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Use in varieties of Scots

chickens Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.6 12.6 3 29.8 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences3125 2 3 1 0 0
Number of authors18 14 2 1 1

Occurrences of chickens in Corpus

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Central

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
thrang wi dugs, chickens, pigs. on page 5

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ioner ran aboot like heidless chickens lookin fir it, while the rest on page 86

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
bbin thir heids like powerful chickens. They declare what frequencie on page 3

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
laid oot on display and nekit chickens hingin up, and the wee bank a on page 171

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
scrabblin aroun like heidless chickens ettlin tae come up wi some pl on page 130

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Bogles, kelpies, ghaists o chickens in the haw, on page 23

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
the graveyaird, doon tae the chickens an roond by the burn, hen." I on page 70
"Let's go an see the chickens," I said noo. on page 71
a real secret. It's aboot the chickens." on page 72
hip, gettin excited aboot the chickens. I smiled a wee bit at her - on page 73
at these chickens. Hurry up afore the secret yi on page 74
Also on pages 76
11 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
Coontin yer chickens wis bad luck an aw sae that c
heard a body coontin awbody's chickens that wey, ye micht cuid undae
2 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
t carcasses, or a hunner live chickens, at a time intae the Labyrint
1 matches

Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
by various domestic fowl – chickens, Muscovy ducks, geese and eve
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
ony o thae eggs cleckit intae chickens? The lave haes aa gane tae th
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ll demandit. “Probably keep chickens in it.” He steert the fire.
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
@simonfromharlow A hundred chickens, tho. That's niver left ma mi(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
r - what a bunch oh heedless chickens lol https://t.co/5zEDOkD705 (2021) twitter link

Doric

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
nicht. Jean Insch noticed her chickens were slightly agitatit, an Be on page 118

1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
bought een o those ready made chickens fae Asda(2016) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Were seven fluffy chickens that hid hatched oot owernigh on page 12
A dizzen fluffy chickens got an early morneen dip on page 14
Hid smacks a bit o chickens hivvan come back home tae roo on page 36

3 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
k aff too, fae da laachters a chickens dey brocht oot i da voar, dey on page 15

1 matches

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