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wids Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words23.4 18.5 55.8 0 0 20.7 0
Number of occurrences7536 37 0 0 2 0
Number of authors31 17 13 2

Occurrences of wids in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
t trot away quietly intae the wids. "If it'd grown up," she said on page 62

1 matches

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
An binner aboot throu the wids aw day on page 46
And foond the wids. We waitit til the muin on page 100

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
In maple wids o e'en. Ah pull the cairiage on page 18

1 matches

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
hilst hiding in the deep dark wids on page 6
Whilst Leo for his native wids on page 7
Tae the wids he ran away. on page 11
Then on he roared intae the wids on page 28
"I'll jist awa back tae the wids on page 230

5 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Woods? They were aye wids tae aw us, on page 15
re aside me oan stravaigs ben wids on page 42

2 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
in a blurr o bluebell wids on haly Inchmaholm; lauched on page 39

1 matches

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
le-tree amang the trees o the wids on page 3

1 matches

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
ermstockin an craiturs in the wids. Crush an scaiter the names A on page 4

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 67 - Clash fae Cauld Hill, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
n drum, scrievin aboot in the wids wi his fier Shi De ('Picked-U on page 39

2 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ing/dollarglen.htm) throu the wids an fullyerie on tae Castle Ca on page 65

3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
e gie't a fleg as ye wauk the wids
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
ra circular craft at Dechmont wids by Livingstoun on 9 November
1 matches

McClelland, Ben Chicagof Island, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
, the trio set aff in tae the wids leein their wife and maither
1 matches

Cunningham, Liam Tam, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Bellshill, prose
o when I wiz goin through the wids a could hear runnin watter so
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Lat the auld witch burn, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
ls wha teuk theirsels aff tae wids an craigs efter their hooses
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
d Harry Reid, was fund in the wids pinned tae a tree wi a crossb
sbow and often went intae the wids tae practice wi it. The theor
him we three were oot in the wids for a daunder, we cam across
see the reek coming frae the wids and we had tae put as much di
4 matches

Muir, Glenn Ozsome, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
Highroad meandered intae the wids. They were a bit feart that t
here wis a lood roar frae the wids and this muckle lion cam boun
Afore lang they got oot the wids. The kintra opened up an they
he headed back tae his native wids tae sort oot aa the ither lio
4 matches

Capener, Jack This laund wis wrocht for you an me, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ds o thaim that own thaim, wi wids becomin fields becomin muirs
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
ies itsel intae a wee patch o wids, yaisin their canopy as defen
1 matches

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
n headit through the Bluebell Wids an ower
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
sel in Dougie’s neck ae the wids, Brunton Street. Ah’ve trav
1 matches

Doric

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
s as they sneaked aff tae the wids next tae the school. There wi on page 60

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ersel smile, "ess neck o the wids hiv bin rale lucky es file." on page 37

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
back in fae's waak up the wids: he wis absolutely yirdit an on page 27

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
it wes for rael! I'm seer the wids tyeuk drousie in hairst, fan on page 12

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
by the Loch o Abyne, far the wids war dreepin dreich an sterk a on page 51

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ferm toon they micht rype the wids o berries an game an lift as
xin ower the dyke in Kilrogie wids. Frae the tap o the fermtoun
auld beech boughs in Kilrogie Wids. Cottarfowk cheenged near as
o the schule an the puil, the wids o Pitrasherty raise up, a bie
dishwatter. The birks in the wids tho war a lowe o yalla an gow
14 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
er scrub o the Fittach breemy wids, lozent bi picnic neuks – a
ye says aboot yon affa rainie wids in Sooth Americay. Gin fowk h
n the foun o the auld Fittach wids) wirk wis niver short fur an
Cammy wis shot at the Fittach wids, Bappy's aa the kin she's got
4 matches

Dunnett, Nathan The Auld Asylum, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
d asylum in the middle of the wids and we dared each ither tae b
on got intae the middle o the wids and there in front o us wis t
2 matches

Freeman, Rebekah Honesty, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, weans
The wids are cauld,
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
ma is I lead us doon into the wids. Maist o the trees here are d
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
e ma fine for vrochtin in the wids!” I tried it on and it fitt
in or no and I wore it in the wids and richt fine it wiz.
spent maist o its life in the wids there wisna a mark.
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
the roddens hung reid in the wids an the howes war happit wi pu
1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caw, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2020) Doric - Stonehaven, prose
thae queer silences grips the wids, ye ken like awthin’s liste
1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
IanWright wis ejected fae the wids, thon loon wis up n’ doon ma(2019) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
eTeam Nae in ‘is beck o’ th wids ??(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
yer ma is fae oor neck o'the wids & yer heeding o'er here this (2018) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
Hide-an-sic in the wids yestreen, A spiert at wee kit (2020) twitter link

Southern

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
lastin, she went doon tae the wids. Duneira’s men were at the
1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
in the hoose, aye up the Dean wids, the Brigham, Craufy, dens, s(2020) search twitter

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