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Use in varieties of Scots

gressy Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.7 3.6 0 39.7 5.8 0 13.3
Number of occurrences157 0 4 1 0 3
Number of authors12 5 3 1 3

Occurrences of gressy in Corpus

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Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
id aff ma leg, syne A prapt a gressy divot unner his shouders tae on page 25

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
d hersel lyin flat oot on the gressy bank, wi her heid in the lap on page 44

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
sel?' He sat himsel doun on a gressy humplock aboot fower yairds a on page 68

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Frae oor hoose, ower yon gressy bit on page 110

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ebbe ower cantie tae cry in a gressy streech atween the hooses. Ma
t tae sey it hid aince been a gressy streech, thit noo wis platche
2 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
craigs peth shawed glaury an gressy at the en o the
1 matches

Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The vole hides in ids gressy nest on page 118

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
A drystone dyke wae a gressy ditch on page 22

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Gressy playgrund and an air raid she on page 42
Abune the gressy shore on page 118

2 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
ing two cubs yesterday aroond Gressy Loan(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Tae a country o' green gressy fiels, nate hedges, wavin' co on page 42

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King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
we lay aside yin anither on a gressy clearin.
1 matches

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
ut ablow tha Rocky Moontin wi gressy fiels tae tha aist an wile bo
1 matches

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