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thirty Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words54 56.5 82.9 0 0 10.3 31
Number of occurrences173110 55 0 0 1 7
Number of authors62 41 17 1 4

Occurrences of thirty in Corpus

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Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
ement entry: seeven-hunner an thirty exact. He somewey yinst hud c on page 135
ye awe twinty, makkin five an thirty copecks awthegither, leain ye on page 139

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McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
ckin line. Mah first in aboot thirty year. An it's joost as fuckin on page 15

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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
, ae hyne-awa simmer mair nor thirty year syne, ti byde a holiday on page 26

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
again. Twenty-sax an five mak thirty-ane. Hech me! Yon maks five h on page 45
wa thoosand, seeven hunder an thirty-ane. I am fashed wi muckle ma on page 47
'Ay, a month. Thirty meenits. Thirty days. Guid evenin.' Syne he l on page 52
ents that can fell a bodie in thirty saiconds. I stertit tae rin f on page 83

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
igh school. They've git aboot thirty cunts oot on a Friday, so we' on page 17
he young guy on, n he's aboot thirty. A bounce up tae them. 'Haw y on page 39

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Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
nnounced the dominie, 'ye hae thirty meenits tae complete the test on page 42

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
lash said the watter wis ower thirty fit deep wi mibbies ten fit o on page 59

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
it in mony weys owre the last thirty year an mair, alloos the poss on page 36

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
a nose. Aul geezer tae. Aboot thirty-five. on page 1

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
tters that ye could read frae thirty yairds awa. This is whit they on page 6

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
aa e'en afore five thirty on page 52

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
die again, than a grown man o thirty-seiven. Wi strict discipline, on page 22
haunfu o bawbees - faur less thirty pieces o siller. on page 34
Then Claverhouse sent forrit thirty dragoons yn William Cleland s on page 37
ll, young. luikin chiel aboot thirty, wi a pale haughty visage, a on page 38
an cheese. She micht be ower thirty, he thocht - o an age past s on page 42
Also on pages 66, 68
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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
y feel tae it than this dump. Thirty years oan this planet and wha on page 13
rin doon the double barrel ae thirty years ae pain and disappointm on page 14
teven Scott, by the wey. Ah'm thirty year auld and ah've hud maire on page 85
laces further than the number thirty yin bus could take us tae. Bu on page 90
shoppin budget ae thirty quid a week what else kin yae on page 116
Also on pages 119, 123
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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
g and embarrassin silence. In thirty seconds the atmosphere in the on page 188
uld,' Miss Honey said. 'Aboot thirty, ah think. But ah hatit her r on page 190

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
pit up tae sleep in wis aroun thirty feet lang wi a door at eethir on page 37
fowk daein it eftir mair nor thirty year. on page 47
pipe had tae be haulit up, ae thirty foot section at a time, unscr on page 48

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ma pals got wans fur twenty, thirty, fifty an a hunner lengths. A on page 14
at Renfra Grammar fur nearly thirty years. She knows nearly every on page 33
ah asked him if ah could get thirty pound tae buy a Tregijo jumpe on page 51
Ma ma gave me the thirty pound fur gaun intae Glasgow on page 52
nickers, an she gies Charlene thirty pound a week jist tae gie her on page 53
Also on pages 57, 78, 147, 161, 169
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Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
suits gaein back tae nineteen thirty two! Ah know cause he wint up on page 76

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Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
And that wis thirty seconds intae the first sang. on page 36

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Nou mair as thirty year syne ah sit here, on page 128

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Twinty, mebbe, thirty year ago or more. on page 115
Thirty, saxty, nummerless as the sta on page 136

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Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
s makkin us gaggle an geggle. Thirty sax year auld wi the belly ae on page 1

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
he ithers standin, so it did. Thirty-four quid I owe ye." on page 45
hough, which left him a sweet thirty twa. The next ane bounced aff on page 94

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
, ye tak awa twenty-eicht fae thirty-sax, and yon's whit he wis. I on page 87

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
"Thirty-five,' Boggin said. on page 33

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
n yin piece. I mean, thon's a thirty-fit touer, and that's a lang, on page 107
t wis, she howped, jist aboot thirty feet lang. She tied yin end o on page 118

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
thirty thoosan feet on page 10

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Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
"Oh, Thirty-five!" cam the quick reply. T on page 17

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Niven, Liz Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
film world o the 1930s. 'The Thirty-Nine Steps', the original Alf on page 87

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Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
wis built aroon Yin hunner an thirty nine. on page 4

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
a sundial, thirty pairs on page 42

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Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
e blue doors hae been seen in thirty summers. on page 72

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ally the tocher o Scots sang. Thirty year syne, whan Ah was growei on page 56

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Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
was ower and duin wi and the thirty pupils o 2C, speldert and for on page 37

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Philip, George Lallans 56 - Scotsoun Thereanent, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
fínished, wul tak in yin an thirty makars on forty an mair kisti on page 46

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
er denner coont. 'Therty ane, thirty twa. therty th...unnerin fu . on page 17

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
the horse's nem first. Three-thirty's the time o the race. The st on page 59

