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Use in varieties of Scots

coul Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words18.4 1 0 0 0 0 252.3
Number of occurrences592 0 0 0 0 57
Number of authors14 2 13

Occurrences of coul 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

Dornan, Stephen Eemis Stane 1 - Lees an Crams, or Ossian on the Death of Cuchullin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
ur we happed him ticht in his coul lang hame. on page 23

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Syne oot by Coul and back by Cloan -
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
r han an teuk the wean's mort coul fingers in hir ain. She knelt on page 2
oot his ain place atween the coul breeks an wairm fire. He was on page 10
was alane in a hoose fillt wi coul echaes an marble fireplaces, on page 28
s cursed hoose wi its cursed, coul echaes. on page 30
notion hou coul the hoose wud be on the insid on page 32
Also on pages 33, 35, 36, 46
11 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Wairm reek clims up, coul tin tae fin on page 1
Me coul an haird as stane. on page 12
n Gumrie's crew, tha shoother coul. on page 21
A weeda-wumman, stairvin coul, on page 28
Coul wat fing'rs on page 35
Also on pages 43
7 matches

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
ll lie deid aneath him in tha coul yird in tha hint o thon stane on page 8
Tae come oot o thon bake o coul stane. on page 10
A was drookit, coul an foondert, ma breeks on page 16
A hirpled hame, foondert wi coul, on page 18
Innunner ma ain coul bed. on page 22
Also on pages 57
8 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
niebodie gies even a bicker o coul wattér tae yin o these weans on page 9
an fowk hate ye or gie ye tha coul shoother, bawl yis oot or ble on page 79
aun suffer a richt dail an be coul shoothert bi tha eldèrs, tha on page 85
that fowk dïnnae gie me tha coul shoother whaniver A loass ma on page 97

4 matches

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
It wiz a dreech an' coul' wunters day. on page 13

2 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Doon coul wat mirky pots, tae fill on page 1
me doon, an thair wus a quare coul wun comin intae tha hoose, bo on page 17

4 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Whan the coul o Winter stairts tae wane an on page 46
tumn turns tae Wunter, an the coul an rain'll stairt, on page 47
An een though it's foonderin coul, on page 49

3 matches

Cartmill, Claire Three score years an ten, (Ballymoney and Moyle Times 2014) Ulster, newspaper
ot late .... A canny stan tha coul,
1 matches

Thompson, Mark The Lost Ness Monster, (clydesburn.blogspot.com 2009) Ulster - Ards Peninsula, poetry
Twas a coul oul nicht
1 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
‘It’s coul! It’s coul! It’s coul!’ gasped Jenny
! It’s coul!’ gasped Jenny.
are,’ saed Jenny. ‘It’s coul!’
It was coul an I was foundert, but the ca
t wanted tae swim in the mort coul water.
8 matches

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
, dearie, it’s wile derk an coul in here wi nae mair nor this
ha deep swamp an hoked in tha coul scummy watther. His hauns fun
lecker an blecker got. As the coul wunther nichts set in, John c
3 matches

Dornan, Stephen Ode Tae 2021 , (twitter 2022) Ulster - Comber, poetry
be pechin, houghin, fou o tha coul.
1 matches

@fairfaaye tweeted
the word 'one' in English: "a coul yin" (a cold day) "a wee yin"(2020) search twitter

@the_gellick tweeted
are, Sir! "Dreich" is wet an coul in Ulster Scots! (2016) twitter link

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
ip o' tha craiter ta houl tha coul away! Monie thenks ta @Zippo (2021) twitter link

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