White fair!' on page 22
'Tak yon Snaw-White whaur nane can hear ye on page 23
Whaur oh whaur could Snaw-White be? on page 24
Then Snaw-White up and said wan nicht, on page 26
Also on pages 28
12 matches

Burns, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Abuin the trees, abuin the snaw, abuin the cloods, on page 65

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
n's coupon had turnt white as snaw and her mooth wis openin and on page 216
hud apparently vanished like snaw aff a dyke. on page 222

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
champagne ig disappearin like snaw aff a dyke an fowk are beginn on page 72
din. Winter cam on wi ice and snaw an Auchterhouse an his pals w on page 88

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
er turnt gey cauld. First the snaw cam doon. It sterted awfie su on page 45
few bawbees wis by howkin the snaw aff the streets. But it wisna on page 46
g snawbaws and warsled in the snaw. Awthin he did noo, he cawed on page 49
f he gaed, rinnin through the snaw as fast as his legs wid cairr on page 55
lang, he had been howkin the snaw aff the streets. on page 57
Also on pages 63, 68, 166, 172
17 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
trackin the maukin throu deep snaw; then when he sees it on page 114

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
it said, WILL DISAPPEAR LIKE SNAW AFF A DYKE. Geordie didna ken on page 23

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
yer birthricht written in the snaw on page 47
Whan unborn snaw faws aff on page 48
Atween the snaw poles at Rannoch whaur the mo on page 136

3 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
The wund had drapped, and the snaw, scunnered wi breengin and bi on page 3
g that Has Tae Be Sung in the Snaw.' on page 4
intae it They were oot o the snaw noo, but it wis fell cauld, a on page 6
stopher Robin, but wi aw this snaw and yin thing and the tther, on page 9
eft Mind, there's aye aw this snaw for me tae dae whit I hke wi. on page 12

5 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
tour, wi'z pouther as whyt as snaw, an hiz bricht, blak ein an c on page 7

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
yout o weir, nae breith o the snaw-sell rews, intert that kwerio on page 1

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
fir his coat wis white as snaw on page 38

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
met weet snaw in the skagerrak's mooth on page 8

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
The tashless snaw passed Eden by, on page 54
As snaw crusts jeel upon the upland s on page 76

3 matches

Cameron, Peter Lallans 58 - The Cornfields o Lowdie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
and a scouther o rain, or the snaw fleein, gray as a hospital sa on page 47

3 matches

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
ickle month syne, there wes a snaw faw that smoored the kintrae on page 6

2 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
ter bash-on, it's stertin tae snaw agane!" on page 79
"Wi aw this snaw cuid oo no gaun trackin for f on page 80
o it's jile, ye cuid see the snaw-white fur on its belly an it' on page 81
o the stairs had bin soopit o snaw an had dried in the sun lavin on page 82
, wisnae ferr awa, but wi the snaw an slippie causey it wis ettl on page 84

9 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
een airn-hard wi the frost an snaw, or he wis plowterin aboot up on page 17

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
the snaw pure, douce, reformed air. on page 112

1 matches

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 82 - Tecumseh, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
The quhyt man, sauntit lyke snaw forenent a simmer sun. on page 87

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
rged. They went sae high that snaw stertit tae faw. The snaw got on page 19

3 matches

Cameron, Peter Lallans 59 - Yowdendrift / Gin I Kent, (Lallans Magazine 2021) Central, poetry
Ablow us the snaw bed. on page 139

2 matches

Robertson, James The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Lassie in the Snaw, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
at, sae she steyed oot in the snaw. She wis that cauld she could on page 50
kit feet were as cauld as the snaw. on page 51

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
t rid as bluid, then white as snaw. "Ah cannae see onyhing, but on page 61

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
The tashless snaw passed Eden by, on page 91

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Gowden Gate Til Samarkan, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
lest blae muntain smoured wi snaw, on page 32

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 73 - Wrack, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
r whiteness a wrack below the snaw. on page 77

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
n the weather wis bad, it wis snaw an ice an freezing caul an ye on page 43

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Jordan's New Jaiket, (Education Scotland 2014) Central, weans
perfect for gaun oot in the snaw and haein hunners o fun.
€™ll aw go oot and playin the snaw thegither.’
2 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
uid synd oot whan the rain ir snaw cam blinterin ablow.
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
un by, as white as the driven snaw.
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
whyles admeirin the hyne, snaw happit Pentlands. Whan we war
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
Blue Lift Snaw
he curtains aside an sees the snaw Ye sends, sees the muinlicht
2 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Till thir's fifteen feet o snaw. (2)
when snaw wis on the hills,
A cannae thole the snaw an sleet
wi hail an sleet an snaw.
Sunday, snaw an sleet.
6 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth The killin fields!, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
shelter or tae scrape awa the snaw tae feed on the heather an gr
1 matches

