A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Occurrences of flooers in Corpus

Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Niver sic flooers! on page 14
We dwaum o naitur, yellae flooers, on page 22
The seelent flooers on page 32
His myndins faw like flooers on page 80
They waucht wi the hunger o flooers. on page 86
Also on pages 100
6 matches

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
in the kirk and arrangin the flooers, And ye'd soon joined the cho on page 80

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
p eats sma busses, dis it eat flooers forby?' on page 27
'The thorns are nae guid ava. Flooers hae thorns jist for badness!' on page 28
'Flooers hae been growin thorns for mi on page 29
n the wee prince's planet the flooers had aye been simple craiturs. on page 30
. 'A bodie shoudna lippen tae flooers. Ye need simply look on them on page 33
Also on pages 56, 86
15 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
s comin oan it. Mibbe when it flooers. I widda showed the laddie. B on page 1

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
swept, the grass is cut, the flooers wattered, it's jist midday. on page 77

2 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
aps her there 'mang gress and flooers on page 45

1 matches

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
A cluster o henna flooers is ma luve tae me, on page 2

1 matches

Burns, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
O birds an beasts an flooers on page 60

1 matches

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Touch new leaves, smell wild flooers, on page 202

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
FLOOERS on page 109
ie if sumdy gied yi a bunch a flooers in school. Ah didnae say anyt on page 111
nice, said Laura, Whit kinna flooers wid the guy buy yi. Dunno, ah on page 112
HEH YOU WI THE FLOOERS on page 114

7 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Wi his bunches o flooers, on page 147

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
wis a bottle o perfume cawed FLOOERS O NEEPS. It honked o auld che on page 22
vin it doon. 'Helga's hairset Flooers o Neeps perfume. Braw. This i on page 76

2 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
awfie fancy lobby scentit wi flooers intae a muckle great room, an on page 38
hite-faced wimmen were sortin flooers in a vase that frae a distanc on page 134

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
et me started oan the plastic flooers. on page 52
Let's huv a swatch o Bettie's flooers.' on page 111
Wan o them is o pink flooers formin the word 'Mother'. The on page 112

4 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
V wis for violets, bonny wee flooers. A lassie in oor class wis Vi on page 120

2 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Review Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ae trees but a fushion o wild flooers an a scatterin o stane biggit on page 62

1 matches

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
gealt haunds A haundit oot ma flooers, on page 8
like spring flooers, fresh-faced, fou o virr. on page 27

8 matches

Bramwell, Colin Eemis Stane 1 - Jist appenin the winnock’s no eneuch, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Tae huv seen the trees an flooers an aa. on page 16

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
t there didna seem tae be ony flooers growin in the gairdens or bir on page 22
l strang bonnie women, brocht flooers and kissed the men on baith c on page 39
dreich place wi nae trees or flooers. The cloods up above were ble on page 52

3 matches

Briggs, Susi The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Princess and the Grumphieman, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
made! I want mair than stupit flooers!" on page 85

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
hs leadin through it, and the flooers that grew there had nae label on page 97

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Aed of the White Flooers, on page 22

1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 76 - Chrysanths, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
ti haud nae ither flooers
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
azard a guess at the specific flooers Burns gaithert lang syne?
1 matches

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

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Mither strugglin up like the flooers o the forest. Ah dinna think
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Thae flooers are gey dwaibly an thin -
Wi bonny flooers ye plant, in lots
It's no sae much the flooers, but fegs!
3 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth For the fat romantics, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
hite linen, an vases o bonnie flooers. Sin maist folk widnae feel r
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
d them wi simple dyes fae the flooers an plants in her gairden. But
1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
ie at aw! There were trees an flooers galore, but aw their stems we
1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
The bonnie flooers roon the lawn were identified
beeried his face in them. The flooers’ delicate scent wis oerpooe
ill an on, as he gazed at the flooers, a sense o grace an peace rai
3 matches

Eunson, Catherine Freude, (The Scores 2020) Central, poetry
and fences forgotten. Wee flooers lichtened the sweet gress
1 matches

Doric

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
he colours o the gress an the flooers. on page 84

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
o grun, covert wi girse, nae flooers - aul' Dunlop widna waste ti on page 35

3 matches

Philip, George Tales Fae The Doric Side - Winter, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
His pattrened icy flooers on winda panes. on page 80

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Fan did ee last tak flooers tae mither? An that's the wye on page 15

1 matches

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
le the owdience shooert me wi flooers A flung thaim back "quate!" A on page 3

4 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
lie" ll like ess, she luvs er flooers." on page 25
is phonin te thunk ye fir the flooers an caird at ye gat Maisie te on page 26
t the smell o the kirk wi its flooers an aa its polished wid; the m on page 74
er gairden. She'd aa kines o flooers an veggies growin side bi sid on page 88

4 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
it the purple hedder an wild flooers aat coloured the cliff taps a on page 21
he bonny brass hunnles. Ere's flooers aawye an the smell o chrysant on page 22
e beasties, trees an birds an flooers." on page 44

3 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
hen jist as seen, losin their flooers on page 3

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
his suit o birds and took the flooers fae the pewter vase. An fae t on page 118

