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Use in varieties of Scots

fisherman Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.5 1.6 14.4 29.8 17.4 10.9 4.4
Number of occurrences203 9 3 3 1 1
Number of authors12 2 3 3 2 1 1

Occurrences of fisherman in Corpus

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Central

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Middle Eastern halle saint, a fisherman fae Galilee revered bi kirk a on page 77

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
een an, wi his faither bein a fisherman, the'r a wheen o fish he cuid
e haundit it ower an the auld fisherman haed a guid leuk at it bi the
2 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
she wisna lang merriet tae a fisherman loon. Noo, he hidna muckle si
d bi aathin o ill-omen. Gin a fisherman saw a blaik cat on the road t
day. Gin onybody speired o a fisherman far he wis gyaun, he wadna sa
3 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
h, so I used my secret weapon Fisherman’s Friends. A half dizzen o
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
gsyne Angus hid heard an auld fisherman tell o an eildritch shelt tha
haime The Kelpie’s Puil. A fisherman aften
The kelpie maun hae likit the fisherman’s rod, fur it niver raisse
fisherman’s rod. Ye maun bring his mi
4 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
heirs boatmen fae Poland, and fisherman fae peterheed, bit there's ey(2018) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Ah'm been a keen fisherman aal o me life. (Hid's a welco on page 71

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Whaar the fisherman sat an watched the sky on page 25

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
the homeward bound fisherman on page 149

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
hedd him tae a Fraserborough fisherman, an whin he fan oot shü wis on page 37

2 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
A fisherman waeled hit oot fae da herrin: on page 67

1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Lotus leafs dance ahint the fisherman’s boat.
1 matches

Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
A Fisherman's Year on page 46

1 matches

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