A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

craa Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.9 0.5 36.8 69.6 58.1 0 22.1
Number of occurrences461 23 7 10 0 5
Number of authors19 1 7 1 6 4

Occurrences of craa in Corpus

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Central

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
Til the mornin’s cock craa.
1 matches

Doric

Innes, Brian P. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Thochts o a Teacher, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
akkin a soon mair like an aul craa, aye een wi a throat infectio on page 51

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
neen green. Iv he jist widna craa aboot foo weel he's deein: er on page 33

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Doric Gruffalo's Bairn, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1785300691) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
e blaik an coorse as a hoodie craa?" on page 1

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
aat mair than made up fir ony craa's feet - she'd a lovely, Plu on page 60
aat eesed te reest in the aul Craa Widdie thocht naethin o reest on page 92
their tents on the edge o the Craa Widdie, their day's wirk deen on page 93
didna stop tull he cam te the Craa Widdie. He collapsed against on page 95
aat eesed te reest in the aul Craa Widdie noo reestit on the pyl on page 96

6 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
le wi steekit een? Nae hoodie-craa that thocht onythin o itsel w on page 13

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 57 - Mac, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Doric, prose
bit this time, he'd twiggit a craa's nest twenty fit aff the gru on page 27

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
Jist aan flew doun a wappin craa As blatk's Aal Nickie's weski on page 49
fite thingikie. "Nae a wappin craa, ye ken!" she eikit on heisti on page 59
"I wuss the wappin craa wad come!" thocht Ailice. on page 62
wes gettin licht again. "The craa maan hae flown awaa, I jalous on page 68

5 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
e the north three mile as the craa flees, tae the clachan o Ledd
p o a great horse chestnut. A craa flappit awaa skreichin, pit o
ween the drifts o icy snaa, a craa on a gean branch abeen them o
goon ower it aa like a hoodie craa. It bein near eneuch Hogmanay
affo a deed hare bi a hungert craa. Then she heard the skiffie p
5 matches

Shearer, Gillian Skitin Oan Thin Ice, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2019) Doric - Alford, prose
yer, ae leg thrust back lik a craa taakin flight. Ruaraidh cuid
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Spikk o the Nor East Leid, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Doric, poetry
baggerel, barritchfu, hoodie craa
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
We heard the raucous craa'een o a very lusty cock. on page 12
Jimmack and the Craa on page 16
The craa smelt a rat and, in no time a on page 17

7 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
irt, an juist as haerse as da craa. At da lang an da lent he set on page 42
da gluff o bein tirled headie-craa, an der slates an pencils wis on page 118

2 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
or wha'll craa first thing or claag, preen on page 48
Dat cockerel 'll craa his last apö Tammasmas. Dy u on page 71

2 matches

Williamson, Christie Guide, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, poetry
heady craa itae a wirld
1 matches

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
ol. He had twa eyebroos dat a craa coulda biggit his nest in, an
ripple an crooked lik an auld craa. He raised his nev intae da a
2 matches

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Announcin Truncherfaece twins, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
aboot her. Her hair is laek a craa’s nest an her green claas i
lass wi a head o hair laek a craa’s nest. “I can seen du ha
2 matches

Walterson, Vaila Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Da nicht afore da Trowie Show, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
fern, nettle, kecksie, arvie, craa-tae, drewie line, tang an waa
1 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Ye micht weel lach, ye Greba craa, or gar ye grue, on page 21
Craa it yinst mair, on page 61

2 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
Jesus, "tha roostèr wull no craa themorra moarnin, tae ye hae on page 107

1 matches

Smyth, Anne I Corinthians 13, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster, prose
nither’s gear; luive disnae craa crouse, disnae bum an blaa.
1 matches

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