A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of puir in Corpus

Central

Robertson, James The Mannie, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
'Och, ye puir thing,' she said. But she did on page 9

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Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
. He wisna feart at eatin yin puir young chiel, but even he coul on page 19

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Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
Bit whit kin wan puir voice avail Against three ton on page 5
it it's nae use noo," thought puir Alice, "tae kid on tae be twa on page 14
l ever see ye again!" An here puir Alice stairtit tae greet agai on page 32
much nicer at hame," thought puir wee Alice, "when ye wirnae ay on page 35
an birds waitin ootside. The puir wee Lizard, Bill, wis in the on page 40
Also on pages 50, 51, 60, 61, 94, 107, 114
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McHardy, Stuart Lallans 82 - The Banes o Alba, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
nor plooshares tae the puir on page 32

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McPartlin, John Lallans 83 - Phantasmagoria, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
"Ah mind weel o watchin the puir wimmen trauchlin up the lang on page 70

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
hert-likin that lay ahint her puir wee ploys. Flooers are that i on page 33

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Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Whilst eating some puir beast he'd caucht on page 31

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
ake a sidden raid, catch some puir bugger skyvin, tell him he wi on page 86

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
t micht caa the heid aff some puir body, sae she managed tae pit on page 9
heid wad gang throu," thocht puir Alison, "it wad be nae uise on page 11
g oot intae the gairden; but, puir sowl! when she got tae the do on page 13
fair forfochen wi tryin, the puir wee sowl sat doun an gret. on page 14
were that faur awa). "Oh, my puir wee feet, I wunner whae'll pi on page 15
Also on pages 16, 19, 21, 30, 31, 32, 34, 37, 39, 44
37 matches

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Hmmph ... try tellin that tae puir Bess', on page 11
n sleverin an scraichin - ma puir faither fainted! on page 16

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Donaldson, Gordon Lallans 90 - Echty-Echt, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
staun Russian ti ken that the puir chiel was gettin his kail thr on page 36

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
ae be hantit bi the ghaists o puir chiels that haed gotten behei on page 26

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
thareawa athort the laund, a puir gangrel bodie on ma wey frae on page 46
t me o ma auld man, wha's sae puir. He's anelie got his blue bun on page 48

4 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
us possesses ocht but his ain puir hide. You coos that ah see af on page 6

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
In actuality thase puir fowk are fell awaur o thair b on page 28
the puir poster no ainly feels on page 40
No ainly haes oor puir scriever on page 45

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Ah'm buikless an puir on page 47
Puir sowls, they're wechted wi des on page 49
ead" - in Scotland they were puir an near stervin acause o the on page 56
thon times ma life's had sic puir souch, on page 60

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
an mind tae drive her tae the puir gress ootby on the faur side on page 24
gey auld an frail nou; an his puir mither wis ower doitit tae da on page 25
rn tae Jennet an John foun. A puir wee early bairn, ower waik ta on page 27
ot - quickly followed by his puir mither in the terrible winter on page 28
t on the white face an corp o puir Jennet laid oot on the bed. " on page 29
Also on pages 31, 32, 33, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 53, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 69, 70, 73, 74, 76, 81
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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
d the goads stertit jawin. An puir Freya grat gowden tears frae on page 14

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
An sees the puir wee hypocrites, on page 105

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
"Haha, aw son, juist a puir wee urchin wi holes in eez so on page 3

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Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Puir Cindy thocht, 'Ma hert! It bl on page 11
'Puir lass,' he said. 'Gaun, shoot on page 23
'Puir Gowdilocks!' they say. 'It's on page 34
Puir Grannie thocht, aboot tae cow on page 36

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Puir Tammie, chased bi Roman deid, on page 13
Puir Tammie (folk said) ligs there on page 14
The last I heard, he'd dumped puir Mag (Though their brek-up had on page 16
idit sicht o the kinrik whase puir king on page 39

