| sheu | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Occurences normalised per million words | 183.5 | 0 | 0 | 5812.9 | 17.4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Number of occurrences | 588 | 0 | 0 | 585 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Number of authors | 15 | 14 | 1 |
Tait, Ruth Gallows Ha - Watchan Eyes, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Sheu meed up hur mind tae sell on page 9
Sheu gaed the men ale tae drink. on page 10
10 matches
Garson, Sheila Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Many a bairn sheu delivered. on page 12
11 matches
Sclater, Kathryn Gallows Ha - Five Signs, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Sheu owns wan familiar, a cat. on page 15
Sheu his wan devil's mark. on page 16
6 matches
Skea, Bessie Gallows Ha - Earth-bound, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Sheu will not keep my lightsome la on page 18
1 matches
Garson, Sheila Gallows Ha - Annie, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Sheu stood on the banks on page 30
3 matches
Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
hings wis nearer tae hapnan". Sheu gaed her coffee a steg, aroon on page 14
hing wi that, as thoo can see sheu is gittan hersel in a bit o a on page 15
he door wae'll niver ken, but sheu gaed wan almighty bogle an te on page 16
Sheu paused for anither swig o cof on page 17
Sheu glanced ower tae the clock on on page 18
Also on pages 96, 97
23 matches
Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Sheu's really me Mammy's auntie on page 1
Sheu kept thinkan I wis me Mam. on page 2
Sheu disna tell thee thoo're a pes on page 6
Sheu wis sure that he wid tak me - on page 7
Sheu took me tae a disco and I lik on page 10
Also on pages 11, 12, 16, 23, 33, 35, 36, 39, 40, 41, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 59, 61, 63, 64, 66, 72, 79, 80, 81, 83
151 matches
Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
at sheu isno heard fer eyght geud yea on page 3
Sheu leuks aroon the ither fock, on page 4
an whan sheu steps intae the airlock on page 5
"J-Just to look," sheu says, catchan the poynt on page 8
kens the guff o traed. Sheu poynts the wey. on page 9
Also on pages 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 40, 42, 44, 45, 46, 48, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 63, 64, 66, 68, 69, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 104, 105, 106, 108, 111, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 124, 125, 128, 129, 131, 133, 134, 137, 138, 140, 142, 145, 146, 147, 148, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163
298 matches
Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
an the hands sheu howlds fast on page 6
Wan more back wae thum, afore sheu could mind oan Canada on page 17
sheu wisna comfortable wae the que on page 22
sheu wisna faerd tae luk God in th on page 28
5 matches
Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ial lukan letter in her hand. Sheu hads hid oot tae him an he se on page 38
days. Afore he can say a word sheu starts 'A've hin on page 39
Many a bairn sheu delivered. on page 75
Sheu lighted on him in the shop, on page 127
Sheu turned wae the wind, slowly on page 151
20 matches
Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Sheu visited ivery hoose in the No on page 115
8 matches
Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
An still sheu sits on page 93
1 matches
Parkins, Hazel Lallans 67 - Fower Poems efter Rilke, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Orkney, poetry
Sheu steud as though milandered bi on page 58
1 matches
Hall, Simon W. Bonny Isle o Sanday, (Brisk Northerly 2016) Orkney, blog
led walk roond Spurness, whar sheu shows us a peedie baby selkie
1 matches
Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
point in fashan Mrs Dursley, sheu aalways got worked up at any
r aal, they usually pretended sheu didna hiv a sister.
‘Nup,’ sheu said sharply. ‘Whitwey?’
wis drawn intae a tight bun. Sheu lukked fairly ruffled.
celebratan, right enough,’ sheu said impatiently. ‘Ye’d t
17 matches
Giles, Harry Josephine An Excerpt From Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Future Fantasy, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Orkney, poetry
gat nyargie, at sheu’s no spocken tae
ava fae sheu teuk the ship tae Mars.
tae share the things sheu deusno mind
Sheu haads hersel appen, keeps
hir both girned an promiesed, sheu cheerios,
8 matches
Giles, Harry Josephine The future of Scots, (https://www.opendemocracy.net/ 2015) Orkney, prose
tong. Sae nae wunner at, whan sheu ran intae the Scots o hir scr
ess an identity an nation – sheu wis scunnert. Tae me, hid's g
2 matches
Harris, Jane Me Laand, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
Sheu'll no can tak hid wae har.
Fur seun sheu'll be
2 matches
Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
on tae the dryin green, whar sheu cuppit oot the tang an skaile
n wirkin in the tang for, ais sheu explained, the tang wis a nee
hid ashore alang the banks," sheu said.
3 matches
Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan, (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
nds tae baid firmlee whariver sheu’s baidan. Sheu kam tae Orkn
’s baidan. Sheu kam tae Orkney a cockney, que
t Westray, got Edinburgh whan sheu gaed tae yooniversitee, an no
he Orcadian fae hir tung whan sheu flits tae Edinburgh fir ert s
in fraes ye. A rekognais whit sheu wis deskraiban imeedyitlee, a
5 matches
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