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boannie Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words19.7 0 0 0 366.2 0 0
Number of occurrences630 0 0 63 0 0
Number of authors11 11

Occurrences of boannie in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
irds "DRINK ME" printit aafil boannie-wyes apon him in muckle lette on page 12
wi da wirds "AET ME" written boannie-wyes in currans apo da tap o on page 14
Improves his boannie feet on page 19
ter, "an shö sits purrin dat boannie-wyes bi da fire, lickin her p on page 22
him doon peerie-wyes intae a boannie-laek zigzag, an wis gyaain ta on page 53
Also on pages 60, 63, 73, 77, 100, 111
11 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Eden - da Boannie Piace on page 5
nae wrang. He even med him a boannie cot da lik o whit you hed niv on page 13
dder coarn i da hairst-rig. A boannie lass wi a strenge kind o capt on page 19
f. Dan he gied an pickit five boannie stons fae da burn an wi his s on page 24
Da wilds 'll be foo o boannie flooers. on page 55
Also on pages 95, 111
11 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
a da best crofts in da place, boannie flat rigs doon alang da burn, on page 1
rk whin he wins awa among yun boannie young lasses," Jeemie laached on page 6
's peerie lass cam fae wi yun boannie heid a red curls. Still, I su on page 11
Sarah grett ower dirtyin her boannie caird, till Robert "accidenta on page 25
ock, shü wis sthaain me some boannie dress shoes, said dey wid be on page 38
Also on pages 53, 54, 71, 77, 94
10 matches

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
da boannie game, we wir blyde for him on page 30

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
, peerie, black, blue, roond, boannie, an sic laek. A lok o da time on page 51
boannie sholmet een. Dis is different on page 64
kind wife wis gyaan tae gie a boannie maed braesslet tae da excited on page 82
rily mairried): Shø was ey a boannie wife, bit shø on page 106

4 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
A'm made a boannie baand fur hit. on page 57
da laad at hed gien her da boannie gowld brotch. on page 66
t browt hit back hame tae his boannie young dowter on page 67
but her boannie een licht darkness on page 98
An du's no jöst a boannie bride on page 100

6 matches

De Luca, Christine St Ninian's Isle, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, poetry
Here, on a boannie day, wi birds apö da wing
1 matches

Sandison, Iris Da Tree Peerie Grice, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, weans
ast aa da widd, till he hed a boannie peerie hoose, joost da richt
laagin an makkin a wark wi da boannie simmer moarnin, whin he oagit
2 matches

Facebook link (Shetland on Camera 2016) Shetland
e day, a peerie reminder o da boannie days recently

Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
pse afore we got dere. But da boannie archwye an cerved widden sign
Da Bird Hide wis a boannie widden shed wi a muckle windo
2 matches

Watt, Valerie Back tae trowie schul, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
kishie on her back. She hed a boannie new Fair Isle cardigan an a p
1 matches

Watt, Valerie A skoit trowe da shops, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
. whit wid I pick? Dere wis a boannie hen ornament dat took my ee.
e when shoppin for a trow. As boannie as dis hen wis, he wis da siz
ry an bricht shop wi dat mony boannie things. Up tae da meenit Shet
3 matches

Watt, Valerie Görwill trows blamed for earthquake, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
icht. Aabody wis dere. Fae da boannie Peesterleeties tae an oagre w
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Froggy smoorikins, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ickin his lips. “But if ony boannie lasses want tae gie me a kiss
1 matches

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
alang da Esplanade. Hit wis a boannie nicht. Da lichts o Bressa wis
s hersel. Weel, no fairly sae boannie, but wi da sam tortoiseshall
2 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
uist keep recommendin myrds o boannie claes tae me, fir I really ca(2021) search twitter
on me wye hom fae wark, aafil boannie. https://t.co/hThNdauG2X(2021) search twitter

@HazelTindall tweeted
@Shetlandhjarta Boannie. Tinkin aboot dee dis mornin (2019) search twitter

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
Boannie, boannie company. Absolutely thrilled.(2019) search twitter
Gods and ghosts in boannie skallwaa https://t.co/m6nuD67(2019) search twitter

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