Meikle, William Overheard in a Cemetery, (ABCTales.com 2004) Central - Ayrshire, prose
ghtshift - whether there wis snaw on' the groon' or whether it
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
n they aw loued playin in the snaw.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Soundless snaw had faan aa through the nicht
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
or the fray and vanished like snaw aff a dyke, thir maniacal who
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Ozsome, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
oan things an sent some magic snaw tae waukin Dorothy an her chu
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
eousness almost meltin’ the snaw as she passed. A kept offerin
1 matches

Valentine, Lynn Thi Loast Bairn, (Wigtown 2015) Central - Arbroath, poetry
fir blank stanes aneath snaw.
1 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
d dug its icy claws intae the snaw-dusted earth. It shook the pi
1 matches

astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
side and hair as white as yon snaw oan the high mountains lookin
1 matches

DaibhidC Moa an the tynt sun, (archiveofourown.org 2016) Central, prose
They makkit forrit throu the snaw, soon comin tae the brig cros
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
ide in sun, wind, rain frost, snaw fur sermons that lastit at le

McClure, Derrick J. , (no publisher recorded 2017) Central, poetry
The snaw wes new-faa’n, an the leam
his chin wes as white as the snaw.
2 matches

Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
e his, I hud tae drive doon a snaw-coatit, pithailed dirt road t
tap o his bits in pure white snaw.
rack ootside thegither in the snaw o his gairden.
s in. Sae he took us doon the snaw-happit fairm road tae a clach
4 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Here’s the Weather, (Scottish Poetry Library 2017) Central, poetry
e glaur and the clart and the snaw,
1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
a mixter o bakehous flour an snaw, wi the meltin snaw an flour
, wi the meltin snaw an flour mellin thegither int
2 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
weather is anything tae go by snaw is oan its way up here in Cen(2016) search twitter
lucky enough we may even hae snaw the morrow tae! Sheesh!XX(2016) search twitter

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
g while efter I skitit on the snaw twa year syne.(2020) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
Aw this snaw (well, there's snaw whaur wan o us stey, onywey) (2020) twitter link
anan St, Glesga, 2019 #Scots #Snaw https://t.co/J5VCb97xUC (2020) twitter link
SNAW DAY! Dae ye ken we hae 421 wo (2018) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
Ah, never mind aw this snaw, the fact we're noo marooned (2021) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
cheers lol - a sprinklin oh snaw - amazin scenes ! (2020) twitter link
r bus disnae get stuck in the snaw oan the way back up - enjoy (2020) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ne ae coorse nicht o frost an snaw Nellie quietly passed awa on page 15

1 matches

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
reengin fir Ye in snaw on page 3

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
in Mairch an there wis still snaw ahin the dykes - Ah min' it on page 104

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
iz guid halth, an mizzlet lik snaw aff a dyke. A maunna hae bin
happit in a snaw fite coat an wearin a perisco
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
hoast hid made in the snaw.
o the third loon, “It’s a snaw-mannie. He’s luikin awfa ca
the snaw an sighed. Ilkie year, her fr
in the snaw, a sappy mush o smush, jist f
4 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
A wee puckly bitty o' snaw and a'body goes bananas min! (2015) search twitter
ny day braw tae get tae Turra snaw! Fit ti dee @STVAberdeen ? Wh(2016) search twitter

@beast_afc tweeted
@RadioLoz No snaw. Spilt chemicals, look at the(2020) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
Tories have disappeared like snaw aff a dyke the day(2020) search twitter
@Iamacant Fit o snaw n yer loused(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
blinding sleet and snaw - winter's dirge on page 111

1 matches

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
legged sprawl in the lambeen snaw. on page 21

1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
oot da window and discoverin snaw #100happydays https://t.co/KO(2017) search twitter

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Like melting snaw, where yince was here on page 11
Entombed in snaw an ice on page 15
Plagued by cauld and snaw on page 46
Where snaw drifts deep they lie on page 50

6 matches

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Hill burns are lippen fou wi snaw bree, on page 159

1 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
32. The Terrace in the Snaw: do.
but ma heid’s inti snaw sen Ah spak it.
THE TERRACE IN THE SNAW
the snaw haed driftit intil
Ah soup the snaw frae the norlin terrace
7 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
ack pods frae the year afore. Snaw wis faain, yowdendrifts piled
1 matches

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
An melt tha snaw, on page 24

1 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
We'll no furget tha Snaw Patrol, on page 42

1 matches

@Angelinekking tweeted
ion of the big wean. The poem Snaw-breaker is like a metaphor fo(2020) search twitter

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
e @raiphsays @SgothanGeal !!! Snaw an aww???????!! https://t.co/(2020) search twitter
@Ultach1014 Aww nay snaw? Am quare scunnerd wit it?? h (2020) twitter link
g I had to dig my car oot the snaw on my birthday a few years ba(2021) search twitter
nea see Scoatlan tha day, jus snaw??????! https://t.co/epElY5j4P(2021) search twitter

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