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Use in varieties of Scots

grouse Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.8 8 3.2 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences1815 2 0 1 0 0
Number of authors12 10 1 1

Occurrences of grouse 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
Black Grouse rat-arsed on page 71

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
raed grouse on page 87

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
a brace o grouse on page 67

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Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
ack up fae a quarter bottle o Grouse he’s bought at the offie, a
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Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
life but nou anely exists for grouse shoots an postcairds.
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Thoumire, Elizabeth The killin fields!, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
t on the fly in Januar on the grouse muirs an gied tae the BBC by
hares at aw on their managed grouse muirs.
t’s aboot protectin the rid grouse fae disease; ticks an the lik
e craiturs ar predators o rid grouse. An fine they ken: the hen ha
r mair, juist like the hares, grouse feed on heather an gress. Sae
6 matches

Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
ies are oot thonder, shooting grouse on the hills, buying up fanto
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Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
locals, guinea fowl and sand grouse fluttered noisily oot o his p
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@jack_capener tweeted
Grouse moors can get so far tae fuck(2019) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
the wee grandsons in bed, the Grouse is comin oot ??(2020) search twitter

Doric

Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
ie Robertson an me wis at the Grouse Inn for some refreshment the on page 94

2 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
fit ipon him. I nivver see da grouse, just hear dat low hurrin noi on page 91

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