beard | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
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Occurences normalised per million words | 17.4 | 14.9 | 9.6 | 29.8 | 98.8 | 0 | 0 | |
Number of occurrences | 54 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
Number of authors | 31 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
k o his haun across his short beard, an smiled again. 'It's a lan on page 68
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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
mbles and skirps o auld man's beard in the hedges, and the haws w on page 175
1 matches
McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
g doun his back, a pure white beard coverit his chest. His should on page 90
wis tryin tae scratch at his beard. But this cuidnae be! Awbody on page 93
2 matches
Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
beard an the cushion stuck up his j on page 41
1 matches
Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
wid pu yer vera beard aff, an gif'n ye dinnae fend on page 121
1 matches
Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
k roond, a young man wi atrim beard and slicked-back, black hair on page 57
1 matches
Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
an at the grey grizzle o his beard. He wis a single man, no ill- on page 17
2 matches
McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
lowe bent back tae singe his beard - on page 112
1 matches
McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
f MacLean haed haed a bowsier beard on page 70
2 matches
Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
an Auld Man wi a lang white beard,
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
r in it. It’s goat a bloody beard!’ ah sais, starin, aghast,
1 matches
Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
fastened up wrang. Forby, his beard had got raivelt up wi his nec
1 matches
McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
opened an’ a rid Heid an’ beard wis stuck lot an’ telt us a
ths!” The voice, heid an’ beard belonged tae Ronnie Browne, t
2 matches
Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
d oan a stake. Pap oan a fake beard and it’d be the spittin ima
1 matches
Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
h some reid aye shawed in his beard. He wis juist a wee bittie ta
ill, ony chin really, bit the beard hid that gaw tae some extent
e. Mony’s a laddie haes nae beard at thy age. Luik at Tursun. C
3 matches
astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
sked Auld Donald, strokin his beard.
1 matches
Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
d oan a stake. Pap oan a fake beard and it’d be the spittin ima
1 matches
Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
road at us, wi a lang coorse beard blawin aboot in the breeze, a
1 matches
Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
is puss, likes. His overgrown beard and long unkept greasy hair a
1 matches
@jax6754 tweeted
johnsons Wis unsure aboot yir beard at first, but a hae tae say i(2015) search twitter
@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
nbounce no BillyConnellyesque beard growth, no Scotty dug moustac(2020) search twitter
Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
in up frae't grey as a goat's beard. Sae heich on the hill, Minni
1 matches
McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
-leukin man wi a lang tooslie beard an reid hair tied in
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
d wizzent earl wi a lang fite beard ,a lang fite
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
manage afore the invention i' beard ile?(2018) search twitter
@cligeey tweeted
y stuff that makes ye grouw a beard or weer galluses(2020) search twitter
Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
ze o a meun: aald, aald, lang beard, ae ee appen, ae ee puckered, on page 120
1 matches
Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
n at the silver o his hair an beard, which were both long enough
1 matches
Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
Skipper John 'Broon-beard', son o da gret Lowrie 'White
hisker', scratched his moorit beard, starin' oot at da vast, blue
eezin; frost clung tae John's beard an fatigue wis settin intae h
nd Wirld War. He had a birsey beard, straekid wi blotches o white
"Broon-beard ..." he said tae himsel in hi
6 matches
Watt, Valerie Meenie’s Viking spoon, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
A’m braaly prood o my beard. Should a richt Viking no hae
hould a richt Viking no hae a beard laek mine? Coorse an weel liv
? Coorse an weel lived in. My beard can tell you whit A’m eaten
“Whit does do mak o my beard, Meenie?” I axed her runnin
Tushie,” she gaffed. “Dy beard is a trusset trowie beard, fo
9 matches
Watt, Valerie Cheerio for eenoo . . ., (Shetland Times 2011) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
a. Thankfully my tick hair an beard has growen back in time tae k
1 matches