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Use in varieties of Scots

brownie Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.7 2.5 4.4 0 0 0 4.8
Number of occurrences95 3 0 0 0 1
Number of authors6 3 2 1

Occurrences of brownie in Corpus

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Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
irer collieshangie anent 'The Brownie of Bodsbeck'. The'r the blith on page 116

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh The Return of the Brownie of Blednoch, (no publisher recorded 2022) Central, poetry
The Return of the Brownie of Blednoch
The brownie stood strecht an his vyce wis
At that the brownie skimmert an wis gaun,
3 matches

Niven, Liz Burnin Whins, (Luath 2004) Central, poetry
fir yer Brownie o Blednoch written at Borgue.
1 matches

Doric

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
ittie afore) til the tiny The Brownie of Bodsbeck or The Bogle. Mon on page 126

1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
ittie afore) til the tiny The Brownie of Bodsbeck or The Bogle. Mon
1 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
. Weel. A'm nae sayin A wis a Brownie yistreen, mine. ?? https://t.(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
ae a ghaist, or a bogle, or a brownie, or a banshee, or a wraith, o on page 13

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