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dreich Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words50.8 60 43.3 19.9 17.4 51.7 31
Number of occurrences165119 29 2 3 5 7
Number of authors82 56 13 2 3 4 4

Occurrences of dreich in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
no bad. It wis, in fact, bit dreich, as it turnt oot she had jist on page 40

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
2010 is turnin oot to be a dreich year for Lallans magazine, th on page 3

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Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
It's awfy dreich tae leeve on page 68
Throu the dreich black smeuk o ma ain terror? on page 88

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Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
w that claik aboot aw kinds o dreich daily-day troke he didna in t on page 133

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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ed at things wis mibbe no sae dreich efter aa. on page 28

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
'My life is gey dreich,' the tod said. 'I hunt chuck on page 68

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
n in a dowie vyee: "it's awfy dreich an disnae seem tae dry me at on page 25
e Mock Turtle sang this, awfy dreich an dulesome: on page 44

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
The kintra o crampers, dreich wather on page 25
The wather's turnt cauld an dreich on page 49

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
and of cold. In Scotland it's dreich on page 8
dreich smirr hoyed down from on page 10
through dreich an haurdly heatit, on page 31
Here's the weekend dreich again wi seasonal Scottish we on page 77

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
love that 'braw' is a wurd, 'dreich' too, and that 'ye cannae thr on page 7

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Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
There's naethin mair dreich than on page 30

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Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
e call you scalbert low life, dreich on page 36

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
the pappie. Yit aa owre this dreich ridge were the sites associat on page 77

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
chuil fur the wee weans wis a dreich brick buildin cried Skelpem H on page 60
thocht ithers were a wee bit dreich.' on page 74
owin them awa cannily fur the dreich months aheid. on page 175
er's braw there, no like this dreich country.' on page 226

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
in they nivver kennt the ward dreich they must hae kennt its meani on page 97
ekin, smelly oil-drum fire on dreich midwinter days. But lookin ba on page 108

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
inta murky, dark, dreich, stormy nichts, on page 4

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Dareau, Mareau Lallans 59 - The Dictionar o the Aulder Scottis Leid (DOST), (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
irds oo aa think on as Scots, dreich an scunner an siclik, in DOST on page 59

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
fine ward dreich sums it up jist richt, cauld, on page 64

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McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
wha can mak oot dreich waves frae dolphins? on page 16
naithin tae speir at sic dreich miles o margin. on page 16

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
. Ah love that braw's a word, dreich twa, and that ye cannae throw on page 21

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
-gabble, eiks tae the sair an dreich stereotype. Mony Scots speake on page 6
t can be soondit like loch an dreich, or conseedert wheesht anes a on page 18
scunnered, and it wis a richt dreich day. Aw she wanted was tae wo on page 42
lanesome in the routine o her dreich life. on page 60

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
gettin gey near tae Heehaw's Dreich Place, which wis where he ste on page 6
aye snawin,' said Heehaw in a dreich voice. on page 9
folk that like cauld, dreich, drookit, maukit bits it is a on page 97
muckle, but on hoo cauld and dreich it wid be bein loast aw day a on page 106

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Morning, Carey Neeps and Tatties, (self-published 2020) Central, weans
ike life and breath, the dour dreich weather) on page 14

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
denner. This ae mornin it wis dreich and cloody, although that did on page 2
yer ain bed, can aften mak a dreich situation look a wee bit bett on page 12
buildin wis square and kind o dreich-lookin, though wance they'd g on page 62

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Even though it wis a dreich day, it didnae deter the peop on page 41
It's a richt dreich day, but ah kin never say naw on page 49

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Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Then yin dreich and muinless nicht, on page 3

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
tae ae dreich dawn on page 44

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Rins Rizzio's gaist an dreich throu aa ma dream on page 7
I lost ye lang syne in life's dreich fair, on page 10
In oor dreich dyes tae dae oor deviltry on page 28
Whan niver cloud made dreich the lift, on page 70

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Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
thir's nocht on airth but the dreich watterie snocher on page 18

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Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
a up its sun, its starns, its dreich terrains on page 21

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Hershaw, William Lallans 57 - Twa Auld Men, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
On a dreich November sabbath efternin whe on page 136

