A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

loved Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words59 51.9 57.3 159 151.1 10.3 31
Number of occurrences189101 38 16 26 1 7
Number of authors81 41 20 7 7 1 5

Occurrences of loved in Corpus

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Central

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
gin loved yins dinnae come hame, on page 7
gin loved yins dinna come hame, on page 8

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Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
She wid hae loved tae staund aside the sea, and on page 3
en spoken aboot them, and she loved the tales he tellt. on page 5

2 matches

Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
ine suicidal cos Brooke still loved me. Even though he proved ah on page 36

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Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
Aw ma life ah hiv loved this toon. on page 15

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Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
and hugging you and saying he loved you. He wis saying he loved m on page 41

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Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Crime Three: She breks a weel-loved chair on page 34

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Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
green ee'd, loved tae dance on page 53

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
He loved the tales aa tinkers tell, An on page 11

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
me that every mut in here are loved and cared fur in exactly the on page 159

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Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
He loved balloons a rub through his ha on page 93

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
But as a bairn eh loved ti climb trees, on page 12
Em ah loved up on page 22

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
it wis a great environment ah loved ma job, she said, But that wi on page 52
had been wi us she'd huv loved it in that last letter she se on page 163

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Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
We loved wir uncles. Larry wis deid ha on page 76

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
Och, hoo he loved the reek o it! on page 8
bletherin wid begin. For they loved this wee laddie. He wis the a on page 9
aid, mindin hoo muckle he had loved the ane he had on his birthda on page 51
Is loved by nearly aw the fowk! on page 91
see that this wis the room he loved best o aw. He wis lowpin aboo on page 100

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
belangin his faither. Geordie loved daffin wi aerosols, He presse on page 20

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Dante loved Scotland an aw, in his ain wa on page 23
Mammy loved the story ah wrote aboot magi on page 29

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
ious an affa touchin. A'v aye loved comedy that's rootit in the s on page 58

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
avourite magic rooster an she loved it very much. The rooster lov on page 77
cesses, Heather an Katie, wha loved animals an were very kind tae on page 97
fairy. She knew that unicorns loved circuses, an she wis temptin on page 98

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
, and no Pooh, for aw that he loved Pooh; because there wis nae d on page 42

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
t his wife and she smiled. He loved her mair than ever when she t on page 19

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
He's always loved a drink, nae wonder he's phot on page xvii
fur mair than wan reason. He loved boats, not football. He grew on page 10
But as much as ah loved the Pleasure Beach, nought da on page 32
roblem because God knows they loved tae stuff their faces. on page 33
would be a hit. Ah've always loved animals. on page 39
Also on pages 40
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Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
It is the saddest thing gin loved yins dinnae come hame whither on page 69
r it is the saddest thing gin loved yins dinna come hame, whither on page 70

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
is bealin wi anger. Everybody loved Hercules while her ain son, E on page 3
gh as auld gutties but Geryon loved them like they were his ain b on page 42

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Fitt, Matthew The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Wee Story Aboot Love, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
"If ainly she loved me," he bubbled. on page 78

1 matches

Briggs, Susi The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Princess and the Grumphieman, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
"I loved that tune when I wis wee. Som on page 88

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Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
really loved this book because it says ye on page 45

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Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
t fur Thelonious? Ye’ve aye loved the gorgeous wee bastard twic
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Logan, Kirsty Lego, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
e went tae Di’Maggio’s. I loved it there. They pit cocktail s
chance tae git some points. I loved playin it, cos even though he
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Fitt, Matthew Whuppity Stoorie, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
She loved her wee bairnie boy wi aw her
And she loved the pig as weel. It wis a hap
2 matches

Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
witness maist o the things Ah loved aboot her fade away, for exam
throughout that day. Evelynn loved talking. She’d talk for age
2 matches

