A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

bless Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.4 15.5 8.9 9.9 5.8 10.3 4.8
Number of occurrences4131 6 1 1 1 1
Number of authors26 18 4 1 1 1 1

Occurrences of bless in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
'May God bless this wee mitherless bairn . . on page 29
ur nane existit afore ... God bless ye.' He paused, his speerits on page 30

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Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
er obituary, the braw wumman, bless her: on page 100

1 matches

Scott, Finola Lallans 102 - The Galloway Hoard, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, poetry
an bless the birthin. Whit a man. on page 10

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
A fleetin glamour that will bless yer ills on page 11

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
God bless us, Jessie! We were gaun tae on page 69

1 matches

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
blesséd the forfochen yins. on page 9

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
it, lawdie. Thon's braw. God bless. on page 15

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Bless The Dawin on page 97

2 matches

Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
er mither the last rites, God bless!'
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
He plucks me oot an, bless ma soul,
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
else's wirds; wirds that, God bless 'em, micht weel hae been true
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
aist o your youthfu days. But bless me, will ye stand haver-haver
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
make a ritual o' sayin' "God bless you Iain an' Ma" whenever I c
"Ma an' Iain God bless ye baith."
2 matches

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
God Bless Alba!
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Tae bless oor country's new resolve,
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
oyfull hairt/honour and blis [bless] the band of hymen [Hymen = t
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
@austinarmacost Awwwwww bless! Hae a fabby week aheid! And (2015) search twitter

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
@GatehseSchool Bless you all miss yer lovely faces(2020) search twitter
@TippermuirBooks Ah bless ye x we had a braw launch day(2019) search twitter
ornayoung Ye luik fair happy. Bless ye. ? Sorry I didnae get tae (2019) search twitter

@LowEndJardo tweeted
cause av broke the seal, god bless the donner hoagies (2021) twitter link
God bless the socialist republic ae wis (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
andy_brown4430 ma auld mucker bless him had a bath in the bathroo (2020) twitter link
@Brian_Pacey @andrewgrubb35 bless u ma son lol (2020) twitter link
Pacey @WillReid1 @amy_lou1934 bless u my son lol (2021) twitter link
popped in a wee follow - god bless america lol (2020) twitter link
@EamonnReynolds bless u my son lol (2021) twitter link
and 1 other occurrences.

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
n tak care o yersel, noo. God bless ye, m'dear.' on page 38

2 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
eiss weis thi result. Dassin bless hee's sowl, gid oot an hoased on page 37

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
eenocent. Ay ... the Almichty bless ye aa yer days, quine; ye've on page 8

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
The Lord bless ye an keep ye,
1 matches

@Franwella tweeted
ce1Fitness oo sna angels .... bless 'em!(2013) search twitter

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
hae been me poor mither, God bless her. on page 20

1 matches

Shetland

@tattooedselkie tweeted
@JaneyGodley Aww bless, did he no lik bein held acco(2021) search twitter

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
@AgentP22 Aw, ya wee sowl ye. Bless ??(2020) search twitter

Ulster

@Angelinekking tweeted
havenae got a ha’penny, god bless you and the oul man too! #tum(2019) search twitter