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Use in varieties of Scots

weeds Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words17.4 17 4.8 79.5 0 10.9 44.2
Number of occurrences5432 3 8 0 1 10
Number of authors26 15 3 3 1 4

Occurrences of weeds in Corpus

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Central

Scott, Colin nobody remembers the birdman - Empty Nest, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, poetry
hauf weeds onywey on page 171

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
'An forby, teegers dinna eat weeds.' on page 32

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
in. There's roots n loads ae weeds growin fae the stone floor. . on page 4

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
t, the fields were hoachin wi weeds, the steidins wantit roofin, on page 6

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
eathed wi bracken, nettles an weeds, on page 94

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
ther side a great river o dry weeds. on page 129

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
d o been in class, pullin the weeds oot their floo'er pots, and e on page 37

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
points tae the Masonic Hall. Weeds are growin oot o its crevices on page 3
hur plant pots were filled wi weeds instead o flowers. But efter on page 9

2 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Mairried ti him in ma widda's weeds - on page 35

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 79 - Oot o the Mooths o Weans, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
ae aye easy tae tell whit wir weeds an whit wirnae. on page 92

1 matches

Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
kyth tae the surface. Ugsome weeds. They seemed tae hae a life o on page 18

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
Weeds growne in lake and sand-clogg on page 107

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
A'll pu up the weeds an A'll pit in the seeds,
He's taen a scunner noo tae weeds,
tae me are naethin mair nor weeds.
for tho it perks up aw the weeds
It may rin tae weeds, for aw A care or ken,
12 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
win through the long grass an weeds ma only company. Ah hear the
n the expanse ay dereliction; weeds, industrial remnants an rubbl
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
re ay gravity low, graspin at weeds an exposed tree roots tae ste
1 matches

Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
and the pots are overgrown wi weeds. But there they are, richt ne
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
nhonest, the fields wis fou o weeds, the biggins needit ruifin, t
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
wis oot in the gairden howkin weeds rakin leaves an cowpin bruise(2020) search twitter
! I’m on a roll...howked oot weeds in the gress an pit in new gr(2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
me-made cairtie wis chokit wi weeds. on page 86

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ne braw hoose, in her widda's weeds, wi her twa unmerriet dothers
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
weeding the gerden i'day. Yon weeds seem tae laugh at ony weed ki(2017) search twitter

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
gossipan wae the weeds. on page 36

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ey Mr Strimmer Ma-an, cut sum weeds fur me on page 63

6 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
land to me. This, and other "weeds of cultivation" declining wid(2020) search twitter

Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
howein awa at the weeds.
1 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
hirpled through heidstanes an weeds. on page 10

1 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
rdit an tha ears appeart, tha weeds on page 9

7 matches

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
clabbert, her hair snarlt wi weeds — an John saa, drippin oota
1 matches

Gillen, Charles Whun A’ The Kye Had Names, (Ullans Press 2005) Ulster, poetry
An’ weeds that luk’t lake churnstaffs
1 matches

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