Meikle, William Overheard in a Cemetery, (ABCTales.com 2004) Central - Ayrshire, prose
Ah loved ye Jessie.
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Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
€™d aw went tae, pilled up - loved up, hud morphed an evolved in
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Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ways her thing though. Jeanie loved aw things horticultural. We w
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Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah grunt and open ma eyes. Ah loved the yards. They made a man oo
She kissed ma cheek. Bettie loved bein callt ma wee sparra. God
Bettie loved me too much, especially in th
Ah’d huv loved it if she’d thrown hur sher
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Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
mind. I ken he loves Lugs – loved that dog, treated that dog be
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
n sees wi sympathy, the aince loved bairn in the adult that's noo
Bluebell Polka an ither weel loved tunes playin canny like in th
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
AH loved owersettin Jekyll an Hyde (or
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Sport!, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
fitba eftir the war. He still loved the game as a spectator sport
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
person, wi' a huge he'rt an' loved tae see young people enjoyin'
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
n wisni aw’fy bright bit he loved his Fitba’! The Painters us
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McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ossibly inspire youngsters. A loved ma time playin’ teachin’
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
leave till 27th July 2012! A loved ma job, teachin’ all sports
group o’ maistly girls, wha loved trampolinin’. Everybudy mov
2 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ft wi’ Peter West! Bill wis loved by the players because he nev
Clearly, he still loved their game,
2 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ken, jist how much, yi' were loved?
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
open door fae the kitchen. We loved that song, Jeanie an I. Some
1 matches

Sands, Finn THE GHAISTLY FITBAW MATCH, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Tam loved fitbaw. Et wis his passion. H
1 matches

Mackintosh, Henrietta A Tale o Twa Leids: Gaelic, Scots an smoorin wi luve, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ugh some of Scotland’s best-loved words’.
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Wallace, Lorna Jock Tamson Goes tae the Doactir, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2019) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Worthy, loved an’ needit.
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
oose on the Ayrshire coast. A loved it there. She wis just three
an if she’d wanted tae. She loved having me and ma brithers the
2 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
got some fur ma wee boy an he loved them.
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
e lift it. She was all no but loved them in the end ??(2020) search twitter

@jax6754 tweeted
@JeffBrazier A wuid hae loved tae say MEEEEEEEEEE! But Im C(2014) search twitter
fabby show guys! I would have loved tae but then a would end up b(2015) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
LOVED @jvn's buits in ep5 o this se(2020) search twitter
@Alien_Orifice Loved thaim. Wan o ma favourite 80s(2020) search twitter

@fairpechtoot tweeted
other accessin the text. They loved it by the end.(2017) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
anting comedy I've ever seen. Loved him every time I saw him. It (2022) twitter link
ice threw us the odd penny: I LOVED them - they wur our equivale (2022) twitter link

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
79 @star_welsh Ma bonnie lass loved it hen. Didnae touch the side (2022) twitter link

@annieones tweeted
wis fae Camby Wishae! Ta hen, loved gittin that info. (2021) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
e Edwin Morgan's 'Trio'. Well loved fir it's perfect depiction o (2018) twitter link
A weel-kent - and very much loved - poem fae Janet Paisley is (2018) twitter link

@LowEndJardo tweeted
d to have been a part ae it n loved every minute. (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
luck brother - we awe reely loved u in the coo shed at the hoos (2020) twitter link
the tournament and they just loved there football! (2021) twitter link
ense of amateur fitbaw woulda loved (2021) twitter link
e by the kings of ayrshire - loved it lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
he liked aa the noise, an she loved cuddlin in the double bed wi on page 15
ye hoped tae ken. He'd say he loved her an wid tell her foo much on page 19

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Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ma Ma regretted haein ma. She loved ma tae bits she said. But sum on page 43

1 matches

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
s at. Ellen wis the same. She loved the fairm animals anh said sh on page 59

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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
a bit mair kind Tae a son she loved an cherished But her taes wer on page 15

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
because he loved her an on page 27
aboot whether Ah loved you on page 31

3 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I wiz i' man fa loved a black an tan on page 130
Ye wint loved tae 'ere an back, bit it's ow on page 175

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Strachan, Shane The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - An Eggs-traordinar Egg, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
He jist loved their fite-as-snaa feathers, on page 22
fa lot for the mither deuk fa loved her orra deukie tae bits aa t on page 27

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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
intae bein sae stubborn. ‘I loved my wife,’ he’d supposedly
1 matches

Ireland, Mark Wi A Facey Like Yours, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
e tracked haein a yap. Callum loved speakin to aul miss Margret.
gweed spiker and a the bairns loved to listen ti him. Howiver twi
2 matches

