A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of fields in Corpus

Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
u saut-bleared een he saw the fields o green, on page 27

2 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
Yi feel safer as the familiar fields, paths n trees welcome yi bac on page 48

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 85 - Roads, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
Fields striped lik barber's poles, on page 10

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Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
'pleughs the fields up at Mossgiel, on page 11

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
We could nip ower through the fields and huv a competition tae see on page 1

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
Bricht will leam the fields o England, Purer shall its wa on page 6

2 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
fast as fermers dauner intae fields on page 45
This isnae Syria nor fremmit fields on page 77

2 matches

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
lat's awa tae the fields; on page 16

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
The breeze upon former fields become fields again, on page 57
ae impressive; he scanned the fields an touns we'd left bek nd, fi on page 77

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
containin seeven diffrent oil-fields were shiftit fae bein in Scot on page 24

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
iel. Ae day he wis oot in the fields warkin. It wis a gey sunny da on page 78
rd by awbody in the crofts an fields a roun, an fowk kennt at ainc on page 79

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Nae arable fields hem't in bi fences, on page 16
laughter reigned oan Flanders Fields, on page 20
Herriet frae fields or collie gairdit byres on page 62
Wha'd left hungert fields wi nuthin tae howk, on page 99

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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
Venus, Mars - and wistful fields abuin the laund on page 7

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
from the fields behind Five Dogs on page 11
like fields o bleck wheat on page 18

2 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
ane in February lookin oot at fields an mair fields an mair fields on page 120

5 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - Review Lang Syne in the East Neuk o Fife, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
e drive the tangle on tae the fields'. on page 54

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Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
ust, like last year, cuid see fields o corn stooks washed intae th on page 17

2 matches

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
crossin his fields - the auld, crabbit fairmer on page 29

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Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
is it no? George paintit the fields oan the inside tae gie us som on page 8

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Bramwell, Colin Eemis Stane 1 - Jist appenin the winnock’s no eneuch, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Tae really see the fields an the river - on page 16

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Scott, Hamish Eemis Stane 1 - Fields o Stanes, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
n saitisfeein helpin redd the fields o stanes, makkin redd cairns on page 21

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Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 1 - Ye’re Still Here? It’s Ower. Gang Hame., (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
Strike oot intae the knap-hie fields o wheat an jaggy nettles. Jyn on page 24

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 57 - Twa Auld Men, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
the fermers are out in their fields, thrang amang their gowden ha on page 136

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McCallum, Andrew Lallans 73 - Ecce Homo, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Frae wuids an fields gaithert in sheuchs o the hil on page 71

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
sauntered throught the poppy fields on page 122
interestin tae see baith The Fields of Athenry an The Sash includ on page 124

2 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
They wid work in the fields, well away fae roads, so they on page 47

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
face o the Sun whaur magnetic fields is that strang that thay mak
the Yird but for the magnetic fields that haps oor warld. Haed we
t haps oor warld. Haed we nae fields happin us, the flares aff the
an turns an maks the magnetic fields that haps the planet ootwardl
in 1788 fowk wirkin aboot the fields an gaits o Siccar Pynt at Pea
5 matches

Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
afore gaun oot tae the fields.
1 matches

Cameron, Peter Lallans 75 - The Raid on Clydebank, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
they flee owre fields o corn:
flee back owre fields o bear;
2 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ctionar thegither in semantic fields is anither wey o seein jist w
overs a vast range o semantic fields and registers. Whether he is
2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
el-length Rule) of vowel 7 to fields vowel 15 in fit 'foot', sit '
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Economic Theory, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
Oot in the fields again. A'm no ane tae git on
Sleepin in the fields disna mak ye a Boy Scout, sae
wis sleepin richt oot in the fields, but in the smaa oors A wauke
3 matches

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
The fields were fou o flooers,
1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Nae arable fields hem’t in bi fences,
slauchter reignt oan Flanders Fields,
2 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
eid. Unlike wi a puckle ither fields, the’r nae problem wi the v
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
she tarry’d in the fields over night, saw and conversâ€
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
It gied the fields a rosy glow
when dykes an fields wir white wi rime
an fields are white wi rime,
ll tell ye, ye maun spray yer fields
The bonnie fields, the woods sae braw -
5 matches

Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
aed a wheen inventors in mony fields makkin muckle steps forrit, b
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
, ar bein left tae rot in the fields like unhowkit tatties, their
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
a rare time rinnin aboot the fields, playin in the hey loft or tr
; dreepin the dykes intae the fields, an spearin them up intae a p
2 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth The killin fields!, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
The killin fields!
1 matches