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
ks o the River Styx. It wis a dreich place wi nae trees or flooers on page 52

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
an oor dreich hills on page 38

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Fyall, Aitken Lallans 58 - The Wa-Ganging o the Meinister, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
His soirées are as dreich as the grave-yaird, on page 80

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ne’d consither hes new hame dreich. It lukked aw richt tae him.
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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
rocht, bucht, dicht, dochter, dreich, eneuch, fecht, flicht, flich
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McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
Fir me, words like dreich, fash, sleekit, scunnert, ble
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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
an drink ti me, leivin i the dreich westerne at wes ma cauf kintr
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Eagle, Andy Lallans 62 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
growen-ups acause thay mak it dreich. Drap in an see the planets b
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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
r o wark conseistin onlie o a dreich,
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Eagle, Andy Lallans 71 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
e share a seicont life wi the dreich draigle o a puckle pixels.
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Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
k half hauntit on that cauld, dreich nicht. There wis a smirr o ra
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Dreich an drear the nicht,
On a dreich day wi lowrin skies
nor yet the dreich September flood
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Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
the committee say "It's awfy dreich the day", ah hung ontae the p
ah shoutit "Hoi! Tam! Whit's dreich mean?" in ma (then) verra Eng
ther wird gets ower the word "dreich" like "droukit", for instance
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Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
It follaes that in the dreich post-1560 environs there wisn
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
that wey, sae gaein oot, on a dreich nicht tae spend oors walkin a
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Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
be aw: ‘say dismal insteada dreich’ or ‘whit’s a close?’
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Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
and a gey dreich day
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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ay sunlight, illuminatin the dreich landscape instantaneously.
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
goddess croaked. “A bittie dreich for ma likin, but it shaws ta
l basket luiked gey coorse an dreich; but whan she stertit tae wea
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
langs the Bible. It's in wild dreich hills an muirs that's weel se
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Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 59 - Joukene Poukerie, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
claes clean. It was still gey dreich.
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Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
er customers came in frae the dreich November High Street. Harry t
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McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
Dreich, dark rain clouds,
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Frae rugby, played aw' dreich an' stark,
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McLachlan, Jack Glessheids maun wale guid neebors tae thole the dreich Scottish climate, (University of Maine 2019) Central - Ceres, prose
le guid neebors tae thole the dreich Scottish climate
) are mair like tae thole the dreich Scottish climate gin they are
o it appears that tholin the dreich Scottish winter haes aathin t
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Capener, Jack This laund wis wrocht for you an me, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central - Edinburgh, blog
nds descreivin glens as dour, dreich an roch that Victorians juist
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Paterson, Stuart A. Daft Days, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
Oor weather is dreich, the nights fair drawin in,
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Puchowski, James Frae Norrowa ower the faem, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ots Green Pairty, it is richt dreich tae hae tae mind fowk that ma
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McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
eetin frae sum fowk aboot hoo dreich an predictable this election
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McClurg, Fernando “Blood Upon the Grass” – merk twa?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
gemme itsel – jist anither dreich-as-cauld-parritch friendly ge
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Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
r yaise o colour brings oot a dreich laund an contrasts it wi the
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Neil, Gabriel The Green Pairty: Holyrood’s nixt opposition?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
beginnin to look a wee bittie dreich – we awready ken wha’s ga
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
dlish? Truly the lads are but dreich, tho the lasses are fain. Tel
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
In dreich December's deein days
he dab for brichtin up a dour dreich Edinburgh day an, as the body
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Steele, Gregor When Scotty said “Scunner”, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
‘Like scunner and dreich and douce,’
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MacMinto, Gregor Beam Me Up, Sunshine, (wordpress 2022) Central, blog
It’s dreich an weet in Glesca the day, bu
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Paterson, Stuart A. Here’s the Weather, (Scottish Poetry Library 2017) Central, poetry
d of cold. In Scotland it’s dreich
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Paterson, Stuart A. Breenge, (Scottish Poetry Library 2016) Central, poetry
dreich smirr hoyed down from
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
er or front vowels (sic as in dreich).
pronooncin Scots wirds sic as dreich, trauchle, thocht, broch, bro
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@Cobradile94 tweeted
Ay, a'm like 'at an aw. Hate dreich an taps aff weather.(2020) search twitter