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
wis like the hoose whaur the puir wood cutter bided wi Hansel a on page 180
dae,' Miss Honey said. "Every puir body used tae wash theirsels on page 182
'Are you puir, Miss Honey?' on page 183
y onythin if ye're this awfie puir. Dae aw the teachers bide lik on page 187
'Ah'm sorry ah gied ye sic a puir tea.' on page 201
Also on pages 212
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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
This is nae accident, as the puir includin monie fowk wi whit w on page 53
hey are. Hou Theresa May, the puir man's Thatcher, thocht that s on page 55
daein fine, but the nummers o puir fowk on page 87
in a big car tae stroke their puir wee puffit up senses o theirs on page 90
rich get richer bi makkin the puir puirer - a slam-dunk fer the on page 95
Also on pages 100, 113, 127, 133, 146
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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
s a meenister's thrapple. The puir OIM was gangin gyte. Daily da on page 48
dochters. Aw nine o them. The puir mannie fell tae his knees in on page 79
Sadly tho puir Cossack Jock didnae live tae on page 92
The puir lassies were terrified. In fa on page 97
cam that Beaton wis deid the puir lass died o sorrow on the spo on page 118

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
sleep in. They were faur ower puir for that. on page 5
aill faimly wid forget it wis puir and hungert. on page 10
teyed shut. And awbody said, "Puir Mr Wonka. He wis sic a guid m on page 20
eediotic tae expect this wan puir wee bar o chocolate tae hae a on page 33
ie said. 'And dinnae frichten puir Chairlie. We aw hae tae try a on page 61
Also on pages 80, 81, 84, 86, 115, 128, 169, 171, 173
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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
filth pours frae their gobs, Puir Cath they'd throttle, on page 32
r auld queen's luik gey duin, Puir auld 'Backstairs Billy!' on page 44
But it wis a puir joke, an we couldnae on page 59
Nae mair ye'll scrimp wi puir resources, on page 94
ells us that his faither wis 'puir oan a meagre fairm'; thair's on page 100
Also on pages 103, 106, 110, 115, 122, 127, 140, 141, 145
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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
a think tae bring yin tae yer puir auld Grannie! I ayewis kent y on page 94

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
(oor puir wee bairns, so they are) on page 75

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
The sisters were cruel tae puir Cinderella. They took her toy on page 78

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
'Weel, puir Heehaw has nae bield tae bide on page 7
whit we're here for, because puir Teeger hasna had ony breakfas on page 23
Whit'll we dae aboot puir wee Teeger? on page 28
Puir Rabbit on page 104
on, Wee Grumphie, is an awfie puir position for keekin at ceilin on page 128
Also on pages 129, 131
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Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
cry it rairin, an glowerit ma puir faither out the ruim. A hae s on page 6

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Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
Shae pit hir haun intil hiz. "Puir Quentin! Is the shank gey sai on page 2

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Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
st wi raptur. Barbar sein the puir Quene wes geyan tribbilt. Sha on page 46

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Forde, Iain W D Swallae and Amethyst (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-1-3) Central, prose
Maist o aw tho, the puir deid mannie at bene beiriet y on page 2
e growit ryke on the bak o't. Puir Tittie wes nou a preisoner in on page 6
"Walcum hame, ye puir fremm buddie. Ye wul waant ti on page 8

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
hauf oot o the hole, lay the puir tatterie blood-blotched orral on page 13
re aye at it and sae were the puir tods. The brae noo looked lik on page 26
wi us, he said saftlike. 'Ma puir wife up there's that dwaiblie on page 447
urs! I doot yon''ll kittle up puir Mrs Tod.' And Mr Tod chanted on page 73

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
in here, I'll awa and get yer puir wee orphan sisters." on page 91
sk ma pal tae let her gang - puir wee Sunny micht no mak it aw on page 107
ibrary, but it hadnae wirked. Puir Sunny had been huckled. And n on page 127
at Klaus, and Klaus thocht o puir Sunny, hingin fae the tap o t on page 144

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Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
They used tae pelt puir Betty, on page 3

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Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
bit puir Dougie mufft it on page 11
ye puir wee loon, on page 16

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
like a puir unhovin bairn on page 16
a puir hoose wi the windaes aa panne on page 70
ma best brawest cuddie, puir meg on page 83

3 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Fou lang she wauked, puir bonny queen, fou late, on page 25
For her, an puir Bacillus sighs in vain on page 46
The puir fowk won the tumit plate, on page 68

3 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
an strapped him for swearin. Puir laddie didna ken he wis swear on page 120

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Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - Review Lang Syne in the East Neuk o Fife, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
lug: 'Aunty Mag says tae me,'Puir wee snotter, dinnae greit nae on page 54

