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Use in varieties of Scots

swan Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.4 10.1 4.8 9.9 0 10.9 8.8
Number of occurrences2619 3 1 0 1 2
Number of authors13 8 2 1 1 1

Occurrences of swan in Corpus

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Central

Hardie, George Lallans 82 - As The White Swan Passes, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
As The White Swan Passes on page 14

3 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
is bein rug-sooked. Deid swan-necked, on page 16

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
The Siller Swan on page 37

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Wee Story Aboot Love, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
her, as if she wis dauncin in Swan Lake. Her claes were made o b on page 71

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
issue includes 'As the White Swan Passes', in whilk George Hard on page 6

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
bit the youngest left wi yae swan’s wing insteid o a human ha
d tak thaim, he turnt intae a swan, the joog fell tae the flair,
ns. She thocht o the angel wi swan wings in the auld classic fil
thocht o Zeus, disguised as a swan an abductin Leda, The great w
craigs ...” She sketched a swan’s neck in the air wi her ri
7 matches

Mackintosh, Henrietta A Tale o Twa Leids: Gaelic, Scots an smoorin wi luve, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
Common Space, Katie Gallogly-Swan, accordin tae the airticle’
Katie Gallogly-Swan scrieves: ‘In Scotland, we
2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
aw - ad rether dae that than swan aboot at a jim - sorry gym l (2020) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
re flaffin aboot lik he wis a swan ettlin tae get airborne. He w on page 14

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
rae the warld tae Heiven An a swan flew throwe her dream wi a ha
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
reland a buik o poems aboot a swan caad Leda. In England a boura
1 matches

Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
m very taken with the liminal swan feather at the top. (2021) twitter link

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 67 - The Incomparable Li Po (701-762), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
ti swan it ower us aw for cuddie's ye on page 34

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
wrang directions. There’s a swan on ma right wi strang airms a
The swan is Jenny.
2 matches

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