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cratur Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words22.2 18 13.6 0 0 10.3 115.1
Number of occurrences7135 9 0 0 1 26
Number of authors17 11 3 1 2

Occurrences of cratur in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 82 - The Banes o Alba, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
an brocht life tae ilka cratur, on page 32

1 matches

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
On viewin a likely lookin cratur on page 20

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Craturs oan the cratur on page 72

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
rne, an the grotesque Johnson cratur hae been thinkin aboot since on page 54

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
had bocht a big bottle o the cratur wi the siller he had left in on page 30
de an stick the great floatin cratur wi a special lang spear, rich on page 41
ce they'd had a wee sip o the cratur, 'an it wis fell bad.' on page 44
hae a dram or twa mair o the cratur, jist tae bigg up their stren on page 64
A great ten-foot gochle-green cratur wi reid starin een an lang ha on page 66
Also on pages 69, 70, 79, 80, 90, 94, 100
21 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
this cratur mumped: Takin. Giein. on page 18

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
son, ye ken. I widnae see the cratur stuck, but I couldna believe on page 24
whit an awfy wye tae go. Poor cratur." The crabbit yin wis wailin on page 36
could find oot where the auld cratur wis an return it. Micht be a on page 39

3 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
Whit kinna cratur canna let a lass mak claes fi on page 61

1 matches

Robertson, James The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Lassie in the Snaw, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
when she wis deein, puir wee cratur," fowk said. "That's terrible on page 55

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Distempered, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Puir cratur, A can sense his confusion,
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
The inoffensive wee cratur is the foond o mony an insult
1 matches

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
Wee, shilpit cratur, movin like a geluk
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
a larry. He wis a shilpit wee cratur aside the buirdly Auld Men wh
1 matches

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 67 - Twa poems bi Douglas Kynoch, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Doric, poetry
Fit's aat little cratur on page 63

4 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
It wad tak a rale contermynit cratur tae murther himsel.' on page 80

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
is fameeliar yit oonfameeliar cratur. He himsel was awaar o his oo on page 30

2 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
and the wee-bit cratur skippit awa.
1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
@cattyish Hardy cratur(2020) search twitter

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
ly Shame there's nae alc-free cratur. Hae tae settle fir a decaf t(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
tha body o some poor murdered cratur. He thoucht tae see gin there on page 13
heard a quare gulder fae tha cratur's hoose an gaed tae investiga on page 14
We'd gar a cratur boke? on page 17
Fae some puir cratur's jaa! on page 19
Whan A foond tha cratur's bane. on page 20
Also on pages 25
8 matches

Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
dd it oot. Nae doobt mony's a cratur had the tongue bate clean oot
1 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
ae tha Belfast hallions gie a cratur for cloddin tha baa owre a mo (2019) twitter link
Thon @mikenesbittni cratur, taul me the Ulster Scots put (2014) twitter link
Whan a carnaptious cratur slabbers aboot #UlsterScots b (2015) twitter link
Design You'll hae tae gie the cratur a microwave: wheech the tay i (2015) twitter link
ough I'm mair o a "scunnered" cratur mysel! (2014) twitter link
and 12 other occurrences.

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