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Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
He has, the puir sowl, an thon' s jist whit ye on page 43

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Waddell, John Lallans 58 - Three Waddins and Fowr Funerals - a monologue, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Aye, he had a wife, a puir simperin wee thing. Some men on page 59

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Cameron, Peter Lallans 58 - The Cornfields o Lowdie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
I ken I'm a puir sowl. I've aye been. You hae on page 47

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Mary Livingstone: Puir bairn! Ye canna greet alane. on page 19
puir an ordinary, an apon his grav on page 29
Nae wey ti run for the puir craitur - on page 32
Mary: Puir sister, he's deid. on page 35

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 79 - Oot o the Mooths o Weans, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
oot intae the gairden wi yer puir, duin, shilpit auld grannie a on page 92
's peth. Jist tae see gin the puir auld sowl waantit a haund wi on page 93

2 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
an's dominion' tae droon this puir craiture didnae mak it richt on page 83

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Five sonnets o Cecco Angiolieri (1250-1319), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
For guidsakes! - Puir wee lad, he's cuissen doun. on page 45

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Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
But the puir miller's son sate et hame bi on page 42

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Hershaw, William Lallans 67 - In Search o Robert Henrysoun, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
girnan-faced Gods and hou the puir mice suffer, on page 123

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Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
shuddered at the thocht o the puir-hous. He wis lucky he didnae on page 17

3 matches

Douglas, Ashley Eemis Stane 1 - Editorial: Scots Belangs Tae Awbodie And Naebodie, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
r tae guid fowk nor bad fowk, puir fowk nor rich fowk, nor onieb on page 3

1 matches

MacKenzie, Douglas Eemis Stane 1 - Puir Finch, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Puir finch yer time wi us wis brie on page 13

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Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
had cawed awaa the croun o a puir laddie-sodger's heid. This fr on page 18

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Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
tion that practisin poets are puir critics on accoont o inevitab on page 95

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 57 - Twa Auld Men, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
gowd". But if ye gan tae the puir airt o that claethe these day on page 136

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
a oot on the randan. Tramplin puir folk intae the grund and cowp on page 31
e Earth. There ye'll find the puir sowl, Atlas, that hauds up th on page 45
d squeezed the pech oot o ony puir sowl it fund. And it fund ple on page 51
t snakes, held them back. The puir ghaists had tae shauchle past on page 53

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Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
indit whit it wis like tae be puir, and he gied awa twice as muc on page 38
The bairn stapped. He wis gey puir, and the sodger had bunged hi on page 46
odger, she tellt them aw. The puir fowk o the toon danced and sa on page 48

3 matches

Robertson, James The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Lassie in the Snaw, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
ody had nae heat tae gie. Her puir nakit feet were as cauld as t on page 51
"Some puir body must be deein," she thoc on page 53
rsel warm when she wis deein, puir wee cratur," fowk said. "That on page 55

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Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
e o this wis ony guid tae the puir nichtingale. She wis keepit i on page 101

2 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Ye ken we wir puir on page 14
ttle. Skelet 22 wis yin o the puir sodgers, mony frae Gallowa, t on page 35

2 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ober 1797. He wis the son o a puir but preclare Stirlingshire fa on page 69

1 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 58 - fower poems bi John Waddell, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Puir Adam! Gairdnin wis a curse. on page 62

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 59 - Eleiven Quad Bike Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
5. The Retour O The Puir Shepherd. on page 114

2 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
gaun back ti lord it ower the puir sowels that wis tyauvin thair on page 95

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
lenth but consistent quality: puir. Muckle o it's reminiscent o on page 122

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
. Seeminlie, he wesna aye sae puir; he's a Scott o Gilmanscleuch on page 138

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
'Gane tae see his puir auld no-weel mither in Dalmic on page 60

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
buit? A dinna think sae. The puir craitur wes landit on the dec on page 91

1 matches

Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
hit's brocht her tae this, ma puir mither, ower
1 matches

Robertson, James Melt (Yin), (Kettillonia 2001) Central, poetry
Vexed, puir sowl, wi the nippin cauld oot
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ts - his been treatit like a puir relation, ignored, an gif no
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
ntie chiels' bein 'faur abuin puir scuffie jyners', that he maun
We are the biggers, puir buggers,
We are the biggers, puir buggers,
We are the biggers, puir buggers,
4 matches

