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steens Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words21.5 0 95 39.7 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences690 63 4 2 0 0
Number of authors19 15 2 2

Occurrences of steens in Corpus

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Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
An fit are they deein Rollin Steens? Dinna tell me aabody roonabo on page 45

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
gin, pluntin, weedin, shiftin steens, makkin paths. There wis nae on page 35

1 matches

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 58 - The Bothy Loon, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
wis I fund mysel lyin on the steens at the back door. Nae content on page 124

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
slither oot frae aneth steens on page 10

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ess, aromatherapy, een wi het steens, een wi - " on page 11

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
rns for Abraham oot o e verra steens lyin here. The aix is laid up on page 9
n o God, fit aboot turnin att steens ere intae a loaf o breid." Je on page 10
tell ye, God can mak e verra steens here intae bairns o Abraham. on page 84
t up. A pucklie seed fell amo steens an efter it hid sprooted, it on page 93
toon att murthers prophits an steens them fa fess eerins till it. on page 105
Also on pages 112, 115
7 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
y bigg their nests aneth dial-steens, an forbye, they maet theirse on page 84

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
dykes on the wye, an throwin steens at cats, an pullin roddens fa
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
sheen drawing spirks frae the steens, Mrs Morrison took her wee lo
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Eck wis doon at the Strichen Steens. Jonsar
wis takin some photos o the steens. Jonsar wis fer beeried in fi
Eck asks. "Fit's yon rummle o steens aboot fifty yards
an covered the plastic wi sma steens, I'm gettin
red wi plastic an, covered wi steens. it wis the month o October a
5 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
fer foo o steens an, twisted an bent the ridge
silt, an sma steens landin doon in Low Street. Ne
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
kitchie an clappin berries an steens on tap o docken leaves makkin
are, a roch rickle o nettles, steens, briers an butterflees. The a
lees bedd there, an the verra steens o the dyke war spirkit wi rei
is little mair nur a rickle o steens held thegither win spit, bit
their denner piece an flingin steens in the dubby watter. She ran
8 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
wis creepie-crawlin ower the steens, ettlin tae win back her ain.
le an pykit her wye ower roch steens ben the gap tae the wee rim o
. They powkit aboot amang the steens a while, syne Nava challenged
like a wheen brukken steppin-steens risin inno the lift – like
oo doun afore thae auld, auld steens. Syne they'd skreich an skirl
6 matches

Gray, Kath Lallans 63 - Aikey Brae Fair – 1962, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
tie, “hiv ye seen these big steens?” “It’s a stone circle,
Ye feel e caal, hard steens an shiver. Ye look up at the
An that nicht ye dream o big steens and candyfloss.
3 matches

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - A keik at the Swedish game o bandy, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ially on jewellery an cairved steens - Celtic an Norse pattrens i
es a warriors game. Ane o the steens shaws an image o a sword, a s
2 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
ys. He’s spied the standing steens through the trees. They glist
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
tly they’d teen tae throwin steens at Catty finivver he wint oot
y and kept him tae her bosie. Steens were stottin aff her reef and
aboot roasted cats and throw steens at her. Mabel hated bidin in
is drunken mates inaboot. The steens wid start eence mair rattlin
4 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
sed back tae far I thocht the steens hid been thrown fae but nae a
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
er till she got ten waterworn steens each aboot the size o an aipp
gg she handled each o the ten steens in turn an threw yin back tae
ater. Placing the nine chosen steens back intae her shawl she tied
er. Exhausted she drapped the steens an the aspen branches tae the
e shawl and teen oot the nine steens. She layed the steens in fron
11 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
raigjohndavsn hud oan tae yer steens min(2016) search twitter

@DoricPhrases tweeted
golden heid is stelled in the steens! https://t.co/wV74XTURt1(2019) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
tch on Jessie's. Tatties like steens(2016) search twitter
Ma heed's still in the cobble steens on York Street(2016) search twitter

Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Haeve in kletts, steens, chuckies. on page 93

1 matches

Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
wa wae hid ower the slidy ebb steens an rocks, an than ower the mu
an ower the muckle kungles o' steens, tae the face o' the banks an
an dried them on the flat tap steens o' the peedie yard dyke at th
3 matches

Shetland

Sinclair, Lise Juist laek Maunna, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, poetry
laek ta pit a fit on da bully-steens
1 matches

Laurenson, Hannah Lisa Da Maa's Eggs, (Hands Up For Trad 2019) Shetland, prose
oo and ageen you wid heard da steens rumiling.
1 matches

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