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Use in varieties of Scots

blackie Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.2 9.3 4.5 0 5.8 10.3 0
Number of occurrences2318 3 0 1 1 0
Number of authors11 7 2 1 1

Occurrences of blackie in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
Broon. Thrush or mibbe a hen Blackie. Aye. Songbirds. It was song on page 1

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Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
whaur she nivir heard the blackie sing on page 40

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Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Hear thon blackie's busy whustlin, on page 97

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
taen pairt an aw.Maister Alan Blackie, high Heid Ane o Eddication a
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Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Distempered, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Wee blackie, ye see ayont thi cloot,
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
A lanely blackie sang tae me.
top an listen when Ah heard a blackie sing.
The blackie in the tree gied up his sang,
An blackie hens: ye cannae judge a singe
an then a blackie, wi his mellow trill,
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ednesday 25 Juin when Mr Alan Blackie, Director o Education for Eas
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
it tae the winners bi Mr Alan Blackie, Director o Education for Eas
ation pairty wis heidit bi Mr Blackie follaed bi Mistress Patricia
Mr Blackie praisentit the winner o the c
an a certificate in Scots. Mr Blackie praisentit a certificate tae
4 matches

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gowdspink speug lintie hoolet blackie doo. .....aa burds(2016) search twitter

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
d oot a muckle blaik clood. A blackie wis singin her hymn o praise on page 53

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
re. Somewey in the brenches a blackie wis singin, its breist like t on page 15

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
Bonnie blackie
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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
at," da bairn sobbit, "Dis is Blackie's grave, shü gude oot on Guy on page 29

1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
lee mairch stane dyke. Wullie Blackie left
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