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Use in varieties of Scots

owl Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words20.6 9.8 12.1 9.9 23.2 0 150.5
Number of occurrences6619 8 1 4 0 34
Number of authors16 6 2 1 2 5

Occurrences of owl in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
How the Owl an the Panther wir sharin a p on page 104

3 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
is kiddin on she wis a bliddy owl or somethin. Charlene, ah sai on page 62

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ily stares at a startled Barn Owl; on page 49

3 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
the lassie must have read The Owl and the Pussycat. She got "ve on page 120

2 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2017 ISBN: 978-1785300592) Central - Glasgow, weans
Anen an owl clocked the moose, and the mo on page 7
iz favourite scran is curried owl in batter." on page 8
"Curried owl in batter? That's gien me the on page 9
Auld Owl took wan look at the Gruffalo on page 20

5 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
The keys are next tae the wee owl ootside the hoose. Ah’ll ri
the hoose. Where’s the wee owl? ah hink, shinin ma phone lic
ise that there’s nae puckin owl. Senga, the dosy cow. Ah’ve
“There wis nae bloody owl!” ah say.
keys. They’re next tae the owl ootside this hoose.”
5 matches

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
How e Owl an e Panther were sharan a pt on page 102

3 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Cruden Bay IT Services Bought owl notebook fur jis £1. https:/(2016) search twitter
Foos the owl bird decoy working tae scare (2018) search twitter
at’s Christmas!! The neebour owl is gettin riggit hine tae ear(2018) search twitter
Oh oh! Yett crasher tae the owl’s Freyday pairty! Hiv a grea(2018) search twitter
Ah’m nae happy - the owl is nae spikkin tae me noo an (2018) search twitter

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
a fleetery owl, croonan on page 9

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
Saa da Owl an da Panther dere aetin a pi on page 106

3 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
I digiscoped da Tengmalm's Owl #badbirdart #badbirdphotograp(2019) search twitter

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
The cloody, dreamy hills o owl Scotia, on page 1
The owl yin, bak oot, blak on page 2
Some far ither time, as owl on page 8
Owl blirt! on page 14
Owl an cattered on page 15
Also on pages 21, 28, 30, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 40, 42, 49
20 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
urt, yin wye-niver tae bae an owl wumman-but thin-aye tae hae l on page 35
Hoo the Owl an the Panther wur sharin a p on page 105

3 matches

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
embling nothing so much as an owl wumman wae a stray erse. on page 32

1 matches

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
O' the mester o' an age owl trade; on page 9
Hir debt tae the owl proxide. on page 19
Man, that pits mae in a bad owl mood, on page 34
Man, the owl arithmetic had mae stumped, on page 35
r wilcome, is'nt that a quare owl day? on page 42
Also on pages 44
9 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Then perched in oak tha owl sung on page 47

1 matches

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