feathers | Occurrences normalised per million words | Occurrences | Authors |
---|---|---|---|
Total Corpus | 20.9 | 68 | 32 |
ORK - Orkney | 89.4 | 9 | 3 |
SHD - Shetland | |||
TON - Tonge | |||
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) | 35.2 | 1 | 1 |
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle) | |||
MNA - Mid Northern A | 49 | 15 | 2 |
MNB - Mid Northern B | |||
SNO - South Northern | |||
ABN - Aberdeen | 32.8 | 3 | 1 |
DOR - General Northern | 8.9 | 2 | 1 |
NEC - North East Central | 46.4 | 1 | 1 |
SEC - (South) East Central | 20.3 | 8 | 5 |
WCE - West Central | |||
DUN - Dundee | 21.2 | 2 | 2 |
EDN - Edinburgh | |||
GLA - Glasgow | 22.8 | 5 | 2 |
AYR - Ayrshire | 13.1 | 1 | 1 |
LAL - General Central | 15.9 | 12 | 8 |
SEA - South East (Borders) | 25 | 2 | 1 |
SWE - South West (Galloway) | 27.8 | 2 | 2 |
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal) | |||
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) | |||
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) | |||
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) | 88.3 | 1 | 1 |
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) | |||
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast) | |||
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) | |||
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) | 131.3 | 4 | 1 |
GUL - General Ulster | |||
SYN - Synthetic (no region) |
Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Her ginger feathers scattered while the cat lukk' on page 12
his skinny legs and meed his feathers fly. on page 13
green stuff and flappan hids feathers every morneen, as Jimmack wal on page 16
hen he saa the black bundie o feathers gaan intae the bam tur the ni on page 17
Hid tore a chunk o feathers oot and stabbed him in the ey on page 56
6 matches
Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
and the feathers fallin out o yer tail. on page 144
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
hin better than tae coont the feathers on a doo's dowp. Fyles, jist
riggit oot as a Reid Indian, feathers an aa, tae sue the Council. H
iff aneth rankled their tarry feathers like weird weemin.
was an Eagle, with wings and feathers of air; he caused the inside
physog, thatched an framed wi feathers, drawn oot tae a pyntit beak.
5 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
wad wint sic a hudderie bag o feathers as ye, fur a man”, he telt
ichtit his neb, he powkit his feathers flat, he even pykit the girse
w. Fit a pictur she made. Her feathers war as black as brummles, her
luikit doori at his hudderie feathers, an his pirn taed feet, an ke
gun, takken half o Victor’s feathers aff his dowp. Bang gaed the g
7 matches
@DoricPhrases tweeted
ettle on Im richt spewin feathers an need a fly cuppie an a fun(2018)
Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
feathers. Craw. Seagull. Magpie. Thur' on page 1
2 matches
Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
have shed their few remaining feathers, on page 31
1 matches
Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
They fairly made the feathers flee wi peckin ane anither.
isnae worth ye losin aw thae feathers."
e think A wantit a moothfae o feathers?"
3 matches
Letford, William Bevel, (Carcanet 2012 ISBN: 978 1 84777 192 6) Central - Stirling, poetry
ruffle yur feathers show me yur plume look it tha
1 matches
@d_anderson878 tweeted
n a wee birdie wi nae fledgit feathers. Nae fit ye wis aifter, bit n(2020)
Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
No while the quetzal feathers loss thair sheen; on page 40
1 matches
Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
y wings, an dust an wee white feathers fill the small space as a squ
in, whippin up aw the dust an feathers an fuckin dried bird shite in
aboot him an some ay the wee feathers lodge oan the stubbly growth
3 matches
Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
gies a fissle, a reeshle, ma feathers prick, on page 37
1 matches
Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
couch. Jesus will be spittin feathers at Stella Marie, ah thocht, on page 61
1 matches
Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
In rain, its feathers wringin. on page 16
1 matches
Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
Thair Fower Feathers) wir bizzy makkin a guttypole on page 69
1 matches
Hershaw, William Lallans 73 - Proverbs o Hell, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
gin it fleps wi its ain feathers. on page 79
1 matches
Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
her place. Gie me the saftest feathers fae yer snawwhite swans tae w
ts bricht threids an fantoosh feathers, luiked cheap an gaudy nixt t
ir wings. He gaithert chicken feathers fae the Minotaur’s lair, an
Icarus. He jined the wee-est feathers thegither first, syne added l
the sea in a clood o brukken feathers.
5 matches
@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
cushions an duvets an there's feathers awyes.(2020)
Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
float alang as licht as feathers.
1 matches
McClure, Alan A poem, (Twitter 2022) Central - Galloway, poetry
The feathers flew, the battle breengin
1 matches
King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
an swallt, an ah wunnered if feathers wud sproot frae her skin.
in as ivery yin o them growed feathers. The weans didnae know what w
flew west, their lang, white feathers fleeted tae thon very spot an
3 matches