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weed Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.8 7.1 4.5 19.9 11.6 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2214 3 2 2 0 1
Number of authors17 9 3 2 2 1

Occurrences of weed in Corpus

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Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
'I amna a weed, the flooer answert, doucely. on page 32

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ontae a big fuckin juicy weed that cushions its arse n brea on page 15

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
f. Ah'm no shaire if it's the weed or the vodka or mibbie a comb on page 21
wrong, it might huv been the weed talkin, but ah couldnae help on page 24
uch opposite and produces his weed tin fae his pocket. Fae the m on page 63
the space ae a week. Fuck yur weed." on page 65

4 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
In weed an wastry beached his droukit on page 37

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 57 - Twa Auld Men, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
they pass each ither on some weed-grouwan, docken-strewn, wind- on page 136

1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 71 - O Niver ti Dree Corruption Mair, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ye’d think hed niver seen a weed – full o flouers, aa the li
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
had ye been jist a common weed -
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
sayed quate-like. “It’s a weed. It growes easily, onywhaur.
t it wis juist a fast-growein weed that they were yaisin for tha
2 matches

McMillan, Hugh The Return of the Brownie of Blednoch, (no publisher recorded 2022) Central, poetry
frae Al Weed tae Shamsatoo,
1 matches

Doric

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
ins alang, files amo dosses o weed (at gart the airs steek fest on page 73

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
sed tae gither knott girse, a weed that wis dominant lang
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
n weeds seem tae laugh at ony weed killer sprayed on em. In fact(2017) search twitter

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
bright green weed in tidal pools. on page 49

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
earan a coolie made oot o sea weed on page 90

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
lace, an da earliest, wi no a weed in sight. An he wis aye da fi on page 2

1 matches

Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
tysleeves wipin da green pond weed fae his nose wi his sleeve.
1 matches

Ulster

@MarkThompStuff tweeted
Scotland - do you call this weed “Prasher”? (in English it i(2020) search twitter