trick | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
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Occurences normalised per million words | 22.3 | 19.7 | 28.8 | 49.7 | 23.2 | 0 | 22.1 | |
Number of occurrences | 69 | 37 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
Number of authors | 45 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
oan an empty stomach's no the trick. Gie him it plain. on page 1
2 matches
Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
Solemn League an Covenant, an trick guid Christian men intae fech on page 24
1 matches
Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
the chain gang. The greatest trick those in power ever pulled wi on page 24
"It's no a fuckin trick question" she barks. on page 29
ressed puss hud done jist the trick. Cos ah could see in his eyes on page 98
it looks as if it's done the trick cos there's nae wey the boay on page 110
4 matches
Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
that they seemed tae dae the trick, fur a wee while onyhow. The on page 43
time! Wha played this fousome trick? Wha cowped ower this gless" on page 160
y some extraordinar gymnastic trick, mibbe judo or karate, she wh on page 212
3 matches
Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
thi trick. on page 96
1 matches
McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
Mebbe they were jist playin a trick on him but it wisnae funny an on page 78
smell? Whit hellish trick wis this? Try as they micht m on page 94
at said, 'Aye there's monie a trick an an auld... em, dug, Stevie on page 102
3 matches
Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ame in the second half: a hat trick by Niko Novak an then Barry F on page 70
Charlene, Mair lik tryin tae trick me intae failin ma diet. Thir on page 136
2 matches
Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
ks fur us. An before he did a trick he wid recite: on page 76
1 matches
Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
An auld trick he'd learnt if they stert tae on page 39
Thon Arab sheikhs hae a guid trick; when buyin a horse they flin on page 113
2 matches
Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
The trick is tae mak it believe it can on page 132
1 matches
Morning, Carey Neeps and Tatties, (self-published 2020) Central, weans
"It's a trick o the neeps!" the tatties cri on page 25
1 matches
Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
eyes closed - his latest trick on page 47
1 matches
Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
tre, Ernie White scored a hat-trick against the City. Ernie wes a on page 65
2 matches
Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
ual caird game, James, jist a trick or two fur a laugh.' on page 44
1 matches
Evie OOR WULLIE’S SEASON’S GREET, (Largs Writers Group 2015) Central - Largs, prose
guid time there, no missin a trick wi the organisin’.
1 matches
Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
we can pull aff the auld coin trick o attackin somethin bi lettin
1 matches
Thoumire, Elizabeth Halloween, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ins unner signs proclaimin ‘Trick or Treat!’, the aisles stap
1 matches
Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
’m no fawin for that aipple trick again,” she thocht, ettlin
1 matches
Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
thon thievin crew’ll miss a trick tae skin aff the warkers, dae
1 matches
Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
“An old vehicle and a trick of the dust and the light,”
ld Bitch, had played a rotten trick on thaim, bit Hsien didna com
2 matches
grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
e, ye ken. It wouldnae do the trick.
1 matches
Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
fuckin lie hus done jist the trick. There’s nae doot in ma min
1 matches
@ThonJacobite tweeted
and gie ye some respect. The trick is no tae become self righteo (2021) twitter link
@kennethbryce184 tweeted
a tweets on here that dun the trick lol (2020) twitter link
Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ckon that stuffie's deein the trick on page 15
1 matches
Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"C'mon, it's nae a trick question. Fit's oan yer coffe on page 20
1 matches
Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
he said. "This is the aalest trick in the book!" on page 106
3 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
esty wifie. She wis tryin tae trick him. There wisna a cow on the
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
nracht telt Digger McPhee the trick tae stop a horse frae pittin
te Horsie on the front o't, a trick she'd learned at Migvree, far
2 matches
McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
ed, the spinner micht dae the trick.”
1 matches
Uri, Antonia The birds an the bees, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
save the bees, an explains a trick that ah masel hiv seen wirk s
1 matches
Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
gh the olive ile hid deen the trick and the bairn cam intae the w
1 matches
Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
s and that seemed tae dee the trick. At my next therapy session I
1 matches
@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
can Thon baldie hoor missed a trick, #HotelCaledonia(2019) search twitter
@FaeFoggie tweeted
plash o i middle een wid di I trick. It wid be like spashin Joop (2019) search twitter
@72redz1903 tweeted
he will go back tae be a one trick pony with his consultant gig (2022) twitter link
@fittiecrooners tweeted
ttie Kids chapping on ma door trick n treating looking fer free s(2017) search twitter
Blooming trick or treat kids at ma door last(2019) search twitter
Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
ome by the kirkyaird, a grand trick we thowt we'd play. on page 61
the second wan. Whit a dirty trick. on page 79
2 matches
Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Strip the willow will do the trick on page 157
1 matches
Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
thinkan o? It must hiv been a trick o the grimleens. Mr Dursley b
1 matches
De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
Death plays dat trick an aa, on page 32
1 matches
Williamson, Christie Shaetlan an compoonds a da richt, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2014) Shetland, blog
ony tongues is da aaldist new trick i da book. Scotland didna sto
1 matches
De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
ll an pickit apö da gless (a trick her midder hed shaan her). He
1 matches
Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Tha lach ahint each "Trick or Trait", on page 55
1 matches
Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
A hat trick frae Davy sint them on thir w on page 2
Hir clever trick sae plain, on page 19
2 matches
Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Dant trick yersell til such a thing, on page 27
1 matches