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Use in varieties of Scots

garden Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words22.2 14.1 36 9.9 69.7 51.7 8.9
Number of occurrences7228 24 1 12 5 2
Number of authors30 13 9 1 2 3 2

Occurrences of garden in Corpus

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Central

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
ed tae kickin stanes roon the garden o yer auld pit lodge, wee And on page 78

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
perimeter fence intae a back garden tae dispose ae the on page 46

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
med tae coincide wi the Royal Garden Party at Holyrood, tho the ae on page 105

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ootside by masel in the front garden. Charlene had jist moved tae on page 80
a fritters he's got fae Lee's Garden, an that'll be her, healthy e on page 135
intin the fence or diggin the garden) an she'd hing it oot the win on page 169

4 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
braces and said tae me in the garden, "Ah'm gonnae tell everywan a on page 10

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
at the farm at the back o the garden. 'He hus tae get up early oan on page 14
e hur dog did a shite in your garden. The fire brigade got called, on page 28
stared oot the windae at the garden fence, which wis fallin doon on page 41
before lookin oot oantae the garden, which ah'd filled wi ma fami on page 42
n the farm ah can see fae the garden. Ah didnae hink tae drop Bett on page 45
Also on pages 48, 50, 83
8 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 58 - fower poems bi John Waddell, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
When Eden's garden first began on page 62

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
s rhyme, "Round and round the garden like a teddy bear, One step, on page 56

1 matches

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
hed built, fae scratch in yin garden going so upwards n leaning th
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
HOUSE AND GARDEN
brings blessings to the garden bed.
2 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
nin ma phone licht aroond the garden.
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
er off and scrounge in sumdys garden instead. I’ll tell yae how
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
havnae dug a hole in the back garden......(2020) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
And one can meet folk in the garden. Now I am being o/t and awkwa(2020) search twitter
butcher's apron on the corner garden along from me. Distressing. I(2020) search twitter

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
the day hen? Cuttin aboot yer garden oan yer funny coffee? (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
beautiful game m8 lol - braw garden btw - enjoy! (2021) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
rue adventures Concerns Annie Garden's dentures Pairt o her for qu on page 15

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
bonnie parks . The 'Botanical Garden', 'Frognerparken' an 'Slottsp on page 16

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
g e passage intill e bonniest garden ee ever saw. She wanted till on page 11
e peedy door intill at bonny garden. First, however, she waited f on page 13
either way A'll get intill e garden, an A dinna care wheech wan h on page 14
den key an hurried off till e garden door. on page 16
l in wan piece. "An noo for e garden!" An she ran as quick as she on page 19
Also on pages 38, 52, 73, 74, 75, 82, 101, 102
15 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
n’t you want to add more? A garden, maybe? A roof? Windows?” T
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
eks time, and I will have the garden ready for you."
1 matches

Devlin, Edwin The School Dentist 1969, (Facebook 2020) Doric, prose
d afore I kent it I was at ma garden gate.
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Thursday’s Buckingham Palace Garden Party for The Not Forgotten A(2018) search twitter
ening shoppies opening seen? #garden #gardening https://t.co/GMoko(2020) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
re so we cud go tae seaf beer garden!(2011) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Fittie Bar beer “garden” now open! Tae say Bert is d(2020) search twitter

Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
arboniferous era inspired bog garden ????(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
ta ten, Dad wid be oot in da garden, bendin doon wi his palm on d
1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
sat back and enjoyed my messy garden ???????????? https://t.co/XPL(2019) search twitter
y froghoppers. I seldom get a garden job finished because all o na(2020) search twitter
, den in da sea and noo in da garden wi me ?? http://t.co/YkTQdYnB(2015) search twitter
y o feathered visitors tae my garden ower da last twartree days - (2014) search twitter
is seeing who is visiting my garden. Just now it's a Robin and 2 (2014) search twitter
and 5 other occurrences.

Southern

@jamie_ginger tweeted
sed up ti gane and sit in the garden at night. Jist pt yir sloths (2019) search twitter

@officialAliRed tweeted
Wee campfire BBQ in the back garden, fire engine on standby. ????(2020) search twitter

@StuartPoet tweeted
ing Proclaimers from the back garden, it's traditional. Love to he(2020) search twitter
Youngest of the red squirrel garden clan cuttin aboot and storing (2020) twitter link
. My da used tae dae Ronnie's garden. Great fella, nice guy, Killi(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
an went aff at a rate tae the garden dorr. on page 17

1 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Tae sit oot in the garden, on page 38

1 matches

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