A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

knowes Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.3 7.1 4.5 9.9 5.8 41.3 17.7
Number of occurrences2714 3 1 1 4 4
Number of authors20 10 2 1 1 3 3

Occurrences of knowes in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
amangst the whinny knowes. on page 16

1 matches

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Owre the knowes and by the craig. on page 33

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Clauchan, Stanefauld, Craigie Knowes on page 11
s o aik Ah've brocht doon aff knowes, on page 61
As owre knowes an bens Ah crawl on page 68

3 matches

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
linkin ower the knowes, on page 4

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
ourish an fushion plenish the knowes on page 36

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 67 - Clash fae Cauld Hill, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Lairge an smaa the deid-knowes fae langsyne, on page 39

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
r rammlin an haikin amang the knowes an howes that's aw aboot us. on page 65

2 matches

Thom, Williamina Lallans 75 - Oor Tibby Pagan, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, weans
ieve ‘Caa the Yowes tae the Knowes’, which ‘Rabbie’ acquir
1 matches

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
Up an ower the heathery knowes
1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Ootby, (twitter 2022) Central, poetry
Jist fields, knowes an merse owre an doon the roa
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
broom, the broom o the cowden knowes/ Fain wad I be in ma ain coun(2020) search twitter

Doric

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
interruppit, "I cwid shaa ye knowes, in confeirance tae the filk on page 31

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
ies hid caad up wee humphs an knowes aa ower the girse. As he turn on page 51

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
he elephant God, heich in the knowes o the tea kintra, an the twa
1 matches

Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
tch an drain, the skerries an knowes, on page 59

1 matches

Shetland

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
eatures, who live in ‘trowie knowes’ (hill mounds) and only came(2019) search twitter

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Seeking out the knowes and hollows on page 47

1 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
an see afore me nocht but knowes an tombs.
The knowes til the North an South ir fou
2 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
Lumner Knowes. A yaised tae gan roon the hi
1 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Ayont tha knowes on page 12

2 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
crammlers swairm ower whunnie knowes, on page 2

1 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
affic Caa the yowes tae Sandy Knowes. (2014) twitter link

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