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Use in varieties of Scots

cage Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words18.7 22.3 14.4 9.9 23.2 0 8.8
Number of occurrences5842 9 1 4 0 2
Number of authors35 26 5 1 1 2

Occurrences of cage in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
The absence o a cage shoud be enough - on page 48

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
k here,' I shout, rattlin the cage. "This suit's efter ma virgin on page 1

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
wide sewer serves him for his cage, on page 32

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
's evidently ratteld Dougie's cage yince maire. on page 181

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
a parrot was sittin in a tall cage. on page 36
mpty hoose, cairryin the tall cage in baith haunds. There wis a on page 37
this schuil is like bein in a cage wi a cobra. Ye huv tae be ric on page 112

4 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
eis absconded fae eis cage on page 8

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ter had tae come wi a special cage an airlift it back tae the zo on page 162
onkey through the bars ae its cage before he got pult up fur it on page 164

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
e and a bool o gowdfish and a cage o white mice and a glaikit au on page 127

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ye thinkin it crawled oot its cage aa by itsel an went fer a wee on page 59

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
tae faw, even if she is in a cage. But if that's whit yese are on page 107
ap o the touer, untie Sunny's cage, and climb back doon. This, y on page 118
s aboot tae grab her sister's cage and stairt shimmyin doon when on page 122
at Sunny, still hingin in her cage, and follaed Coont Olaf oot t on page 132
Gonnae tak Sunny doon oot the cage and bring her ower tae the th on page 148
Also on pages 154
6 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
he ratton hunkert-doon in the cage, it's body hotterin like a wa on page 81
eemers. Lave the baist in the cage an drap the hail jing-bang in on page 82
retlie howpin oo wad drap the cage an the ratton wad win free. D on page 83

4 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
She wis keepit in a brawsome cage made wi bars o gowd. Twa time on page 101
e week. But the nichtingale's cage wis toom, and she wis naewhau on page 104

2 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
her sister hung in a cage on page 60

1 matches

Beckett, Mavis Duncan Lallans 59 - Auntie Aggie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
hed somebody wid pit her in a cage. She wis awfu lyke wan o thon on page 118

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Jist like a lion in a cage
1 matches

Gilmour, Rosie Haimster Pairty, (Scots Hoose 2016) Central, weans
She wis bitin the cage tryin tae git oot
Her cage is foo o toys wi a cosy wee w
2 matches

Clark, Thomas Mindin on Willie McIlvanney, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Bellshill, blog
lion too feart tae leave its cage. It wis a wirk o rancour an h
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
gesture. ‘Who rattled your cage anywaiy?’ ah sais tae him â
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
o let me get ye oot o’ this cage. At last, they hae let us tak
1 matches

Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
il aboot makin shair that the cage wis mair secure.
1 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
than a wee birdie in a golden cage. Bit then, maist o’ theym a
1 matches

Duncan, Robert Peeweep, (Wigtown 2015) Central - Lumphinnans, poetry
and the squad gat in the cage
that a bird cuid sing in a cage.
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
hich turnt oot tae be a metal cage unner the tarp. There wis fow
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
So we didnae feel we wur in a cage An’ we lived oan meatballs
1 matches

Briggs, Susi Atween the lines o Muirland Meg, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
Meg’s cage lies open but she canna flee
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
tryin tae rattle onybudy’s cage jist sayin it’s a tad mair

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
@DrMDempster Whae rattled yer cage Dempster?(2019) search twitter

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
t im. Ah'd baitur rattle ee's cage. (Soond o knockin oan a coaff on page 40

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
birdshite, you'd hae an impty cage." on page 34

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
lowpit ahin their tint-glazed cage an wine in lang-stemmed glais
1 matches

Uri, Antonia The birds an the bees, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
e rest o her days in a lairge cage in oor livin room, aften gett
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
red ben the bars o his roosty cage, an grat. Tommy Bruce, the we
er fur wikks. The fleer o his cage wis like a midden. The wee wh
hae bin reddin up Geordie’s cage, bit he cudna be bothered.
toons. He grabbit Geordie’s cage, yarked the
4 matches

Devlin, Edwin The School Dentist 1969, (Facebook 2020) Doric, prose
, ma hert was batterin ma rib cage ah felt seek .
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
u cleans the hamster's smelly cage on page 23

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
amished, fan hersel in a wire cage, kyerried up da lane an inta
ortin da car. Neist mornin da cage wis hoidin ahint da kitchen d
kkit her an stack her itae da cage.
wye hame i da car, despite da cage. Shö kent shö wid shön be
4 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ffice coonter lik a contented cage-burd, broun hair pinned tae t on page 1

1 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Fur jar, ir cage, ir bowl on page 25

1 matches

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