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Use in varieties of Scots

sow Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.3 4.1 1.5 19.9 11.6 0 17.7
Number of occurrences178 1 2 2 0 4
Number of authors13 6 1 2 2 2

Occurrences of sow in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
that smert that the puir wee sow] (it wis Bill the Lizard) cui on page 44

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
in the warld. There wisnae a sow] aboot Muirkirk had ony douts on page 73

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
d on yellochin like a stickit sow, and Miss Trunchbull belloche on page 142

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
pey eneugh tae keep boadie an sow! thegither, neer mind feed a on page 53

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
cauld.' Yet gie this 'simple sow!' twenty grand an on page 117
tenpenny bath an no a single sow! in sicht tae help ye, on page 122

2 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 73 - Proverbs o Hell, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
At seedlin time sow thocht, on page 78

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
reaction - you reap what you sow - get the polis the nxt time (2020) twitter link

Doric

Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
taught by her aunties how tae sow. She’d ayee managed tae mak
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Geordo? Biess me sow. Is that so? Ah'm standan wha on page 79

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
fae the sow west on page 18

1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Da very thing dat my sow is set on is ta be ati dy hoo on page 37

1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
seein da Shetland Sunflooers (sow thistle) come back for anidde(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
burds o tha air; the' dïnnae sow ner reap ner hoord awa ïn ba on page 7
ister,' the' saed, 'did ye no sow guid seed ïn yer fiel? Whar on page 9
Luk at tha craws, the' nether sow nor reap an hae nae barns tae on page 92

3 matches

Hanna, Wendy Gaitherin’ Purdas!, (Facebook - Schomberg Society 2020) Ulster, poetry
Hairvest time, reap what ya sow,
1 matches

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