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wile Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words51.2 4.6 0 0 0 0 686
Number of occurrences1649 0 0 0 0 155
Number of authors26 8 18

Occurrences of wile in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
winkin at him? The minister's wile noticed onywye. on page 63

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 58 - The Sang o the Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
on o Jock Tamson's Bairns wad wile your hert awa wi The Birks o on page 77

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ullie, aw thit wis left o the wile spurrin regiments, puled up. on page 63

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Gowden Gate Til Samarkan, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
We wha wile wi sangs yer pilgrimer vaige on page 30

2 matches

Robertson, Gary A Wee Dundee Xmas Poem, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
n aspect o the Scots language wile pyin homage tih Robert Fergus
1 matches

Young, Clive Creative Scotland an the sowl o Scots, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
writin is a lang wey frae the wile linguistic anarchie some fowk
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
jerk-jerkin him back, you can wile him forrit by fits and starts
1 matches

@raiphsays tweeted
S14! Makes ye a wee cuppa tee wile ye tweet an teechis ye Aw swe(2020) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
!" exclaimt Maisie. | "It's a wile shame no tae uise them. Tak s on page 57

1 matches

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
The wile, hantin reek on page 7
Sae white the heid, a wuzzack wile, on page 9
On a wile an scroaggy brae. on page 30
', on Corkey, lang hame o the wile on page 38

5 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Tha weefla rinnin wile on page 14

1 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
O wunners wile an new, on page 5
Alice wus gittin wile tire't o sittin baeside hir s on page 7
shae fun hirsel faalin doon a wile deep well. on page 8
ORANGE MARMALADE" but tae hir wile disappointment it wus empty: on page 9
micht catch a bat, an that's wile lik a moose, yae know. But da on page 10
Also on pages 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 29, 31, 32, 34, 38, 40, 41, 43, 45, 46, 47, 51, 52, 53, 56, 59, 61, 62, 64, 68, 70, 73, 74, 76, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 87, 88, 89, 91, 94
72 matches

Warwick, Matthew Fergie an Freens oan tha fairm, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2011) Ulster - Rural Mid-Antrim, weans
ie-cairt. "Hi, wiz thon naw a wile wunny nicht?" axes Wullie. "A on page 9

1 matches

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
An saa somethin had gaed wile agley. on page 11

1 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
eved bi aitin gresshoppers an wile honey. Croods gaed oot tae h on page 3
' went. Wi'oot onie warnin, a wile stoarm cum up on tha loch, an on page 9
hir freens an nighbers wus aa wile plaised. Whan tha wean wus ec on page 71
orie o tha Loard, an the' wur wile feart. But tha angel sayed, on page 72
fowk ïn tha Meetin Hoose wus wile ang'rie. An the' ris up, an t on page 76
Also on pages 77, 82, 83, 84, 91, 95, 96, 100, 101, 103, 105, 106, 107
29 matches

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
It seems a wile lang wye tae go on page 39

1 matches

Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
Humpty Dumpty had a wile faa. on page 11

1 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
an said "Granda, it's gettin wile late," on page 9
The reward o catchin wile broon trout, sure thair's nae on page 47
Fur me troosers wus getting wile ticht. on page 56

3 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne A Furst Readin Book in Ulster Scots, (Evertype 2011) Ulster, weans
Wile Big Billy Goat Gruff.
Wile Big Billy Goat sed, “A big
2 matches

Warwick, Matthew Tha Feardie Geng hae tae bide at hame, (Sensory Attachment Centre 2020) Ulster - Ballymena, weans
maks a wheen o puir craiturs wile het, an gies thaim a bad hirs
their heids - tha answer’s wile aisy.
2 matches

King, Angeline Untitled, (twitter 2021) Ulster - Larne, poetry
h know, the hame schoolin was wile hard and ma heid was cut, but
1 matches

Hume, David The Aldfreck Coalmining Disaster, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster - Ballycarry, poetry
An thon oul boy wus wile pleased
1 matches

Hume, David Aince the corncrake caa’ed, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster - Ballycarry, poetry
A hae seen the wile geese wing,
1 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
It’s wile hard tae be on ma ain at danc
It’s wile hard tae think o Jenny withoo
ples o sun on ma face. It’s wile hard tae feel drapples o sun
nland Crescent, an she took a wile tummle at nummer three.
It’s wile hard tae houl Jenny’s han w
12 matches

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
gressy fiels tae tha aist an wile boags an peat mosses streetch
otby, “John, dearie, it’s wile derk an coul in here wi nae m
sleepin throch it aa on sicna wile nicht.
alloo ’at we’d haed sicna wile nicht”, sayed Grace, dumfoo
a cottar hoose, Grace heerd a wile crack an a wechty dunt. Frich
6 matches

Mc Donnell, John , (Facebook 2021) Ulster, prose
Tha hertburn is wile tha dae.
1 matches

Gillen, Charles Whun A’ The Kye Had Names, (Ullans Press 2005) Ulster, poetry
hugg’t the grun, an’ grew wile up the rodden
taffs, an’ grew on heidrigs wile,
2 matches

@Angelinekking tweeted
@mauricemulvenna Och isn't it wile guid craic? God's truth, it g(2020) search twitter
mpStuff @carol_baraniuk It’s wile guid hey!A quare shame this k(2020) search twitter
Stuff Aye, wheeker, so it is. Wile happy aboot it but sort o way(2020) search twitter
Thon’s a wile day! ?? Glad we had summer in(2020) search twitter
e made 45 dolls frae Norn Irn wile happy!(2020) search twitter
and 1 other occurrences.

@fairfaaye tweeted
d wi tha caul’ or ‘he got a wile founther’. From Old Scots fu(2020) search twitter

@the_gellick tweeted
re lot o you Twitter folk are wile fand o the aul #politics sae (2014) twitter link
he furst yin. The ithers were wile guid! (2017) twitter link
hunnerd poond per session - wile chape! (2014) twitter link

@Rosehill_girl tweeted
@UlsterScotsAgen Yur wile kine tae follae me an’ ma ai (2021) twitter link
Ah’m wile gled fir tae hear that! You’ (2021) twitter link

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