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Use in varieties of Scots

bloom Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.1 6.9 11.2 0 5.8 32.8 4.4
Number of occurrences2513 7 0 1 3 1
Number of authors18 11 3 1 2 1

Occurrences of bloom in Corpus

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Central

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Aik aipples owre aw braes in bloom on page 38

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
they, still had the beautiful bloom o yung womanhood on them. Awb on page 97

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
And will soon stert tae bloom on page 74

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
scart the bloom fae the gean trees on page 46

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
In rain, headlamps bloom chrysantheum on page 91

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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Let nae flooer bloom. Let nae bird sing.
the floors wir iver fu o bloom
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
quets o flouers burstin intae bloom than reflectit on the watter;
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Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
o than it does in full summer bloom. At least the overgrown, fros
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Poor things! poor things! you bloom, blowze, flirt, and flash on
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McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
Will bloom, never mair.
Tae strong, mature, bloom.
2 matches

Eunson, Catherine Freude, (The Scores 2020) Central, poetry
Peer loon, his bloom wis birsilt and blackened fae
1 matches

Doric

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
an the bloom o her belly an thighs on page 33

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Foxglove in bloom, it looks sae braw.
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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Trees in bloom tae me they appeal.
Trees in bloom bonny an green.
ine tae see the trees in full bloom again
afore the flooers came intae bloom, tae say the least they were
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@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
n's song nor seen the flax in bloom, For they’re aye cooped up i (2020) twitter link

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
Let a thoosand flooers bloom on page 19

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Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
flouers ir in bloom, he is lyke
in bloom, tae. Ilka day he
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@jamie_ginger tweeted
urn ti selkirk when the roses bloom again. #intherain #yetagain(2012) search twitter

Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
An insignificant bloom? on page 26

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