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Use in varieties of Scots

broom Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.9 7.2 6 0 0 31 4.4
Number of occurrences2214 4 0 0 3 1
Number of authors15 9 3 2 1

Occurrences of broom 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.

Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Ah grabbed a broom, on page 25

2 matches

Briggs, Susi Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
ust cackled an jumped oan her broom. on page 4

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
The broom blaws rarely on the hill, on page 36

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 58 - The Sang o the Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Sang, Hamlet an Yellow on the Broom. Rod Paterson o Jock Tamson's on page 77

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
antin an ravin, wavin aboot a broom haunel.
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ast, we would like to let the broom sweep clean before you make s
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
hat an’ she rides an aul’ broom
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
“Oh the broom, the bonnie, bonnie broom, th(2020) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
ationScot readin 'Room on the Broom' in Scots tae hunners o schui (2019) twitter link
rin a screenin o 'Room on the Broom' and a readin o the story in (2019) twitter link
Room on the Broom in Scots, read by @Shane_Stra (2019) twitter link

Doric

Fairbairn, Jamie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Banff, newspaper
cNaughtan's The Yellow On The Broom, aboot the traivellin folk gi on page 37

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
es wad be brichtened by yalla broom at their sides an violets at
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
ses when the yellow’s on the broom'. Adam McNaughtan #scotslangu (2020) twitter link

Southern

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
wisna a spark o yellae on the broom, anely the black pods frae th
1 matches

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
and being part of em being a broom-nosed to those lizard cabals.(2020) search twitter
same oan voting paper with ma broom!(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
It's batterin broom, on page 6

1 matches

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