McArthur, Kaydi Rich n Peer, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
olk hated his guts bit ithers loved um. He wis ay gettin chased b
1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
Wi the flesh alane they loved us
we loved them. Yon’s aa gane,
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
t beauty onymair. Aathing she loved wiz being teen fae her, even
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
r pension package but she’d loved her mither dearly an widna se
the rank o Registrar. She’d loved her job at the cooncil and hi
tae come intae the hoose and loved tae sit on the flagsteens abl
Mabel loved tae watch her films on the vh
d her tae watch, baith o them loved Doris Day films an mony’s t
6 matches

@sovereigndaisy tweeted
cotland. Tis a struggle, wife loved living up Rhu, loves Glesga &(2021) search twitter
@AilishSinclair My bairns loved it! Weather was gae bonnie ht(2019) search twitter

@DoricPhrases tweeted
aigning, the humble, but much loved buttery, is https://t.co/OCBm(2017) search twitter
families an those fa support loved anes. https://t.co/SSGhHNRFX7(2019) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
I days ago and een o i bairns loved it. Ither een winted ti be a (2019) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
cts on Sky Atlantic which she loved, IÂ’m hitting a bit o form ?? (2020) twitter link

@Franwella tweeted
cht made an effort ‘is year! Loved trechlin’ roon th local shop(2020) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@molach95 Loved Keillers Butterscotch. Love B(2020) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
senior Scots language Bairns loved this up at Banff.. We lugged (2021) twitter link
inna unnerstaun it masel, but loved keekin at the films. https:// (2020) twitter link
utiful singin..me an the wife loved tae hear ye. (2020) twitter link

@McGoo1888 tweeted
ntie lived...as ah wee kid ah loved visiting there..but mah big c (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
for her sweethert wha loved her on page 17

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
me happiness was complete. I loved being a mum and could spend o on page 21

1 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
director o The Storm Watchers loved Vera's readeen and her writee on page 34

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Ah'm loved as ah'm nivver been loved bef on page 38
spark in the dew. I ken I wis loved bi an angel And that thowt wi on page 67
red such deep emotion - been loved wi such sincere devotion - U on page 77

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Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
nt an, tae a lot o fokk, best-loved writer, George Mackay Brown. on page 9

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
I loved tae watch him workan at the f on page 33
In this weel loved Orkney chair on page 44
Ye must hiv loved him sometimes on page 122

4 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
sneak'd a swig fur I loved the taste on page 46

1 matches

Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2017) Orkney
come first him or the atom". Loved the awld expressions.

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Fir da Göd Man loved aabody on aert in sic a wye d on page 135
se abön aa yon trowe him dat loved wis. Fir A'm sure dat no even on page 161
¶d Man's bairns, göd an weel loved, hap yoursels aboot wi kind t on page 169

3 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
s overly wyes, bit Doris just loved him. on page 15
rn, bit I hedd a bridder at I loved wi aa my hert, a bridder at m on page 18
foo lucky shit wis. Shü wis loved Toby dat much an felt nae idd on page 29
t hom, wi a lass at obviously loved him as much as shü did, an P on page 31
Jeannie," shü whispered, "he loved dee, he loved you baith. In l on page 36
Also on pages 54, 63, 71, 76, 91
12 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
But he loved her far mair as her boannie b on page 66
Dey widda loved ta watch dee growe, on page 85
Fae dan, A'm loved. on page 115

4 matches

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
sion. But John didna care, he loved da sense o thrill, adventure,
1 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
I loved dis pair when I wis peerie. h(2021) search twitter

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
ing for the patient and their loved ones, it felt like grief for (2020) search twitter
enjoyed many sniffings and I loved seein da Shetland Sunflooers (2020) search twitter
rough da sand and pebbles but loved how dis een filled da cracks (2020) search twitter
simple ootdoor activity I've loved since I was peerie #100happyd(2017) search twitter

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
@thuleventus Loved dis story! Whit’s a sjölik?(2019) search twitter

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
, fur this curious bairn fair loved playin at bein twae fowk. "Bu on page 14

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
form ta the mirror. Alfie had loved hir intense. He had teuched t on page 54

1 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Braid Islan fowks he loved owre ocht on page 73

1 matches

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
y but he was appreciation and loved all ower the world. George wa on page 32
People liked him, people even loved him even though he had his fa on page 33

2 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
sense an complainin and jaist loved me oniewye plus she's gaein m on page 2

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King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
a gentle an a kind king an he loved his four weans. The oulest we
1 matches

Mc Donnell, John , (Facebook 2021) Ulster, prose
Whun A wus a wain A loved gan roon wae Mae Mither tae s
1 matches

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