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guidwife Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.7 9.3 7.5 19.9 0 0 84.1
Number of occurrences4418 5 2 0 0 19
Number of authors15 10 1 1 3

Occurrences of guidwife in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
ossmichael, ti pey him an his guidwife a veisit. Willie, e'en syne, on page 3

1 matches

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Wheesht, young guidwife! Wheesht an saftly dover, on page 94

2 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - Joco Geordie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
ain lass an his muckle looed guidwife. It's weel kent that ahent il on page 10

1 matches

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Ah shuid be his guidwife, on page 23

1 matches

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
tae hae theem Morton needit a guidwife an tae tell it suithfest, hee on page 78

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
The Fermer's Guidwife, Moira on page 45

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
a packload o claith frae his guidwife's weavin ower tae Strathaven on page 24
l, but nou, foremaist, as the guidwife o Adam Begg, portioner an her on page 70
itherin her bairns, she had a guidwife's daily darg as weel - milki on page 74

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Nae guidwife wid daur tae question on page 30

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Gowden Gate Til Samarkan, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
A Guidwife on page 34

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
s nourice, mither an wrunkilt guidwife, afore winnin his wey ti the on page 142

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ter, Leddie Bothwell, wes the guidwife o Aunt Magret’s graunfaithe
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
eerer Colin Wilson an his new guidwife Fiona Henderson, aw the best
ane anither as thair "lawful guidwife/guidman, tae hae an tae haud
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
s mair or less sobert up. The guidwife wis tellin thaim tae gang, an
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
@Dr_PhilippaW ?? thank ye guidwife for taking the time to reply!(2020) search twitter

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
the Manse fae the meenister's guidwife efter daein his twae oors ste on page 97
en Sunday three year syne, ma guidwife wis veesitin oor faimilie on on page 98
he deid, whan the meenister's guidwife stertit bashin the piano keys on page 100

4 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
er thare? A de ken it’s hes guidwife
1 matches

Orkney

Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
The Guidwife wis a hard ootside wirker an
ween the twa o' them, bit the Guidwife wis set on wirkin in the tang
2 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
'Oniebodie that divorces hïs guidwife maun gie hir a notysh o divor on page 5
rodias, hïs brither Philip's guidwife, an he toul hïm aff for aa t on page 74
Noo Simon's guidwife's mither wus wile bad wi a fa on page 76
um oot o hir, an Johanna, tha guidwife o Chuza that run Herod's hoos on page 82
. Mine whut happent tae Lot's guidwife! Whaiver houls on tae hïs li on page 99
Also on pages 104
7 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
Guidman or guidwife
Guidman or guidwife
Guidman or guidwife
Guidman or guidwife
Guidman or guidwife
10 matches

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
Whun John Dowling, his guidwife Grace an thur weefla, Dan, fl
™ed wi aa his micht. His puir guidwife’s droondit boadie liftit we
2 matches

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