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Use in varieties of Scots

corbies Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.8 8.5 1.6 9.9 11.6 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2116 1 1 2 0 1
Number of authors17 12 1 1 2 1

Occurrences of corbies in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
k ae everythin she knew aboot corbies an writin-desks, which wisnae on page 68

1 matches

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
corbies caw, stairms blaw on page 42

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 83 - Phantasmagoria, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Ay hearin ma ruifers, the corbies, on page 71

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
ocht aboot aa she kennt aboot corbies an screivindesks, an that wis on page 44

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
- an Adam fand it afore the corbies an the mawks - he wad skin i on page 56
er. The laddies caad it their corbies' nest. on page 73
a real craw's nest, the young corbies flew their ain nest at Cruike on page 75

3 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
re pit awa somewhaur even the corbies cannae cack their keech on ye on page 157

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
e're aa grave-birds - craws, corbies! on page 25

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
mbed aaready. He had seen the corbies pickin the een oot a wee corp on page 17

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
A richt ill-setten twasome o corbies on page 28

1 matches

McDermid, Val The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Gowd Breeks, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
jined in wi him, crawin like corbies. on page 68

1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 73 - Guest, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
The corbies sappit bluidy kills on page 61

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
latit bi his readin o The Twa Corbies. A leddie, wha is jyned thema on page 137

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
o life onywhaur wis a flock o corbies branglin on tap o the compost
1 matches

@fourmenterian tweeted
@seanair_iain Twa corbies = deux corbeaux!(2014) search twitter

Doric

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
t een up. Nivver heard o "twa corbies" ??(2018) search twitter

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Lupins, corbies, the hills o Hoy - on page 26

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
hing at shö could mind aboot corbies an writin-desks, an dat wisna on page 70

1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
you happen to notice a gang o corbies arrive fae my direction today(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Amang thaim aa dour Corbies blak, tae face tha pew. on page 21

1 matches

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