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beans Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words18.1 19.7 19.2 9.9 5.8 21.9 13.3
Number of occurrences5637 12 1 1 2 3
Number of authors27 13 8 1 1 2 2

Occurrences of beans in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
"Aye, awright, cool the beans!" said Alice, hurryin tae chi on page 23

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
up to me tae spill the fuckin beans, He knows Addison is a mouse on page 54

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
aurley, aits and hay, Clover, beans, and neeps and tatties, Shall on page 6

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
'There's nae beans on that thing at aw! on page 15

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
is jist enough tae keep me in beans and toast fur a week." on page 49
y so many tins ae Heinz baked beans yae kin scan at a busy checko on page 87
c, and he'll only eat Heinz's beans and sausages which she jist c on page 143

3 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
day it wis sausages and baked beans, Lavender's favourite dinner, on page 133
'Baked beans are haurd tae eat, Miss Trunc on page 138

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Cool the beans, why? on page 118

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
he foond three or fower cacao beans a year. But och, hoo they cra on page 80
I masel use billions o cacao beans ilka week jn this factory. An on page 81
STOREROOM NUMMER 77 - AW THE BEANS, CACAO BEANS, COFFEE BEANS, J on page 98
ae think I jist live on cacao beans, dae ye?" on page 129

11 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
he story ah wrote aboot magic beans in primary four. It hud a man on page 29
e ma smiley face potatoes and beans, ah go tae ma room and get ta on page 51

2 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
here means "biled" - string beans, Mr, Poe telt them they'd be on page 14

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
d-hand clothes and feeds them beans oan toast mair than one night on page 89

1 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 58 - fower poems bi John Waddell, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
An beans an lettuce for their food. on page 62

2 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
rocessor. Margaret buys dried beans an tinned tomatoes, biscuits
noddit. Peyed an left. Dried beans an tinned tomatoes, Ah thocht
ae switch ma light oan. Dried beans an tinned tomatoes, eh?
3 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Ma runner beans are no sae braw -
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
k. There’s even a wee tin o beans. She’s thocht o everythin.
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
Claver, beans, and mangie weesles,
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
@ccshoreditch Nae beans ??(2020) search twitter
@hic_non ??????. And nae beans ????????(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
those of us from spilling the beans is that AS himself thinks it' (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
the whistleblower spillin the beans lol - aye a seen the job ur (2021) twitter link

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
ie, the day, he was aat ful o beans, he was mangin tae hae a hyze on page 76

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
cairry-oot. "C'mon, spull the beans." on page 73
her twinty year o Tesco Value beans an scratty lawvie roll?" on page 86

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
She's a load o claes an baked beans te tak inte'r dother in the H on page 52

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Nae beans, nae peas, or cup a soups on page 150
we ken ye hid beans fur yer tea. on page 152
we ken ye hid beans fur yer tea. on page 169

3 matches

Robson, Euan Peelie wally, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
o broon loaf and some tins o beans. That wisna gaen tae impress
1 matches

Devlin, Edwin The School Dentist 1969, (Facebook 2020) Doric, prose
t, homemade chips sausage and beans ma favourite but ah was far f
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Nae sweetcorn or beans @KFC_UKI Peterhead - fa does(2016) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
in the day in case I crock ma beans o'er nicht! Still here.. ????(2018) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
wid be rare het on a plate wi beans.(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
the kitchen, I could eat some beans and toast." on page 24

1 matches

Shetland

Watt, Valerie Froggy smoorikins, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ventually agreed tae spill da beans on life as a frog.
1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
er, sae Ahlice went oan ful o beans: "There is sic a nice wee dug on page 22

1 matches

@cammyrudkin tweeted
do pal, r e gan ti spill the beans????(2012) search twitter

Ulster

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
s o prittas, scallions, peas, beans, kerrots and pairsnips, an a on page 16
s, an ye'll no leeve on baked beans! on page 21

2 matches

Robinson, Philip Tae a Virus, (no publisher recorded 2020) Ulster, poetry
We’ve beans and pasta by tha ton
1 matches

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