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milkin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.3 2.5 21 9.9 23.2 0 13.3
Number of occurrences275 14 1 4 0 3
Number of authors10 3 2 1 1 3

Occurrences of milkin in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
nent the hous were buchts for milkin yowes or lambin, or cuid be u on page 50
dwife's daily darg as weel - milkin the yowes, getherin eggs, red on page 74

2 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
e wha wid be rin aff her feet milkin the kye an feedin the hens as on page 120

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Review Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
e fash an dreid o the mither. Milkin sangs an spinnin sangs reflec on page 62

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
e, a yoke, an twa auld widden milkin pails. It had been a hard dar on page 17

1 matches

Doric

Wheeler, Leslie Brockit, the Ferm Toon Cat, (Grampian Regional Council 2000) Doric, weans
the cat wis aye aroon for the milkin.
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
e made ready fur the evenin's milkin, a kirn o jobs like threidin
un, Meg, I've tae help wi the milkin at teatime.'
the cattleman feenish aff the milkin.
tion. Mind, she'd near aa the milkin tae dae hersel the nicht wi y
thocht twa oors afore mornin milkin, she steekit her weary een an
13 matches

Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
tae thirsty milkin kye. on page 58

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
e says at dir gyaain ta hae a milkin coo nixt year, whin dir gotte on page 9
hedd, bit his aunt gie wis a milkin coo, an we took da half a diz on page 72
oot da croft, maetin hens, an milkin kye, dan eftir dir tae a sass on page 77

4 matches

Ulster

Warwick, Matthew Fergie an Freens oan tha fairm, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2011) Ulster - Rural Mid-Antrim, weans
Wullie's milkin tha last coo in tha byre. Fer on page 5

1 matches

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Ah wiz lukin for a young milkin' coo on page 13

1 matches

Gillen, Charles Whun A’ The Kye Had Names, (Ullans Press 2005) Ulster, poetry
got the warts of coorse whun milkin’ wae yer’e han,
1 matches

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