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The word 'mice'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
miceOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus17.25733
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 40.7 7 4
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 105.5 3 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B 111.9 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 25.1 5 2
AYR - Ayrshire 42.7 4 2
LAL - General Central 19.7 15 10
SEA - South East (Borders) 48.4 4 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 94.2 3 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) 4739.3 2 1
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 113.7 4 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of mice in Corpus

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Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
e best laid scheme's o men an mice aa gaan agley, this turned oo on page 16

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
wis doon here wi me! Der nae mice ida air, A'm sorry ta say, bu on page 10
n a splendid haand at catchin mice - Oh, A'm sorry!" eried Alic on page 23
atten a guid haand at catchin mice, you hae nae idea. An oh, I w on page 31
r, an bein oardered aroond bi mice an rabbits. I nearly wiss I w on page 35

4 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
Dey wir a clockwark moose, an mice medd oot a sometheen fine at on page 28

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
)s: dratsis 'otters'; mooses 'mice' on page 44

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
l; hed shaan her foo ta catch mice an guddle sillocks at da shor
1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ere doon here wi me! Air's no mice in e air, A'm frichened, but on page 10
such a great wan for catchan mice-oh, A beg yer pardon!" said A on page 21
such a greast wan for catchan mice ee canna think! An oh, A wish on page 29

3 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
teem - we're as peer as kirk mice Am suin that doctor for wrang on page 15

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ves oot ahin. Bawds an hairst mice ran wud-feart afore the muckl
1 matches

Mid Northern B

Dunnett, Nathan The Auld Asylum, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
cushiedoos in the rafters and mice scuttling aboot.
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
Weel, the best laid schemes o mice an men, Tam,’ an picked up
1 matches

General Northern

Wheeler, Leslie Brockit, the Ferm Toon Cat, (Grampian Regional Council 2000) Doric, weans
"The ferm mice will seen hae tae be lookin o
1 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
"Freens, rottans, kintra mice on page 8

1 matches

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
ed. Remember that time we had mice. Ah nods. 'Ah've washed him a on page 7

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
, no even a neep. There's nae mice fer the horses, nivver mind a on page 81

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
doon here wae me! There's nae mice in the air, hike, bit ye migh on page 10
an she's that good at catchin mice-och, ah'm awfy sorry!" cried on page 22
n gittin telt whit tae dae bi mice an rabbits. Ah sometimes wish on page 35

3 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
icle online sayin theyd found mice in the same chain in Glasgow, on page 5

2 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
oun here wi me! There are nae mice in the air, I dout, but ye mi on page 10
e's the bees-knees at catchin mice-. oh, I'm awfy, awfy sorry!" on page 21
's sic a guid yin for catchin mice, I'll tell ye! An wo-och, ye on page 30

3 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
oot, an the cat had ti cotch mice. Whan the miller wes deid the on page 42

1 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
The Mice hae Empied the Skelfs on page 30

1 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 85 - What Kind Of Scots?, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
ckieleeries an tods; lions an mice. on page 9

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
of the servants scuddle like mice to dae his bidding. The castl on page 3

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
olk here are yer parents? Hoo mice! Come awa ben! That's richt! on page 68
o gowdfish and a cage o white mice and a glaikit auld hamster! I on page 127

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
that nicht in the byre wi the mice and the rattons. on page 72
yaird wi the rattons and the mice but there's nae wey I'm gonna on page 92

2 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
Six Wee Mice on page 19

2 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
The best-laid schemes o' mice an men gang aft agley. on page 84

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 67 - In Search o Robert Henrysoun, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
n-faced Gods and hou the puir mice suffer, on page 123

1 matches

Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
- a houlet - hunting efter mice, nae dout. It mindit him o si on page 17

1 matches

Perrie, Walter Lallans 73 - The Tod an the Stoat, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
haim an theirs. They knew the mice on page 53

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
thon 1972 veage the war five mice an-aw that bade on the module
1 matches

@bigandymccoll tweeted
were so poor that the church mice threw us the odd penny: I LOV (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ere wi mei! Sorry there's nae mice in th air, but ee micht catch on page 10
s sic a teesh yin fur catchin mice-oh, Ah beg eer pairdon!" crie on page 21
s sic a teesh yin fur catchin mice ee cannae imagine! An och, Ah on page 30
-er, an bein ordered aboot b' mice an rabbits. Ah near wish Ah h on page 34

4 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Men, no mice, although at least we on page 48

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
n shae's that guid at catchin mice-oh, A beg yer pairdon!" shae on page 22
n shae's that guid at catchin mice, yae cannae think! An boys, A on page 31
er, an baein ordert aboot bae mice an rabbits. A near enuch wish on page 35

3 matches

South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)

BardOfMilebush To A Merican Food, (Reddit 2017) Ulster, poetry
"The best-laid schemes o' mice and men Gang aft agley"* But
g aft agley"* But if they wee mice tried yer cheese I think they
2 matches

General Ulster

Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
Three Blin Mice on page 16

4 matches

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