A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Occurrences of curtains in Corpus

Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
awpaper, geraniums, an cotton curtains at the windaes, wis that mome on page 137

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
t it's high time she drew the curtains. Keepin her een oan the box, on page 1

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
The curtains stey apairt an let on page 54

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
murther that whiles rent the curtains o her sleep an the peace o he on page 66

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
chin ahint the settee and the curtains. on page 41
e front waw but there wis nae curtains. The only things in the hale on page 183

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Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
ck o dawn. Plus he'd drawn ma curtains saw I couldnae see that it wi on page 11

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
As Harold drew the curtains at 'Seaview'. on page 145

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Curtains saggin on a wire on page 79

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
foosty cloots that passed fer curtains. Daylight blasted intae the r on page 22

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
indaes, baith shut and wi the curtains drawn, even though it wis a b on page 20
Violet took doon the stoorie curtains fae the curtain rod that hung on page 29
ikesay. A guid cot for Sunny. Curtains for the windae in their room. on page 36
r, Sunny on her wee cushion o curtains. The muinlicht shone through on page 55
y richt doon intae the pile o curtains sae that she jist looked like on page 94
Also on pages 95, 99, 101, 114, 115
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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
floor. Lookin at the council curtains, it's hard tae believe the qu on page 3
ootside, ah wished there wur curtains oan ma pram!' on page 78

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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
ill haed thon eerie cast, the curtains puld back nae mair nor a fit on page 125

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Tindal, Betty Lallans 67 - Two poems by Betty Tindal, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Dumfries, poetry
ahint ma net curtains. on page 129

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Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
uf-souchin. The brainches and curtains are reeshlin, on page 19

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Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
curtains at the windae, yince white bu
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Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
ill haed thon eerie cast, the curtains puld back nae mair nor a fit
ahint the nairae slap in the curtains, an it wisna till I got tae t
haed up an seen me throu the curtains efter aa.
kit up ootthrou the near-shut curtains like he wis wonderin aboot th
at me. "It's time I puld the curtains back a wee bit," qo he. "Ay.
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Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
ace-paint nor lookin oot auld curtains tae garb mi up like the manni
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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
Janice the nicht. I puls the curtains aside an sees the snaw Ye sen
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Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
ty round the windae cause the curtains’ll cover it.’
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Halloween, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
The windae shutters an aa the curtains drawn thegither agin ony stra
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Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
concurrence as the club room curtains twitch in response tae the fr
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
The curtains ur drawn when ah get tae Pear
an disappears back behind the curtains.
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Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
except that they had they net curtains, know the kind that cross owe
k that put up bright pink net curtains be the sort that would beat m
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Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
€™s away. Just the scabby net curtains remain, blawin in the breeze
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Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
k makes a show ay flingin her curtains open an pullin her windae shu
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Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
The velvet curtains daunced in the heatless draug
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@Chazzbat tweeted
e cleaning crew huv opened ma curtains fer the first time in years. (2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ey @andy_brown4430 a hope the curtains were closed lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Robb, Lydia AUNTIE BEAN UNDRESSES, (Association for Scottish Literary Studies 2005 ISBN: 978-0948877698) Doric - Arbroath, poetry
She pous the chenille curtains an on page 123

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
through the curtains on page 28

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
naebody aboot. The curtains were still drawn, Jonsar winn
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
s's tail tae draw the kitchie curtains ticht, shuttin oot the ferlie
r first fitters comin. Aa the curtains hid bin cheenged, even the be
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Bowie, Tyler Stookie, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
bed nd hid a peek through the curtains tae see fit kin o day it wis
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Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
o my bed and lie doon wie the curtains shut. Even though I canna see
and look through a gap in the curtains. A black helicopter is circli
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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
and I opened the curtains and wanted nae dairk
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Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
him tae the big hoose wi the curtains she’d repaired for the Lair
stiny. Daavid hid left wi the curtains hoping it wid be the bonny se
tae see fin he delivered the curtains tae the big hoose. That nicht
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
them. They breenged ahin the curtains an hid. Bit the auld wummin w
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Harper, Edith Legacy, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2021) Doric, poetry
At hame, aye she shewed – curtains, aaprons,
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McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric - Aberdeen, poetry
Some Hingin curtains, ithers laying Lino or mats
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Orkney

Southern

@projecthawick tweeted
long the top of his black-out curtains. “Oh aye, so I am,” said th(2020) search twitter

Ulster