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crood Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words34.6 21.6 40.7 29.8 63.9 20.7 115.1
Number of occurrences11142 27 3 11 2 26
Number of authors25 11 6 1 4 2 1

Occurrences of crood in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
the hoose, an fun a fair auld crood ae wee animals an birds waiti on page 40
e wis surprised tae fun a big crood mobbed aroon it: thir wis som on page 85

2 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
ran oot o the hous, an fand a crood o wee beasties an burds waiti on page 39
wis pit-oot tae fin a muckle crood gethert roun aboot it; there on page 44

3 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
e shuivin hes wey through the crood atween him an an awfy bonnie, on page 27
her up abune the heids o the crood (Ah wrocht in the pit at the on page 32

2 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
n frae the Norns. The taivern crood cheerit an stampit an cryit m on page 14

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
e wis battert tae bits by the crood. on page 29
oond himsel in the middle o a crood o aboot twinty folk, aw hotch on page 53
icht w; baith hauns while the crood pushed and shouted at him ric on page 54
hear the shouts o folk in the crood as they jundied and focht tae on page 64
shouted anither voice in the crood. 'She's the lassie whase fait on page 65
Also on pages 66, 85
8 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
ower the heids o the hoverin crood an disappeared intae the sky. on page 25

3 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
he's in luve wi, in front o a crood o punters, giein it laldy. Kl on page 75
cer!" shoutit a vyce frae the crood, and some fowk stairtit tae c on page 152

3 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
e room tae swing a Cat in the crood the day o the Queen Mary's la on page 75
Ah scan the crood fur the Stirlings. They've fi on page 115

2 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
urlan tae the shouthers o the crood, on page 112

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
he lukked around the getherin crood o neebors wi muckle, saikless on page 66
aes frae aff the grund an the crood o gowpers aw gaed hame. Telli on page 68

2 matches

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
is quine tae the front ae the crood. Whit a tink! She hid tousie
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
fie threids her wey throu the crood, staps deid at the furniture
1 matches

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ein immediately pit doon bi a crood o angry flyters.
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
, it seemed, wis base camp. A crood o aboot thirty fowk, men an w
kit aroon her at the lingerin crood. Thir fowk at ony rate wisna
n. He follaed the drift o the crood intae the toon centre, a wide
thair mait. They were a roch crood an he wis tenty o thaim. Stil
Hsien had caaed the leid his crood wis spickin the Auld Langage.
12 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
muckle great haal there wis a crood o fowk gaitherin. Stannin bi on page 44

1 matches

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
tside awa frae the skellochin crood muive cannily liltinhie be yi on page 3

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
seen war rinnin in an oot the crood, signin autographs an posin f on page 41

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
wis wi some o e fowk o their crood, they held on for a hale day on page 83
he waalked throw e midst o e crood an held on his road. on page 86
flat grun. There wis a muckle crood o his disciples an a hantle o on page 89
s disciples an a great muckle crood o fowk. As he cam up till e g on page 91
An fan a muckle crood gaithert, comin oot fae aa e on page 93
Also on pages 94, 95, 96, 100, 101, 102, 106, 111, 112, 117, 119
20 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 78 - Scots Teegars, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, prose
ifferent leids ye ken. Mosegi crood in Sassenach pigeon, A gabbit on page 80

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
breeze, fan we spotted a wee crood gaithered on a bit open grun on page 75

2 matches

Ireland, Mark Wi A Facey Like Yours, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
um gets ti class a the bairns crood roon him shoutin "Callum! Hey
1 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
d fer Astrid's toosie college crood. on page 65
cries the crood, hintan the naem. Darling's v on page 129

2 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine An Excerpt From Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Future Fantasy, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Orkney, poetry
fer her mixter-maxter crood.
1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
oot o da hoose, an fan a braa crood o peerie animals an birds wai on page 40
¶ wis surprised ta fin a braa crood gaddered aroond him: da execu on page 87
whin dey wan dere, wi a grett crood gaddered on page 109
da jury-men apo da heads o da crood anunder dem. Dey aa guid der on page 117

4 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
er so dat he cood spaek ta da crood o fock dat hed started ta gad on page 87
in a hoose, bit der wis sic a crood o fock at da hoose dat dey co on page 109
Hit wisna lang afore a graet crood o fock gaddered, so Jesus tel on page 113

3 matches

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
ck up wi a peerie wave tae da crood, acknowledgin der applause, r
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Birsie’s Brunt Bed, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
etrol turned an headed for da crood o fokk.
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Da secret wirld o Santie’s elves, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
er cam a scrittlin noise as a crood o dem sorted oot a roog o Leg
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Trowie time flees an aa, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
Kunal Trows. Whit a hooro da crood held as da Guid Fokk scored n
1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
sed a richt cafuffle amang th crood. Some o th birds hurried off on page 30

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
hae grand crack & hae a braw crood in! (2021) twitter link

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ae lach at hïm. ° Efter tha crood wus put oot tha dure, Jesus g on page 9
an aa hïs follaers an a hale crood o fowks oot o Judea, an Jerus on page 79
ïm, an he turnt roon tae tha crood cumin eftèr hïm an sayed, on page 80
mman's ainlie sinn. An a bïg crood wus follaein hir oot frae tha on page 81
get near tae hïm for aa tha crood o fowk. Jesus wus toul, on page 83
Also on pages 84, 86, 91, 93, 99, 101, 106, 109
26 matches

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