birds | Occurrences normalised per million words | Occurrences | Authors |
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Total Corpus | 64.8 | 211 | 85 |
ORK - Orkney | 99.4 | 10 | 6 |
SHD - Shetland | 220.9 | 38 | 10 |
TON - Tonge | |||
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) | |||
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle) | |||
MNA - Mid Northern A | 71.9 | 22 | 6 |
MNB - Mid Northern B | |||
SNO - South Northern | 162.8 | 1 | 1 |
ABN - Aberdeen | 109.4 | 10 | 5 |
DOR - General Northern | 97.5 | 22 | 11 |
NEC - North East Central | 139.1 | 3 | 2 |
SEC - (South) East Central | 35.5 | 14 | 6 |
WCE - West Central | 27.6 | 6 | 3 |
DUN - Dundee | 21.2 | 2 | 1 |
EDN - Edinburgh | 62.6 | 10 | 4 |
GLA - Glasgow | 63.7 | 14 | 3 |
AYR - Ayrshire | 39.3 | 3 | 2 |
LAL - General Central | 38.5 | 29 | 18 |
SEA - South East (Borders) | 149.7 | 12 | 3 |
SWE - South West (Galloway) | 97.3 | 7 | 5 |
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal) | |||
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) | |||
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) | 156.9 | 5 | 1 |
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) | |||
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) | |||
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast) | |||
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) | |||
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) | |||
GUL - General Ulster | 42.2 | 3 | 2 |
SYN - Synthetic (no region) |
Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
he boortrees o Bockan Aal the birds o the air seemed tae sing. on page 66
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Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Nestan birds on page 65
Baby birds at the feeders on page 79
2 matches
Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Mansie kens the birds an thir weys on page 59
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Hall, Simon W. Bonny Isle o Sanday, (Brisk Northerly 2016) Orkney, blog
nd. A hunder thoosand migrant birds. A scant scattering o folk. T
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Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
n hunders o sightings o these birds flyan ivvrywhar since grimlee
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Hall, Simon W. Crackan the troughs, (Brisk Northerly 2021) Orkney, blog
ile this waathir maks certain birds more apparent – snipe, in p
1 matches
@peediepuss tweeted
will be great for seed-eating birds in winter(2020)
Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Peerie birds ir twa a penny bit da Gdd Man on page 95
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Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
k, lack at Hermaness. Na, wir birds laeks dir space. Dir a pair a on page 91
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De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
da straff o birds apö da banks on page 19
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De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
as if da birds wis hed some kind o foy on page 92
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De Luca, Christine Soondscapes, (Shetland For Wirds 2015) Shetland, poetry
o birds, a oorie whirr, a vimmerin
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De Luca, Christine St Ninian's Isle, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, poetry
Here, on a boannie day, wi birds apö da wing
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Sandison, Iris Da Tree Peerie Grice, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, weans
icht wis comin i da lift . Da birds wir begun claagin an makkin a
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Mainland, Jim Love (After Miroslav Holub), (Shetland For Wirds 2001) Shetland, poetry
flachterin lik birds.
1 matches
Manson, Finnley Wir Beach, (Scots Hoose 2017) Shetland, weans
I can hear da birds tweetin
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Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
an plenty o information aboot birds an wildlife. An we could lear
sdom Michael wis kent for. Da birds an wildlife dat enjoy da gree
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@Julie_Dennison tweeted
Dir birds I only keen da Shetland name (2021) twitter link
@helenmoncrieff tweeted
imagination to go... "ahh da birds are comin in, dey must sense (2020)
le of these remarkable peerie birds! @RSPBScotland @helenmoncrief(2019)
ooty Aalins are een o my fave birds (as are Guillys and Nories). (2020)
wesome and mesmerising peerie birds. And cute.(2016)
g me to these gorgeous peerie birds. Really interesting to hear a(2016)
and 8 other occurrences.
Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
Foo muckle better are ye nor birds. Fitna een o ye, bi witryin, on page 102
1 matches
Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
admirin aa the bonny-coloured birds, palm trees an tropical fruit on page 38
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
awa. The warlock keepit fower birds as his familiars, ye see.'
Leddrach, na, he keepit fower birds. A corbie, a jackdaw, a hawk
'Weel, the twa birds sterted the fecht on the tap
3 matches
Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
nkind wi the DNA o lizards an birds. At the hinnereyn, the result
They are riggit oot like birds an claethed wi wings:
n a croon, a kinno bird-king. Birds wad hae ruled ower humans fra
-like chiel proggin an edder. Birds an edders in Egypt maun aye,
ggit oot like tae an erne, wi birds' fedders an heid. The early Y
8 matches
Rumbles, Brodie-Anne Recordin on Beep, (Scots Hoose 2022) Doric - Banff, weans
o men, o sons, o dochters, o birds, o whales, o aa leevin things
1 matches
Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Kieran an Aidan, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
rts. We hid names for aathin. Birds. Mavies. Yirlins. Vrans. An s
grun, fiooers an girss laid, birds an beasts crined in bores an
2 matches
@DoricPhrases tweeted
loon, leave some fur the sma birds! https://t.co/B8KfCIQa5i(2017)
Fin ye see twaa birds chasing each ither fae tree t(2019)
Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
Beyond the urgent din o the birds, on page 5
an the ancient memories o birds on page 7
2 matches
Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 57 - Mac, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Doric, prose
e-tree, faar he'd been chasin birds. It wis eeswally pyots he gae on page 27
1 matches
Strachan, Shane The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - An Eggs-traordinar Egg, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ere bonnie, affa bonnie, thon birds. on page 22
1 matches
Uri, Antonia The birds an the bees, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
The birds an the bees
North-East o Scotland is the birds. If ye juist pit oot some pea
cht back tae life. As for the birds, aa ye hae tae dae is mak a b
different (an amazin) kinds o birds an bees, richt on their doors
4 matches
Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
eel, it’s summin tae dee wi birds fit wye we got the nickname.
1 matches
Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ss thing wi brichtly coloured birds fleein aboot. On the wye hame on page 14
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Innes, Brian P. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Thochts o a Teacher, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
keep a straight face, "Ihese birds had better be gone by morning on page 51
2 matches
McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
Nae birds war fleein heich abeen: Nae b on page 52
2 matches
Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
se than a sugar raincoat. The birds just didnae tak it seriously. on page 118
9 matches
Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
young game birds were sent packin, wi a shot o
1 matches
Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
s een, there wis the twa love birds
1 matches
Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
e the dairkness. The yow, the birds an the cuddies aa shot the cr
1 matches
@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
on hiz previous o skelpin birds, fits he bin uptae noo? Spa(2018)
@beast_afc tweeted
wik an it wiz there until the birds finished it.(2020)
@Franwella tweeted
cht we Millie moo, I heard th birds n water in th burn clearer n (2020)
@fittiecrooners tweeted
orned beef hash Fittie style, birds eye pancakes wee a twist, fri(2017)
Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
e glen tae kill aff protectit birds o prey. A cheil fae the RSPB,
1 matches
Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
the henhouse like the stupit birds they were, peckin an peckin a on page 72
1 matches
Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Or marred the birds' untaigelt sang. on page 91
1 matches
Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
Athoot anthropomorphising the birds in the poem aw thegither, Her
1 matches
Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
BIRDS
The birds had left us aw thegither.