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
ae the French goal frae aboot thirty yairds. The goalie managed ta
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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
onywey. She maun be nearhaund thirty.
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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
ma pals got wans fur twenty, thirty, fifty an a hunner lengths. A
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
862 an in the neist twinty an thirty year screivars sic as the Ing
aist like it wis driven. Some thirty year efter this, in 1816, mon
land haes grown ower the last thirty year or mair, in pairt thanks
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
in all to £25, 4s. 6d. About thirty-five women had joined the clu
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Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - The Stert ae World War III?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
e a city thit wis et war jist thirty year ago, wae nae clue where
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Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
behind um tae see a group eh thirty year auld men who looked like
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Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
a kick oot ay it. Sais it’s thirty per cent a week interest. Bog
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Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ay work tae grind oot another thirty nine hours - minimum - in s
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Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ince it was built in nineteen thirty eight. Fae the pavement up ta
nation ay the pub in nineteen thirty eight. It wis tae replace the
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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
He’s aulder than us, aboot thirty odds ah’d say. It’s hard
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
been celebrated bi giein awa thirty thoosan copies o a Catalan va
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Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
ke being a fuit sodjer in the Thirty Years War followin Mother Cou
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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
tters that could be read frae thirty yairds awa. They gaed thus:
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
is base camp. A crood o aboot thirty fowk, men an weemen, gaithere
can,” sayed her mother. “Thirty wad be plenty, Tashi. Ye ken
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Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
rup’s just scored fur them, thirty-first minute.’ McDade sais,
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Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
Scanlon hud settled oan thirty grand fur the key he’d move
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Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
en eight two here – no even thirty year ago. Here’s me, a bit
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Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
The Cabrach is a neuk o laun thirty mile sooth o Elgin an the sam
bairns on its roll. Moran hud thirty hooses sittin wioot occupants
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
w and it tells yae how it is. Thirty-two years auld and ah’m git
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Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 77 - Whaur Gadie Rins, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
jist laacht. It maun hae been thirty ear afore we gaed back aat wy on page 56

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Johnston, Mary Lallans 82 - Life Spang, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
ng hiv I ti live?' God said, 'Thirty years, is aat aa richt wi you on page 26

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
'Jist thirty poun at the yett. Three hunne on page 43

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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
At Christmas Nineteen Thirty-Seven Bill fair thocht he wis on page 15

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Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
thi wer aa boxed up ther wis thirty box's an of coarse at's gan t on page 20

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Ess briks hiv a thirty-fower-inch waist, ye pysonis on page 20
e page. "It says, 'Easy-going thirty-five-year-old, wellbuilt, wit on page 50
n wi the same Wumman fir near thirty ear." on page 51
vaceous, ex-page three model, thirty nine ~ Kemnay area enjoys DIY on page 52
he bit far she said she wis a thirty-nine-ear-aul ex-model?" on page 57
Also on pages 84
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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Ah like te drive it thirty-five - on page 24
your age! An t'a lassie near thirty year youngir than ye." Arthur on page 47

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
oot wi his wark, he wis aboot thirty eer aul, bein as they thocht, on page 84

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
It wiz thirty years ago i'day on page 127
P.C. Thirty-een said "We catched a dirty on page 182

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Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
y, bit he wis as fit as a man thirty year younger. He helpit my gr on page 51

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
gien Abbie’s backside aboot thirty slaps, an the loon wis roarin
be, Goad, it maun be mair nor thirty year”
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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Jonsar Eck cood see Andrew in thirty years time, wi a wife an femi
stue. Appearin some thirty seconds later, tellin a body.
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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
for thirty five year. Div you ken it his
r. Div you ken it his teen me thirty three years for me
r. He hid been deein this for thirty odd year an wis lookin
awye. Mind you the reef wis thirty year auld an it wi a flat ree
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Past thirty, Meg wis still a bonnie wummi
he milkin ower in the dairy...thirty reid Ayreshire coos in the he
wis forty bit could pass fur thirty withoot ony trouble ava, that
y've haen an organ these past thirty year. The music comes ooto aa
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
the quarry hid lain quaet fur thirty year. Natur wis creepie-crawl
Meikleburgh tae bi gien him. Thirty-three year back, fin Brian hi
2 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
echin comment she pulled at a thirty mile an hour speed limit sign
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Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - A keik at the Swedish game o bandy, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
a muckle war, noo kent as the Thirty Years’ War, 1618-1648, tore
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Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
uld likely come wi’in about thirty yairds. Pullin a wee bit scri
ither chiel wes nae mair nor thirty yairds awa an the loun thocht
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McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
rs. Mind Peggy if it haid bin thirty year syne A wid hae baggit th
id nittet a lang gravat, ower thirty feet lang. A per hermless
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Uri, Antonia Naewey tae bide, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
ocher decidit tae embark on a thirty-day ‘Hungry for the Homeles
outstaundin. By the end o his thirty days on the streets, Cruden h
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Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
chauve for the lassie, nearly thirty oors in labour and she wiz fo
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Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
worn wi age an being handled. Thirty-five years hid passed since s
e looked doon an murmured, “Thirty-five years o unimaginable pai
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ns?” Johnny wad cheep up “thirty Miss Broon” in his
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TheChielMeister Philomena and Alcohol, (youtube.com 2010) Doric, poetry
The hoor strikes seven thirty
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
fower has a program aat eicht thirty the nicht aboot the river Dee(2019) search twitter
Anely thirty days tae pey day fowks, fa’s(2019) search twitter

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
ity with that attitude but... thirty years later, ahm worn oot. a (2020) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
"That's thirty-twa yeir ago," said Daniel qu on page 58

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Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
l o' Norlin Airlan micht fund thirty curns, neir aa o' thaim throu on page 38
auf hunner bans an twenny tae thirty thoosan on page 42
ross velue addit an' mair nor thirty on page 63

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Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
That a guid thirty minutes wud help ye, on page 57

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Thompson, Mark The Lost Ness Monster, (clydesburn.blogspot.com 2009) Ulster - Ards Peninsula, poetry
It scoffed thirty weans
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King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
l an Jenny is on the ither wi thirty girls.
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