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Use in varieties of Scots

maid Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words17.8 20.7 17.6 0 5.8 10.9 13.3
Number of occurrences5539 11 0 1 1 3
Number of authors21 15 2 1 1 2

Occurrences of maid in Corpus

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Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
im the boxroom, wi denners an maid-service, steyed yin flair doo on page 133

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
ngs, he thocht I wis his hous-maid," she said tae hersel as she on page 33

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
Cessnock Castle as a kitchen maid, Grizel had seen this dizzens on page 65
at Cessnock, than her kitchen maid in her wee cothous gt Cruiked on page 71
library that Lady Margaret's maid whiles brocht doun when they on page 74

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
As maid tae seeven tottie men on page 24

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Or just donnert auld maid With her rosaries and missals on page 55

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
we had an auld-maid teacher on page 36

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 67 - Leddy Stair’s Closse, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Leddy Stair, cled as leddy's maid, on page 141

1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
The cook, cursin the keetchen maid fur not haein securit the por on page 8
Whan the keetchen maid startit greetin, he stoppit s on page 9

3 matches

Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
awa wi the princess. The auld maid wis efter them like a shot. S on page 43

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Wee Story Aboot Love, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
rnin, in the cauld ashes, the maid foond a daud o tin in the sha on page 81

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
At lang last, a scuffie wee maid in the kitchen spak up, even on page 97
The courtiers follaed the wee maid intae the widd, scartin thems on page 98
wis jist a puddock," the wee maid tellt them; and, this time, s on page 99
"Puir wee birdie!" the wee maid thocht, for she kent that the on page 101
whit yer hert says," the wee maid thocht, but naebody cared whi on page 103
Also on pages 106, 112
12 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
The Maid gang in Orleans veectorious i on page 32

1 matches

Robertson, Colin Lallans 73 - Auld Scots law, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
e party that the complante is maid apoun sa that the party playn on page 23
t and meaning of the said act maid to that effect of befoir. on page 24

4 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 73 - Proverbs o Hell, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
An auld maid wha was carefou, canny on page 78

1 matches

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
, he had a bit of help from a maid who wid just do general hings
ht as well, even just fae the maid’s chat of it – so, he wan
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
r maist blissit Magestie (The Maid o Norrowey), ilk maiden ladye
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
ar, then haunds it in tae the maid,
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
n's faimly, that alang wi the maid, sees Tartuffe's hypocrisy wi
er a speech bi the perceptive maid, Dorine, convincinly played b
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
he demandit. “Ye’re no a maid, an Ah’m no yer grannie! Gi
1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
sikk her. She'll dee an auld maid. A dour bitch, that's fit I t on page 51

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
el ye'll mairry', the kitchie maid cried, lauchin an clappin her
ousin Isie, an Meg Ramsay the maid.
eep the twa quines quate, the maid hid taen oot the braisse fur
The maid lichtit a caunle fur the pair
eens at the ootside door. The maid, Meg Ramsay hid born the brun
8 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
uties. As a lowly “scullery maid” she'd tae start at five o'
rary and to take the scullery maid with her. Dichtin Jessie’s
2 matches

Shetland

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
g her over here as a scullery maid..." on page 35

1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Ma maid is that donnert, she offers
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
play an unconventional game o maid an mistress on the border o S on page 1

2 matches

Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
Tha maid wus in tha gerdin hangin oot on page 31

1 matches

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