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Use in varieties of Scots

polly Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.7 4.1 1.5 29.8 0 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences158 1 3 0 1 2
Number of authors10 5 1 2 1 1

Occurrences of polly in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
their haunds. "Polly and masel jist wantit tae tel on page 140
attin him on the back. "Weel, Polly and masel had better get back on page 141

2 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
Wee Polly Fraser on page 13

2 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
nny had ane, it said, "Pretty Polly!" Q was for Queen, we kent ab on page 120

1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
. Bit instead Ah dragged thon polly-bag o nuts along the tarmac,
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
stuffin’ thim intae an Aldi polly bag.
, pulling a newspaper fae his polly bag n hawdin’ it up. The Su
2 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
Morrison in The History of Mr Polly he wis a man 'living a profou on page 40

1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
"He's gotten the scent o wir Polly," said the missus, wi a grin. on page 56

2 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Like Polly in the Pythons - on page 105

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
"Dae a rolly-polly in th sea!" cried th Mock Tur on page 98

1 matches

Ulster

Gillen, Charles Fifty Nine, (Ullans Press 2005) Ulster, poetry
Polly Meg an the Bridgit lady.
Polly stud weel Meg wud fidgit,
2 matches

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