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winds Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words18.4 19.5 6 89.4 23.2 20.7 8.9
Number of occurrences5938 4 9 4 2 2
Number of authors36 24 2 5 3 1 1

Occurrences of winds in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
And throu the deilie winds, on page 17

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Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
The winds growe cauld, on page 35

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Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
will be a day of very strong winds with some gusts touching seve on page 78

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 58 - The Rooks, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
The bitter winds assay your nests, on page 112

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
huffin that man. Ay somethin winds him up. Cannae learn. Auld du on page 1

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Fife winds its neck in here. on page 17
inside, awa fae droukit winds ootwith on page 50

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
me, but I thocht that wis the winds, fae aa airts, makkin me swey on page 78

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
s strinklin them tae the four winds and her words flisted like fi on page 171

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Eh thi winds blowin a gale on page 9

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
o airn can shield tho hashie winds on page 32

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
ma hert was scaittered ti the winds. on page 25
Scaitter them ti the winds! on page 29

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McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
e. An muckle o banes blawn bi winds. on page 112

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Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
wi ramballiach reishle, ay, winds blatter the waves on page 25
wi ramballiach reishle, ay, winds blatter the waves on page 28

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Neill, Willie Lallans 59 - Christian Henry Divertimento, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
in an waggin in the switherin winds. on page 10

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
e man is hangit, an the yairn winds up in a richt-like wey wi a w on page 138

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
. It blaws the maist pouerfae winds in the hail o oor Sun Gird.
n mak storms an heich, reevin winds. Whiles undemous flauchts can
ff is antrin storms wi strang winds blawin up. Forder doun the'r
middle gird o the planet the winds blaws contergaits tae the bir
rds the poles gaes wi it. The winds is at thair maist strang in t
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
the fechtin at Goch, but Robb winds up this pert o the buik bi sh
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Let cauld winds blaw. Let trees gae bare.
Far aff, it winds an twists
Wi the icy winds that blaw
the winds o September wad blast it.
wi icy winds that blaw
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Bairns ootside, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
t in nap coats agin the snell winds, but still they gied us scaud
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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ed away by the North Atlantic winds blawin in fae the West.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Winds howlin roond the young and au
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
An' as these winds o' change were blawn,
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Facebook link ( 2019) Central
us a screw lik device that he winds in till it connects wi the ba

Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
opy as defence agin the snell winds that skelp doon aff the great
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@DABArbuckle tweeted
@AUOBALBA Now Westlin Winds (when sang by Dick Gaughan)(2020) search twitter

Doric

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
rattle fearfully in the worst winds since the war.' The pages con on page 118

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Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
g to steady itsel in the high winds.
‘The winds got too rough. They blew you
d probably winna be until the winds die richt doon.
3 matches

Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gallows Ha - The Weather Dance, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Wednesday I whistled up mild winds, a gentile gust on page 28

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Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
are here again - the drivan winds, the lashan rain. Brollies bl on page 75

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Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
y you've caught the planetary winds. How small the station seems on page 111

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Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
East winds and needly rain on page 65
East winds and needly rain on page 79
i dont like East winds and needly rain. on page 94
East winds and needly rain on page 112

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Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Wednesday I whistled up mild winds, a gentle gust on page 154

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Hershaw, William Seivin Verses for GMB, (Scottish Poetry Library 2015) Orkney, poetry
They are fermin the fower winds:
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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
at da beach. Wir gaet winds on page 50

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Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
me ta haad aff da lang winter winds an rain; like sheep's ain oo.
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Graham, Laurence Flans Frae Da Haaf, (Shetland For Wirds 2000) Shetland, poetry
Whaar winds sall never blaa.
Whaar winds sall never blaa nae mair
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Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
The winds of war they blew on page 12
The Path it winds wi' virgin snaw on page 15

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Ulster

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
reland an the craws cast coul winds ower the swans as they bathed
uzzards houlit back Aoife’s winds an Larne Lough did keep King
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