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Use in varieties of Scots

mowdie Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.4 6.7 15.1 0 0 41.3 0
Number of occurrences2713 10 0 0 4 0
Number of authors9 6 2 1

Occurrences of mowdie in Corpus

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Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
door an feet thit wad fletten mowdie-hills, Archie wis a guid heid on page 21

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
yince ower the saft sile o a mowdie-hill. A wee curn o stirks mau on page 22

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
Tae Mr Ratton, Mr Mowdie - on page 159

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
howkin beasts. That's me and Mowdie and Mappie Rabbit and aw oor on page 447
dy tae share it - yersel and Mowdie and Mappie and Whitterick and on page 48
Mowdie and Mrs Mowdie and fower Wee Mowdies. on page 75

4 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
“Ay, Mowdie!” sayed the Wattir Mouss.
1 matches

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
Aye kent on oor fairm as the Mowdie Man(2019) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
oot aboot 'The Tale o the wee Mowdie': https://t.co/BmSfcfmNGC #Sc (2019) twitter link
Mowdie an 'The Tale o the wee Mowdie', an @ScotsScriever bletherin (2019) twitter link
ung yins: 'The Tale o the Wee Mowdie that wantit tae ken wha keech (2018) twitter link
a dug... 'The Tale o the Wee Mowdie' is a licht-hartit buik that (2017) twitter link

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
dles, or the skin o a stinkin mowdie, fur a shelt hates yon abeen
1 matches

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 71 - Snuffy, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Doric, prose
t newsin awa tae Dad, his wee mowdie traps hingin owre the haunleb
a braw weskit it wis, made wi mowdie skins. In ae pocket he keepit
t the king fa stummelt owre a mowdie hillock and dee’d. This hap
e lyin at ma feet but an auld mowdie trap, twistit and roustie, bu
t aboot it – it wis an auld mowdie trap.
5 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
s time roon, till a wee gurly mowdie powkit its snoot up ooto the
e grun an said in a wee gurly mowdie’s screich, “Be quaet Vict
Mollochy Mowdie, the gang tae his birthday pa
ll fair enjoy yersel Mollachy Mowdie
4 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
hit ee ir ae expert it settin mowdie traps.” Geordie askit the
wi Geordie is hei checkit his mowdie traps.
r in eet wis Geordie’s deed mowdie. Whan Geordie
s telling the tale aboot this mowdie, hei sayed thit hei hed been
4 matches

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