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Use in varieties of Scots

tails Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words19 15.1 17.9 19.9 40.7 51.7 26.6
Number of occurrences6230 12 2 7 5 6
Number of authors31 14 6 2 4 3 2

Occurrences of tails in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
boot it. "They've goat their tails in their mooths-an they're aw on page 100
lang wey. So they goat their tails stuck in their mooths. So the on page 101

3 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
, but he lived aff Tam's coat tails. There is always the distinct on page 10
h Kenzie lives aff Tam's coat tails, his ain patter is decent. on page 30

2 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
ep in thocht. "They hae their tails in their mous-an they're aa h on page 44

3 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
busked the horses' manes and tails on mairket days. on page 6

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
that's hingin aboot his coat-tails - Ill be the first tae sclim on page 24
e lassie gruppin at the apron-tails hingin ower her swallt wame. on page 46

2 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
ies are sometimes caud fluffy tails or sometimes bunnies, aye an' on page 34

2 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
'It's like rats' tails maist o the time, Cathy,' she on page 7

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ved bi hingin On tae the coat-tails o a system o governance that on page 16
est as hingin in tae the coat-tails o the Union an sook up whaniv on page 85
sae they hing on tae the coat-tails o the biggest Empire currentl on page 117

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
apidly doon the loabby wi the tails o his ploom-coloured velvet c on page 71
is ploom-coloured velvet coat-tails fleeiy oot ahint him like a f on page 118

2 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
l doon the wey, because their tails get in a fankle, they can on page 61

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
s. It wis normally like rats' tails, hangin ower ma face, which i on page 39

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
O bugloss an tod-tails, nou gaes on page 36

1 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
ppiness, never sic joy. Their tails were aye waggin, and their ee on page 48

1 matches

McCallum, Andrew Lallans 73 - Ecce Homo, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
twa dugs tirlin tails 'neath the soop o e's haun. on page 71

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
o Dunbar an that it haed twa tails comin aff it. Whiles ane o th
omin aff it. Whiles ane o the tails wis seen tae brek aff an move
2 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
irin a lang jaiket wi knottit tails that seemed tae be on inside-
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
McDade bends doon an tails it, ‘Mone, Danny. Lets get
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
uskit the horse’s manes and tails on mercat days.
matee for the hens, the Clean Tails League for the kye, the Raggl
2 matches

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
thouchtfully. "They hev their tails in their mooths-an they're al on page 98

3 matches

Milligan, John Lallans 68 - Fu Brawlie Kythe Their Hair, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, poetry
yon lass wis frae hid guts an tails an heids on page 40

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
jist like a dog wi twa tails Jonsar Eck wis workin awa. Th
Ronald wis like a dog wi twa tails, an efter anither pint or
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
An Jock's pleated the horses' tails in braids, sae they'll be saf
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Abune, the cloods war meers' tails wheeped bi the snell win that
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Sanners Gow's Tales and Folklore of the Buchan - The Clootie Dummmplin!, (Ayton Publishing 2017 ISBN: 978-1910601419) Doric - Banffshire, prose
t a grey colour that hid lang tails tae them tae haap a man’s b
ken fine I like tae keep the tails o yer aal sarks for tae mak m
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
y beeriet their nebs in their tails, bored thirsels inno the oo,
1 matches

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
ses is es fit they caa "mares tails"? https://t.co/VWVg7A7OSZ(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
nd ah'm prood as a pup wi twa tails. on page 32

1 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Mares tails string across the west, a war on page 95

1 matches

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
spinnan tails dancan huppity on page 21

1 matches

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
tinkin it ower. "Dey hae der tails ! der mooths - an der crumbs on page 102
aa a lang wye. So dey got der tails stucken i der mooths. So dey on page 103

3 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
aain aroond lack a dug wi twa tails, lookin forward ta da day whi on page 12

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
heads an tails o nature's providence. on page 106

2 matches

Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
e skelpit roon thaim wi their tails on page 133

1 matches

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Skitter an slitter, tails high, on page 163

1 matches

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ered back. "They've got their tails in their mooths - an they're on page 101

3 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
d thochtfully. "They hae thir tails in thir mooths-an they'r aal on page 101
in the sea. Yit they hae thir tails in thir mooths; an the raison on page 102

3 matches

Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
Waggin their tails ahint them on page 7
She cut aff their tails wae a carvin knife on page 16
An wee doag's tails. on page 32

3 matches

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