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Use in varieties of Scots

figs Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.7 0.5 16.6 9.9 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences151 11 1 1 0 1
Number of authors9 1 5 1 1 1

Occurrences of figs in Corpus

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Central

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
The green figs ripen oan the tree, on page 4

1 matches

Doric

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
s be pickit fae a fun buss or figs fae thrissles? A gweed tree a on page 15
s ain fruit. Ye dinna gaither figs fae thrissles, nor gaither gr on page 90

2 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Bit syrup o' figs is guid, at's true, on page 152
Bit syrup o' figs is guid, at's true, on page 169

2 matches

Johnstone, Ian Tuney Loon's low doon, (The Fraserburgh Herald 2000) Doric, newspaper
ffspring, wi a dose o Syrup o Figs every Friday nicht.
than a table spune o Syrup o Figs. Aagh, the thocht o it!
Banning guns, ay. Syrup o Figs, weel mebbe I'd hae bin for t
3 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
SYRUP O FIGS
FIGS. Och he thocht naebody wull k
FIGS, fin the femily were haein th
3 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
a couple bottles o seerups o figs and that seemed tae dee the t
1 matches

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Syrup o Figs on page 46

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
ist me offers a plate o green figs. on page 50

1 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
s ain fruit. Ye dïnnae pïck figs frae a thoarn büsh nor grape on page 80

1 matches

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