@iainnicol tweeted
A wee bittie dreich the nou?(2020) search twitter

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
an scrievin Scots. It's a gey dreich day the day.(2018) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
muinlicht again" - it's ower dreich tae gang reivin the nicht but(2020) search twitter
ther wha wad lea the hoose on dreich daurk nichts when ma mither w(2020) search twitter
it blinterin white insteid o dreich an grey! Dei Donum indeed! ht(2020) search twitter
The wather micht be gey dreich the day, but there’s ay colo(2020) search twitter
w the best tae ye...but “gey dreich” wad hae conveyed whit ye wa(2020) search twitter
and 3 other occurrences.

Doric

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
It wis a cauld, dreich October nicht in Auld Aiberde on page 72
himsel back oot in the dairk, dreich nicht. The rain had stoppit, on page 77

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Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
its craiks aa owre i dreich on page 31

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
At others Ah'm a dreich island landscape on page 1
an Ah can sense on a dreich day on page 4

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I' dreich an winny nicht, 'at i'rain wa on page 201

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Christie, Hilary Lallans 78 - Ma Freens in Chains, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, poetry
An their skewer o dreich, polluted licht - on page 74

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Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
yne, far the wids war dreepin dreich an sterk an chitterin, faithe on page 51

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Dreich an damp, crabbit it maks a bo
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
dry castanets, rattlin in the dreich wins. At the back o the schul
The wids war quate, here, an dreich. A twa three yalla leaves fli
bricht spot in the itherwise dreich horizon. Isie's fowk hid satt
it it, because it wis lang an dreich an dowie an sae it maun hae d
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
est tae luik oot fur him in a dreich an comfortless warld.
on Adam's Peak at the fit o a dreich Scottish quarry. She fished o
ector Sax o Meikleburgh, in a dreich bedsit somewye amang the run-
he heidmaist city o Yird, sae dreich wis it. There war mair picter
ne bottle wi a grue. It wis a dreich room, an a dreich winter's ni
6 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
avirus. This kirk service wis dreich tae say the least, but Grunny
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Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
It wiz a grey dreich mornin fin the bairn wiz born
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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
immer o the lamp it wiz a gye dreich lookin place wi its coomed ce
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
Barney’s scrap yaird wis a dreich place that stude at the fit o
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@cligeey tweeted
@Ali_Leith Dreich even(2020) search twitter
th It's jist the usual wither dreich or fine(2020) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
the Ben fir mist......anither dreich day(2011) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Dreich, Scotland’s maist popular wo(2019) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
bairns #lairnscots #weather #dreich https://t.co/aoagaW0a8J (2020) twitter link
A bittie dreich, but a gran dander up e Bin O (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
bliind an dreich, transported tae Bridge Stree on page 30

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Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
Dursley woke up on the dour, dreich Tuesday wur story sterts, the
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
different. Although tt wis a dreich cowld March day, dey wir a gl on page 93

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Cumming, John Da Whillie, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, prose
eks an set tae. Hit's a caald dreich job, bit der's sometin kinda
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Facebook link (Shetland on Camera 2016) Shetland
On dis dreich and miserable day, a peerie r

Southern

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
their days are dreich, dark an dreary, on page 163

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Purves, David Lallans 59 - Five Poems frae the Chinese o Po Chu-I, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Wearie an dreich the days an nichts stodge in.
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@officialAliRed tweeted
A dreich but delightful day out at Bar(2020) search twitter

@StuartPoet tweeted
oan, ken it's Monday morn an dreich but luik oan the bricht side (2020) search twitter
@lemnsissay Dreich(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Tha dreich oul nicht was thick wi mizzle on page 16
We tholed dreich Lyon's mizzly weather; on page 41

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Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Dreich thon day that A set oot, on page 17

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@the_gellick tweeted
undae at Dunskey Castle: owre dreich tae see Ulster! http://t.co/K (2015) twitter link
gardHawks Richt ye are, Sir! "Dreich" is wet an coul in Ulster Sco (2016) twitter link

@MarkThompStuff tweeted
Oot in the dreich https://t.co/pYFxrywI0v(2020) search twitter
Donagha-dreich https://t.co/U7tsMh9W5e(2020) search twitter

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