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meals Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.6 14.1 10.5 29.8 5.8 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences4128 7 3 1 1 1
Number of authors27 17 6 1 1 1 1

Occurrences of meals in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
r her, when it cam tae cookin meals it wis Precious that looked e on page 69

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Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
"An' aa ma meals are free." on page 230

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Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
need tae eat somethin atween meals, a piece o fresh fruit is qui on page 39

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
r dauners, treat thirsels tae meals on page 33

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
be muckle warmer ,..an makin meals a guid sicht easier ... Wi a on page 71

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
There's a man cookin meals wae food she cannae eat, on page 6

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ae time inside. Three square meals a day and nae bills. Fuckin q on page 20
haime wonderin where the nixt meals gonnae come fae. It sais aloa on page 123

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
lly. Their dinner, were ready-meals in floppy aluminium container on page 20
be. So they gart her eat her meals oot o TV dinner trays in fron on page 43

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
, so ah chose tae go fur main meals; when ah got tae the top ae t on page 87
ote a petition against school meals. At first it wis jist me, Har on page 88

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
em aw proper scran. The ainly meals they could afford were breid on page 5

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Makin meals, créches fir watchin the wea on page 70
wis great, cause we goat free meals, on page 72

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
ons fou o Roosbreakfast efter meals as medicine. on page 33

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
rge gless three time daily wi meals, and anither at bedume-' on page 64

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McCrory, Pat Lallans 57 - Jimsie’s Maw’s Soup, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central - Cowcaddens, poetry
See how she feels aboot tryin Meals oan Wheels." on page 29

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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Let Frenchies eat their fancy meals
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Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Meals oan wheels!’ a voice shouts
o this. Then ah remember the meals oan wheels lassie. She said s
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
o meals and bloody peels
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Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ok advantage big time, aa her meals free gratis and Doris did aa
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
hey got the first o thair twa meals, no coontin thair breakfast o
clearin his dishes awa efter meals, smaa gestures that Iskander,
2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
fo - goodbye to sub standard meals n pints that r like dishwater (2020) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ootrageous notion. "Fit wi ma meals an wheels duty eence a month on page 36

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
diet far they deliver aa yer meals te yer hoose. They're aa calo on page 70

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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
na ken fit a king wid ait for meals bit, I can assure
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Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
ble bed, fibre WiFi and three meals a day that disna consist o eg
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Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
a jook tae water. Three gweed meals a day and the very best o rig
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
n Mintlaw for only £8 or twa meals for either £10 or £12-50 - (2016) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
of Aberdeen distributing free meals to anyone who needs. Nae evan (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
The meals that I cook fur the family - on page 18
n, scrub the floor, pit Jim's meals on a tray. on page 26
We eat wir meals and mooch aroond, no kennan w on page 33

3 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
ng wage to serving such super meals x(2020) search twitter

Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
peels fur a lown belly eftir meals. on page 131

1 matches

Ulster

Thompson, Mark The Lost Ness Monster, (clydesburn.blogspot.com 2009) Ulster - Ards Peninsula, poetry
He had 10,000 meals
1 matches

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