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Use in varieties of Scots

stag Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16.2 18.5 24.1 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences5236 16 0 0 0 0
Number of authors19 15 4

Occurrences of stag in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
r late twinties, looks like a stag do. on page 9
'Stag do, aye?' ah say tae diffuse on page 11

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
The stag-bells ring, on page 35
diwork haird as the bite ae a stag on page 36

2 matches

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
The Stag on page 11

3 matches

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
or tae a young stag. on page 4
like a gazelle or young stag on page 5

2 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
the floozie frae the Lion and Stag And made her an honest woman. on page 16

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
larly wi the notorious hen an stag pairties that city tourist de on page 90

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Some stag ti kill, ech, ma loun? on page 32

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
erynitian Hart. Yon hart is a stag wi gowden antlers that belang on page 14
teyed still as a stookie. The stag wis busy guzzlin doon the cle on page 15
hem. Gonnae gie's a len o yir stag?" on page 16
Hercules papped the stag wi the gowden antlers on his on page 17

14 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
narrae path, he cums athort a stag winnin doun. Naither Duncan n
doun. Naither Duncan nor the stag can turn back. Thai ir lockit
fower hours o face-doun, the stag cums forrart. Duncan, wha luv
3 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ience – wi The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil in 1
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
boay but they’re away tae a stag weekend in Benidorm so cannae
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
deer. A red deer ah think, a stag though. A huge fuckin thing w
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Glen Eagle (Alan Steele), the Stag (Stewart Cairns) that's nivve
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
let saftly, seein hissel as a stag in rut, pursuin terrified fem
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
the burn aside ye aince had a stag by it, or there wis an adder
1 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
ly’s Blood, The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil, Jac (2019) twitter link

Doric

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
iiginxt furst a teeger then a stag neist a bear nou a puggie hin on page 3

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
lowed a line, that micht be a stag, or a hoosie, or fowk, jist f on page 51

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ied doon wi her airms aroon a stag – an in Ireland a buik o po
ehold gaitherins. There wis a stag bi Landseer an scenes o yowes
2 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
hit ah saw wis as real as yon stag’s heid.” replied Erchie.
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
27. The Tale o Rory the Stag
Rory the stag bedd on the banks o the Cluny
DIDNA ken, wis that Rory the stag frae Braemar hid a secret wis
t wish. Far doon in his broon stag’s hairt, he’d aywis winti
fowk foregaithered, Rory the stag creepit nearer than ordnar. T
7 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
e young loons fae last nights stag doo. Told him to buck up his (2016) search twitter
e or fan a the bam pots fae a stag / hen come in fit is affa reg(2018) search twitter

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