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sherry Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.1 6.7 13.6 9.9 5.8 20.7 0
Number of occurrences2613 9 1 1 2 0
Number of authors15 6 5 1 1 2

Occurrences of sherry in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
vver taen mair nor ae gless o sherry at a time in aw her life, she on page 100

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ndra rushes up tae Maw, sweet sherry in haun. She's wearin a loose on page 5
Ah poured the last o ma sherry intae ma mooth. Sandra shook on page 62
mas, they invited me in fur a sherry, and ah hud nae option but ta on page 79
re in fillin me up wi advice, sherry in one hand and fag in the ot on page 87

5 matches

Beckett, Mavis Duncan Lallans 59 - Auntie Aggie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ookit up mair nor a glessfu o sherry an A dinna ken hoo much brand on page 118

1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
urk, drinking cider n British sherry. Nae Emva Cream like Mary lik
1 matches

Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
she said, takin a sip o hur sherry.
oved it if she’d thrown hur sherry ower me, stood and stormed oo
id, and she looked up fae hur sherry.
3 matches

Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
on, Sam is awfie protective o Sherry,” Miss Pullar soothed. “W
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
lan fur the road. The smooth, sherry seasoned whisky glides doon m
1 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ood galore Sweeties, nuts and sherry on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ties an a great muckle dish o sherry trifle fir the poodin." on page 18

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
. "Fit aboot a nice aperitif? Sherry aricht?" on page 27
turn fite as she grippit the sherry bottle - her veesitors hid j on page 28
at - my missus maks the best sherry trifle ye've ivver tastit." on page 29

4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ly cowpit heid first inno the sherry
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
tasting nicht. Probably fae a Sherry Cask.(2021) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
r! She’s either been on that sherry again or Bert is up tae his a(2017) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
And blames the sherry trifle when she tells a dirty on page 70

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
Dey cam wi sherry an shortbread tae her, an da on page 31

1 matches

Southern

Purdie, David C. Lallans 90 - Le Vin de Mon Pays, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Southern, poetry
Forleit yer gin or rum or sherry, on page 7

1 matches

@jamie_ginger tweeted
bson46 3 raw eggs and a nip o sherry mixed together before the ste(2012) search twitter

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