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Use in varieties of Scots

mud Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.9 13.9 9 9.9 0 10.3 13.3
Number of occurrences3827 6 1 0 1 3
Number of authors29 19 6 1 1 2

Occurrences of mud 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
se roots gan faur by clart an mud an intae near by on page 77

1 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
it's sinkin' slowly intae the mud! Thing is, they say thit thae on page

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Mixed in wi mud and ither feech - on page 33

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Ditches and mud. We're reckoning It's wiser t on page 63

1 matches

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
o mud an ash in an effort tae keep on page 195

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
ff the sword and lands in the mud in front ae me. on page 174
aws fae his hawn an intae the mud. on page 175

2 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
eh wiz covered in mud an grass stains on page 52

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
side but ane o the Australian mud-loggers on the Criss-Cross di on page 51

1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
Forby, she had skited on the mud in Fraser's gairden an her tr on page 3
maw added, pickin a bit dried mud aff the fit o the stair. on page 4

2 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
oes intae the hardened summer mud. on page 42

1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
alien sensation o the packit mud flair unnerfit insteid o anit on page 8

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
get faur in that either. The mud sooked and slavered at the bo on page 27

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Land o Fallen Empires, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
slithir intil thi mud, rush agin thay spears, on page 76

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
ll, rottit: life whiles, then mud, slime, peat on page 107

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
that maks the gress a sea o mud.
that makes the lawn a sea of mud,
2 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
aw, stickin oot fae under the mud. It’s got patches o black a
s used tae hae. I tear at the mud wi my nails till I get to the
me: me standing in the field, mud on my nightie, up my arms, my
3 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
eit, her legs were smoored wi mud an her hair wis raivelt up wi
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Wi mud an grass that's true.
1 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
an’ ah’ walk ower, in the mud an’ the wind an’ the rain
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Get it gaun an’ sling some mud Then yais big wurds ye learn'
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
oan there website - ma names mud noo! (2021) twitter link
o some early morning tunes - mud - the cat crept in - crept (2020) twitter link

Doric

Lawrie, Alistair Tales Fae The Doric Side - Kelpie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
wi mud his claes were claart; on page 11

1 matches

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
60 Dar Oma in a Transylvanian mud-bath A hap masel in bleck ile on page 3

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
es o clawmarks dreelit in the mud. The party followed these eer
1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
Christ, we’d hae mowed in mud,
1 matches

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
Muck… or mud, I said.
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
children will be “covered in mud” during the summer holidays!(2017) search twitter

Orkney

Hollinrake, Fran Flett Assipattle and the Mester Stoorworm, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
Wi smok and bilin mud, it seems this is hoo Iceland
1 matches

Southern

@jamie_ginger tweeted
gs the toons name through the mud and creates a huge carry on d(2019) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
picturd a wumman in a cabin o mud an stane bae the shore. There on page 50

1 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
They focht in the mud an the blood o the Somme, on page 30

2 matches

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