Fechtin Birds
Tae stop the birds fae fechtin Ah took ane up in
Come, aw wee birds an fellow-speugs,
9 matches
@kennethbryce184 tweeted
e awe these drop deed gawjuss birds fae the usa m8 - its tae b e (2020) twitter link
Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
obb’s comparisoun atwein ‘Birds and Winter’ an ‘Cauld Glo
, it is a year airlier nor ‘Birds in Winter’, but this, A’m
2 matches
Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
rough the leaves and sent wee birds in a mad panic tae fin shelte
her. “It’d be killin twa birds wi wan stane,” she mumbled.
elpt her fir that. Feedin twa birds wi wan scone, the auld wumman
3 matches
Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
til his ain sleepin-bit. The birds jimpit ontae their perches, t
siccar frae human moyen. The birds wisna haein it at first, spei
The birds didna unnerstaund Snawba’s
3 matches
Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ina o doos’ daeins, bit the birds thairsels wis at rest in hunn
r thoo canna step for crushin birds’ eggs ... Thoo’s been the
farns ... maybes no that mony birds’ eggs...”
ttish loch. “A pair o white birds, muckle birds wi lang, gracef
, muckle birds wi lang, gracefu craigs ...
5 matches
grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
s usin his knowledge of the birds tae help him along.
1 matches
Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
Whan wings o birds on page 35
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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
Aw birds and men and weans on page 31
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
g oan tae the streets fur the birds tae eat. He wis a scruffy wee
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Up wae the birds, ah wis. Didnae sleep well, y
1 matches
Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ut nou I fin happiness in the birds, the flouers, the lambies in on page 69
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Wallace, Lorna An Ode Tae Tinder, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2020) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Huv aw yir dreams eh birds an’ bees
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Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
We chirmed like birds an glent like flouers on page 64
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Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
awin nabbie German lassies wi birds cupped in haun. An that wis i on page 137
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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 58 - The Rooks, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Forsak May's smaa birds, turn ti thay on page 112
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Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Or marred the birds' untaigelt sang. on page 91
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Grace, Reyzl Eemis Stane 2 - Late Efternuin in the Hermitage, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, poetry
like quickened birds, ilka ane hauldin a hazel bra on page 6
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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
ae his ain sleepin-place. The birds happit up ontae their ruists, on page 6
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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ethod, he can mak bonnie blue birds' eggs wi bleck spots on them, on page 13
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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
Chookies are glaikit birds, and gey grabbie. They think on page 53
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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
sangy kind o a day ootby, and birds chantin.' on page 161
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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
. Finally, when the first few birds stairtit tae sing, Klaus tipp on page 95
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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
The sangless birds, tume-gebbit aa the day. on page 33
Or marred the birds' untaigelt sang. on page 53
2 matches
Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
The birds are settled in their nests. on page 15
Ach, ye're aa grave-birds - craws, corbies! on page 25
The birds o the air tak ti their beds - on page 35
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Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
s', whan awbody dressed up as birds... Hoo daft can some fowk be? on page 101
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Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
birds reist, see, on ma riggin-heid on page 19
hou's the birds forgaitherin, ay, awa i the r on page 21
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Waddell, John Lallans 58 - fower poems bi John Waddell, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Wi bonnie birds, an trees, an floors, on page 62
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
Birds is representit by a hale floc
eet, the mire snipe, How many birds be that?’ The answer, ye’
2 matches
Thoumire, Elizabeth The killin fields!, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
want tae deny it wi regairds birds o prey like hen harriers or e
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
s byordinar toys tae play wi: birds wi peckin nebs, butterflees w
hat mortals cud flee like the birds, awbody said he had gane gyte
2 matches
Curt_Kenobi Mates, (archiveofourown.org 2016) Central, prose
nt waiting. Nae fuckin wonder birds are all ower ihm like eh wis
- - ay mooth can git sae many birds. It's eywis fascinated me, th
2 matches
@FaetheRye tweeted
@liquidbotanical Protected birds of prey, mair like. (2022) twitter link
@weenell3 tweeted
and a wee bit further oot The Birds & Bees x (2022) twitter link
Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
, a finger tae her lips. O aa birds, the yorlin seemed tae cast a
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@jamie_ginger tweeted
an over rated bellend and yir birds a dug #yirmothersawumin(2012)
Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
as birds conter aw this clamant, on page 159
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Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
as baith birds hunched a feathery neck. on page 7
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Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
We'd been telt nae birds wid sing. on page 14
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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
stant but still sonorous like birds in the woods. on page 73
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Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
By birds an bees ye ken. on page 27
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