Letford, William Bevel, (Carcanet 2012 ISBN: 978 1 84777 192 6) Central - Stirling, poetry
s we kin fly forget aboot the fields Frank look it the sky
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
up early, tredding listening fields.
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Ozsome, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
nt the road wis surroondit wi fields o reid poppies. The Wicked Wi
1 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
t ah see aroon me. Trees n’ fields n’ a’ that guid stuff. Na
1 matches

Capener, Jack This laund wis wrocht for you an me, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central - Edinburgh, blog
at own thaim, wi wids becomin fields becomin muirs as the laird’
1 matches

Duncan, Robert Peeweep, (Wigtown 2015) Central - Lumphinnans, poetry
atween the tumshie fields,
the tumshie fields,
2 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
ing and aa your darg i’ the fields, what’s been gien ye forby
And the fruitfu fields o Britain
Bricht will shine the fields o Britain,
en wis idle and unhonest, the fields wis fou o weeds, the biggins
oned, tae represent the green fields o Britain, while the huif and
5 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
wis able tae catch a glisk o fields in the futehills o the Tien S
maun hae gaed intae makin the fields ... A couple o degrees had ma
yird, though haudin it in the fields wis a Sisyphean lawbour. The
the fields - swathed fae heid tae fuit
ans on the road: they cud see fields ablow thaim as they breistit
6 matches

McClurg, Fernando Votin isna Democracy. But..., (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
tsel, but dinna abandon haill fields o democratic (or potentially
1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Ootby, (twitter 2022) Central, poetry
Jist fields, knowes an merse owre an doon
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
the Covenanters taen tae the fields and hills in droves tae liste

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 74 - Thof nae a rigmarie hae I, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Forgie me man, but Suddron fields I yet revile,
1 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
@TWPERFORMANCE_ Staunin in fields... Naakid! Prototype Calvin W(2020) search twitter

@raiphsays tweeted
Aw me tae! A cin walk aboot a fields an it reely help!(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
tches that were like ploughed fields n chants fae the fans that wi (2020) twitter link
anna beat the tatties oot the fields in east lothian - perfick ch (2021) twitter link

Doric

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 58 - The Bothy Loon, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
wanted wis tae be oot in the fields far the larkies were singin i on page 124

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Petrie, Kimberley Tales Fae The Doric Side - A Letter Tae Ma Younger Sel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
lookin oot at beasts in the fields. on page 26

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Strawberry Fields Forever or A Hard Day's Night on page 174

1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
atrick Geddes's impact across fields of enquiry ... is only beginn on page 125

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
rick Geddes’s impact across fields of enquiry … is only beginn
1 matches

Diansangu, Mae Puddock Spittins, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, poetry
soakin ih fields
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
past ma land to the abandoned fields at the bottom o Mormond Hill,
at the bottom o Mormond Hill, fields that eence fed the Bothy loon
2 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
Back til the place whar the fields aince were
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ps beginning tae ripen in the fields but the image fell awa like s
1 matches

Shearer, Gillian Skitin Oan Thin Ice, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2019) Doric - Alford, prose
ot ower the yard, oot bye the fields aa smoorit wi sna, oot bye th
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
Frae fields whare Spring her sweets has b (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gallows Ha - Dance tae the End, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
ferly plaesed that thir fields aer wavan green, on page 27

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gallows Ha - A Spell o Good Wather, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
water the plants and feed the fields. on page 31

1 matches

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
ractors ower the tap whin the fields bean rowt," he gaed on. on page 20
girs is green an lush an the fields aer bright wi breer, on page 86

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Miller, Alison Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Orkney, poetry
Stride through the fields wae aixes and wae swords. on page 43

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Driftan fields o barley and gold, sun-ripene on page 37
There's fields o yellow buttercups, aal shin on page 48
Tae the tune o 'The Green Fields o France.' on page 66

3 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
ower lumpy owld fields, on page 6
sand in the fields, on page 13

2 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Plooed fields on page 65
Fields o long gress wavan in the win on page 79
Barley fields on page 94
n strips o colour tae sleepan fields on page 112

7 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
shoot oot. Lukkan across the fields you could see a heat haze tha on page 14
see the heat shimmer ower the fields, right tae the horizon. The f on page 76

3 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Lukked oot oan no green fields. on page 115

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Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
golden fields right tae the loch. on page 111

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Lands o Twatt, (Brisk Northerly 2018) Orkney, blog
shine. The brier comes on the fields in the springtime. Whaups’
1 matches

Miller, Alison The Point o Tinsal, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Orkney, poetry
the fields an hills, the lochs, glims i
1 matches

Shetland

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
ho might be struggling in the fields eh #farming #lockdown #BankHo(2020) search twitter

Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
I gied the fields ootby Dundonald a dander the (2016) twitter link