Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

custard	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	4.8	4	7.4	19.9	5.8	0	0
Number of occurrences	16	8	5	2	1	0	0
Number of authors	13	5	5	2	1

Occurrences of custard in Corpus

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Central

Stevenson, Gerda Cat Wumman: Tales O Nine Lives - The Witch, (Luath 2025 ISBN: 978-1804252420) Central - Peebles, prose
'Ye're juist a scaredy custard,' Maisie sneests at me, then on page 41

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ill turn up. Ah guess General Custard must huv said the on page 20
Efter ah hud ma apple pie and custard ah dashed tae change ootae ma on page 197

2 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 59 - Eve and the Aipple, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
le. He wis aye a rale cooardy custard ower the Laird. Then A took a on page 89

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
an custard fu o lumps. on page 29

1 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 59 - Eve and the Aipple, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
le. He wis aye a rale cooardy custard ower the Laird. Then A took a on page 89

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
e: Och, Adam, ye're a cooardy custard!
1 matches

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
@JaneyGodley Pink custard wi sponge from primary school(2020) search twitter

Doric

Reid, Adeline Tales Fae The Doric Side - A Clootie Duff, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
jist hett or caul clartet wi custard or cream on page 21

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
mixed flavour o cherry-tart, custard, pine-apple, roast turkey, to on page 13

1 matches

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
servin them oot o ma tray wi custard pies fair in the physog. Abod
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
25. The Tale o Coordy Custard
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
llowed by rhubarb crumble and custard for lunch fae The Old Mart Ca(2017) search twitter

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
In custard droond. on page 116

1 matches

Leonard, Ingrid Northwords Now 43 - Ingrid Leonard, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Orkney, poetry
hey serve clootie dumpling an custard on page 18

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
lack a mixter o cherry-tart, custard, pineaipple, rost turkey, tof on page 13

1 matches