2 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
ows in snaa an bowls o skyrie flooers, fan, on a suddenty, A was dr
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Grun sae wet flooers lie fer sodden.
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
wifie relied on tae keep her flooers upricht. Yon wire fence hid
flooers. Noo the crowd that wis stann
bairns wid jist vandalise the flooers afore they got
a look oot tae see fit kind o flooers they pit in". It wisnae lang
the flooers were loupin up in the air. Of
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
2. FLOOERS IN OCTOBER
Flooers... a queer wird fur bluid, bi
oomed in simmer. Except these flooers war secret flooers, an these
war secret flooers, an these flooers war unclean, like Minnie hers
Meg tipped the stank ower the flooers, the grieve sang oot wi a roa
7 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
a maitters o conjecture. "Nae flooers growe in the quarry in the sp
i, likely thon wad be foreign flooers. An fit the sorra wye wad for
fit the sorra wye wad foreign flooers thole the caul o an Meiklebur
andaras: yalla eens, like the flooers that Nava claimed tae hae see
the map, an aa the breets an flooers that gaed wi it. Noo ye hid t
6 matches

Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
rs wurkit. There wis plunty o flooers, and girse awyes tae play on.
1 matches

Gray, Kath Lallans 63 - Aikey Brae Fair – 1962, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
d on a drindl skirt filled wi flooers an ye hid a yella cardigan wi
1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
up is aw thay ither flooers bocht frae Tesco, bit Wullie
reend thit shae widna pit her flooers onniewhare neixt ta
Ma FLOOERS! The braisert hussie. A hope
3 matches

Diansangu, Mae Puddock Spittins, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, poetry
a flooers
1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
But the flooers o Montrose are, for us, wede
birds sing bonnie, flooers lowe bricht,
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
An it’s bin that hett aa ma flooers hiv crined an deed. They’ll
a be allowed tae watter their flooers fin watter’s scarce, bit a
olar bear’s puil. Kevin’s flooers grew richt aside it. Percy th
r watter tae skoosh Kevin’s flooers? There’s a flooer show the
b an ran ower tae the droothy flooers. Sune, they war sappy an thri
9 matches

Uri, Antonia Flooery achievement for the Scots Government, (The National 2019) Doric, newspaper
ae include plantin a hantle o flooers an trees in the project. Up u
til noo we hiv seen perennial flooers sic as poppies an marguerite
it. The nummer o these bonnie flooers alang the side o the muckle r
e see mair, different kynes o flooers poppin up ower the course o t
ae caused, the abuinmentionit flooers plantit will provide an inval
5 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Richt bonnie flooers on Union Street Aberdeen. htt(2017) search twitter
ictoria Gairden Park wi these flooers: https://t.co/nGIcLr3Bxs(2017) search twitter

Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
and the ervo, tiso and dog flooers are no gan tae git the better on page 65
And I mind he picked ye wild flooers on page 122

2 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Till you ken whut flooers tae leave alone tae graow. on page 63

1 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
A scabby owld tin wae worn flooers, wance a tea tin, on page 47
May flooers, lambs, lovers. on page 58
an the wild flooers. Hid goes hand an hand on page 59

3 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
proot fae da grund, plants an flooers an trees, wi fruit an seed ta on page 3
e. Der wir trees an bushes an flooers an trowe it aa wis a gentle b on page 5
Da wilds 'll be foo o boannie flooers. on page 55
lik da flooers be da side o da rodd. on page 57
dö da sam fir you? Tink o da flooers be da rodd. Dey dunna set at on page 95

5 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
deid girse an Widdered heddir flooers at I wisna noticed afore. Eve on page 93

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
Let a thoosand flooers bloom on page 19

2 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
fts, bairn ~ bairns, flooer ~ flooers, etc,. De'r twartree exceptio on page 49

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
banks flooers an squill face da ocean fairl on page 36
urin ditches an mine tips for flooers; on page 88

4 matches

De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
wir a bottle o scent caa’ed FLOOERS O NEEPS. Hit stank o aald che
1 matches

Sutherland, Stella Half a Twalmont, (Shetland For Wirds 2014) Shetland, poetry
scents, soonds, flooers
Da Johnsmas flooers is oot;
2 matches

Walterson, Vaila Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Da nicht afore da Trowie Show, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
t in da hills lookin fir wild flooers fir da show. Anderina wis wir
1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
time o year for da carpets o flooers ???????. As weel as da thrift(2019) search twitter
it yet. I dunna ken aboot da flooers but mind being telt dat folk (2019) search twitter
Bonny patterns in da flooers in my garden #'shetland #gard(2013) search twitter

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
k pilgrim's crumpl'd wreath o flooers on page 6
ice looked aw roond hur at th flooers an th blades o gress, but she on page 41

2 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
expressiveness. Noo awa an pu flooers oot a mowdieknowe ya dightit (2020) twitter link
A gey weel deserved handsel o flooers fir Joan on #InternationalWom(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
But thon flooers we hae taaked aboot, on page 27
Surroundit bae flooers an trees on page 35
The wilelife, plants and flooers. on page 38

3 matches

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
e, it wus spring an wee white flooers wus apenin oan tha thoarn tre
e rose-bush, covert wi perfec flooers smellin affa sweet.
r pinny an her airms fu o tha flooers, she set aff fur hame.
3 matches