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Use in varieties of Scots

basket Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words20.1 14.1 22.5 49.7 63.9 10.3 22.1
Number of occurrences6528 15 5 11 1 5
Number of authors37 16 8 3 6 1 4

Occurrences of basket in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
The Basket Makers on page 15

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
the basket, streetch an bend on page 77

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
ng reeds, achin tae hae a bit basket tae float her oot on page 49

1 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
' Poond Shop wi' a o'er foo basket an' a dozen lavvy rolls unner on page

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
basket case feeds direckly intae thi on page 116
o the fack that Scotland's a basket case, or that the English wil on page 145
really are siccan an economic basket case, whause blame is that? W on page 146

3 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
k aboot the time we wur daein basket ball wi aw the boys fae wan R on page 133
mother an faither are bliddy basket cases. on page 169

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
In the wastepaper-basket. on page 37
Wi her hauf-empty basket; on page 59
'Jist tak thaim tae the Basket Coonter'. on page 147

3 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
the stairs wi a filled washin basket. "Hiya, Hughie. Gie's a hand, on page 44

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
Pine Trees. I'd mak up a wee basket, on page 77
just a wee, middlin-sized basket, yet average, muckle kind o b on page 78
id Kanga, and she gied them a basket. on page 112
ey cam for, and they left the basket unner the trees and gaed hame on page 113

5 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
canny greenwife unpicked her basket on page 112

1 matches

Percy, Ely The Family Situation, (The Interpreters House.org 2020) Central, prose
mother an faither are bliddy basket cases.
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
ours. The threids in her wool basket luiked gey coorse an dreich;
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
ddle of the flair wis a Moses basket, draped in pink frilly covers
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Ozsome, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
d Toto aa clambered intae the basket o the balloon and up they wen
amongst some turbulence. The basket o the balloon got detached fr
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
alang a pullet in a wee’er basket forbye, the better tae leuk l
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2017) Central
eapons, the muskets, pistols, basket-swords broad-swords, dirks, t

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
al huv a wee seat n ma picnic basket wae me lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
an be poapit intae the landry basket. That maks sense. on page 40

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
Shee's teen basket's a buckie's, an box's a feis on page 69

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
n the waa te pit up er hingin basket. In fack, it wis her at phone on page 23
idea te hae aa yer eggs in ae basket," interruptit Eileen, leukin on page 37
rin in es weel. She'd full a basket wi loaf an bannacks, creamy y on page 66

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
he sicht o im curled up in is basket an the soun o im paddin roon on page 18

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
mes in, wi a wee kittlin in a basket, an a tray o saadust. on page 77

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
awa the time. En ere wis the basket abeen the garage door so he c
practice basket ball. Jonsar Eck coodnae unde
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
re ower the stibble humphin a basket stappit wi sandwiches an fanc
ck Dow, fa wis raxin inno the basket o pieces wi a haun like a ham
tae nestle in the foon o her basket, Doctor Henderson's car hid b
he pot fin Maisie plunkit the basket o hens'eggs doon on the kitch
4 matches

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
Basket suppers wir the new thing
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
in shop bit me, get tae till basket full, then 10 folk wee 1 item(2017) search twitter

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
I checked the basket, then the path on page 105

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
along with the strae shopping basket, wae a warning tae buy nothin on page 30

3 matches

Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
east. This plain is the breid basket o northern Italy. It’s whar
1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
is midder pat him in a peerie basket i da river hoopin dat some GÃ on page 15
his men gied an each filled a basket. on page 113

2 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
black kettlin raise oot a his basket an stretched himsel. Shü str on page 28
celebrate dis day wi makkin a basket. on page 94

3 matches

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
hit. A willow basket shaepit tae a back, on page 31

1 matches

Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
Shö haanded me da paetie basket. I sees a ale pig a da boddam
ody cam efter me. I laeves da basket a da face a da stack, an watc
2 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
£50 worth in me Waterstone's basket so I imagine yun'll be happen(2021) search twitter
. (She says wi a Waterstone's basket fu o books)(2021) search twitter

@HazelTindall tweeted
de Ciaran Hogan, Irish Willow basket makker.(2019) search twitter

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
'Jist tak thaim tae the Basket Coonter.' on page 220

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ab trench coat wi hir shappin basket. "Ihon's a powerful hansome o on page 19

1 matches

Hanna, Wendy Gaitherin’ Purdas!, (Facebook - Schomberg Society 2020) Ulster, poetry
Fill yer basket, quare and quick!
1 matches

Stewart, Kenny The Proota Field, (Facebook 2021) Ulster, poetry
tae the oul tipping trailer a basket for tae fetch
So ye filled the basket up ye see and soon developed
2 matches

@OrangRuth tweeted
h I let maesell in, ye cheeky basket(2020) search twitter

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