tails | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
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Occurences normalised per million words | 19 | 14.9 | 18.1 | 19.9 | 40.7 | 51.7 | 26.6 | |
Number of occurrences | 61 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | |
Number of authors | 31 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
, but he lived aff Tam's coat tails. There is always the distinct on page 10
h Kenzie lives aff Tam's coat tails, his ain patter is decent. on page 30
2 matches
Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
ep in thocht. "They hae their tails in their mous-an they're aa h on page 44
3 matches
Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
busked the horses' manes and tails on mairket days. on page 6
1 matches
Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
that's hingin aboot his coat-tails - Ill be the first tae sclim on page 24
e lassie gruppin at the apron-tails hingin ower her swallt wame. on page 46
2 matches
Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
ies are sometimes caud fluffy tails or sometimes bunnies, aye an' on page 34
2 matches
McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ved bi hingin On tae the coat-tails o a system o governance that on page 16
est as hingin in tae the coat-tails o the Union an sook up whaniv on page 85
sae they hing on tae the coat-tails o the biggest Empire currentl on page 117
3 matches
Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
apidly doon the loabby wi the tails o his ploom-coloured velvet c on page 71
is ploom-coloured velvet coat-tails fleeiy oot ahint him like a f on page 118
2 matches
Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
l doon the wey, because their tails get in a fankle, they can on page 61
1 matches
Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
s. It wis normally like rats' tails, hangin ower ma face, which i on page 39
1 matches
Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
O bugloss an tod-tails, nou gaes on page 36
1 matches
Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
ppiness, never sic joy. Their tails were aye waggin, and their ee on page 48
1 matches
McCallum, Andrew Lallans 73 - Ecce Homo, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
twa dugs tirlin tails 'neath the soop o e's haun. on page 71
1 matches
Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
o Dunbar an that it haed twa tails comin aff it. Whiles ane o th
omin aff it. Whiles ane o the tails wis seen tae brek aff an move
2 matches
Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
irin a lang jaiket wi knottit tails that seemed tae be on inside-
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
McDade bends doon an tails it, ‘Mone, Danny. Lets get
1 matches
Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
uskit the horse’s manes and tails on mercat days.
matee for the hens, the Clean Tails League for the kye, the Raggl
2 matches
Milligan, John Lallans 68 - Fu Brawlie Kythe Their Hair, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, poetry
yon lass wis frae hid guts an tails an heids on page 40
1 matches
Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
jist like a dog wi twa tails Jonsar Eck wis workin awa. Th
Ronald wis like a dog wi twa tails, an efter anither pint or
2 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
An Jock's pleated the horses' tails in braids, sae they'll be saf
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Abune, the cloods war meers' tails wheeped bi the snell win that
1 matches
Hutchison, Pat Sanners Gow's Tales and Folklore of the Buchan - The Clootie Dummmplin!, (Ayton Publishing 2017 ISBN: 978-1910601419) Doric - Banffshire, prose
t a grey colour that hid lang tails tae them tae haap a man’s b
ken fine I like tae keep the tails o yer aal sarks for tae mak m
2 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
y beeriet their nebs in their tails, bored thirsels inno the oo,
1 matches
@Manuforti1968 tweeted
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Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Mares tails string across the west, a war on page 95
1 matches
Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
tinkin it ower. "Dey hae der tails ! der mooths - an der crumbs on page 102
aa a lang wye. So dey got der tails stucken i der mooths. So dey on page 103
3 matches
Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
aain aroond lack a dug wi twa tails, lookin forward ta da day whi on page 12
1 matches
De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
heads an tails o nature's providence. on page 106
2 matches
Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Skitter an slitter, tails high, on page 163
1 matches
Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ered back. "They've got their tails in their mooths - an they're on page 101
3 matches
Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
Waggin their tails ahint them on page 7
She cut aff their tails wae a carvin knife on page 16
An wee doag's tails. on page 32
3 matches