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The word 'craturs'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
cratursOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.54015
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 35.6 3 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.3 6 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 53.1 5 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.7 3 2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 102.5 2 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 210.8 15 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of craturs in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 67 - Twa poems bi Douglas Kynoch, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Doric, poetry
Craturs on page 63

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 77 - Whaur Gadie Rins, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
s coorse as it soons, for the craturs were aye fed at e hinner-en. on page 55

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
ie, aboot haaf o them student craturs an the feck o them chiels. Ye on page 76

1 matches

General Northern

Skinner, Alison C. Tales Fae The Doric Side - The New Leviathan, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
an still we trawl aa craturs on page 84

1 matches

(South) East Central

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
drawer he foond fower o thae craturs boond in 'cellophane'. Bi tim on page 78

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Ye see thae craturs on the banks,
Some puir misguided craturs mak an awfu song an dance
2 matches

Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
ey jalouse they’re fabulous craturs oot o fiction like Gollum, Th
ist sairly afflictit. The wee craturs like tae redd up the young wi
though sleekit and canny gaun craturs are yet no expectit tae hae h
3 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 82 - The Banes o Alba, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
craturs that still cin stairtle on page 32

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
e wee, cute diaphanous-wingit craturs o Victorian romance; they are on page 29
s knowledge o the land an the craturs that lived on it likewise gre on page 84
rage in eatin these slimy wee craturs an when askit, said they actu on page 98

4 matches

Glasgow

Durie, Nick The Best o the Baith o Thaim, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ou a wee help, ye puir stupit craturs – was setten doon. Noo, the
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Fell tramp-like craturs, locks fa'in doon, on page 31

1 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
s double dutch tae some o the craturs. Then she gave us aa the date on page 120

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Buffalo Bill, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
squeelin pagan craturs, on page 62

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Oawthe craturs She has made on page 69
Craturs oan the cratur on page 72

2 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
s o Antrim. Great wird, great craturs! (2020) twitter link

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Reynolds, Charlie Krisamas time is draa’in near, (Ullans Speakers Association 2011) Ulster - Coleraine, prose
n wae dinnae gie a thocht for craturs naw as weel aff as wursels.
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
s are tha maist Ulster-Scotch craturs. on page 5

2 matches

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
aun tae drop gear on the poor craturs fae Iraq. #translation https: (2014) twitter link
ae foond a quare wadge o daft craturs on Twatter wha arenae spakin (2014) twitter link
Thon "double glazin" craturs are fly getts: gied me a spie (2014) twitter link
aicent clatter o Ulster Scots craturs niver blew a chanter! @M_McGu (2015) twitter link
Wheen o craturs caaed "The Who" at #Glastonbu (2015) twitter link
and 10 other occurrences.