Fairnie, Robert Thochts o Speakin Scots, (peffers50.freeserve 2001) Central, prose
ch an shawin tae the yird the puir cheil's want o a guid eddicat
the'r aye the shaddae o thon puir cheil's want o a guid eddicat
2 matches

Durie, Nick A Scots Letter, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Glasgow, prose
ntil Scots fowk sic as, e'en, puir fremmit Southron mindit Mckle
1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Less Trauchle Nor A Bairn, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
er be allooed. Nae wunner the puir lassie wis glaikit. An thai s
‘Puir wee thing,’ she seyd, fulin
2 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 75 - The MacNificat, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
whaur the puir wance lived.
He has heezed up the puir, an gied them guid things;
2 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Distempered, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Puir cratur, A can sense his confu
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
quivalent as if Scots wis the puir relation. As far as possible
1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
is puir tae say the least. Ower aften
vision wis flyted at for bein puir. As an
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
(tho mony o thaim that eat a puir diet stey in schemes wi nae s
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
gied a depe secht an telt the puir wumman.
on the grun, thai gruppit the puir laddies an flang thaim baith
the puir garron, at walloped awaw ower
“Puir bruits” thocht Mirren, as s
naiterel cheils. Ein puir Mirren, wechtit doun wi wirri
28 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Wee Tailor in the Haunted Kirkyaird, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, weans
e droont, an the wuid whaur a puir chiel haed hangit hissel. Mon
t ony mishanter tae befaa his puir brither.
2 matches

Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 76 - Mither tung?, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
hert: Gie us yer wabbit, yer puir,
1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 76 - Tammy an the Cheese Plant, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
e as a sad story consairnin a puir sowl wha drunk mair nor he cu
“Aw ye puir wee sowl,” said Saunny. “
2 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
puir, shilpit 87-pund eimage that
1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 71 - O Niver ti Dree Corruption Mair, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
wi the doctor ti look at the puir cauld corp laid out there in
1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ed yesterday in the hospital, puir auld sowel. I heard
uchelt wee wumman. “Och no! Puir sowel!”
recent daeins was puir, tho the straik had enfeebled
3 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ry. In All in Good Faith, the puir gaed on the Parish: in ithir
or their guid wirks in keepin puir bairns fed.
2 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
an aw the puir wee sailors droon.
When they say Ye love puir sinners
"Puir bird," thocht I, "Ye're aw ye
Gie ma puir wife an me nae rest.
oor puir auld Mappie.
11 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
he couldnae believe that the "puir folk" as she described thaim,
available locally. The richt puir sowels that there were tended
2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Whuppity Stoorie, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
Lang lang ago, there wis a puir young wife that bade in a hoo
Aw that puir young wife o Kittlerumpit had
ook weel. It lookit as if the puir pig wis aboot tae grunt its l
3 matches

Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
nae hiv tae mean onythin. The puir sowels! They had that much ga
1 matches

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
o wasters sic as masel an her puir wee hubby. It wis cynical, it
see throu it. The meenit yon puir unnerpeyed actress rolled her
2 matches

Mc Rae, Thomas The Neep Lantern, (Lowdown-L 2009) Central - Central, prose
’ again. No lang efter that puir Elsie went funny in the heid
1 matches

Smith, Jamie The dingin doun o devolution, (Mak Forrit 2020) Central - Edinburgh, blog
rently the BBC is daein a gey puir job o makkin fowk awaur o the
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 1), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
odgers. Wi Scotland left unco puir bi war, they haed nae means o
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Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
tae pit the fear o God intae puir sowels bidin in the lea o the
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Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
al university the corp o some puir craitur that’d been hangit
ose aboot the heid an pou the puir craitur up by its thrapple. N
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Heather, Alistair Rin throu the jungle, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
icht tae a tree. That gied us puir swimmers a chance tae pou wir
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Heather, Alistair The porage revolution: Hou porage cam tae mak Scotland habitable, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
this revolution that gied the puir shiverin craiturs wha bade he
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Heather, Alistair The ghaist lichts, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
ger laddie that dee’d. This puir craitur haed a gowden locket
newly orphaned bairns o this puir sodger.
y predictit the demise o thae puir American sodgers.
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Heather, Alistair Lat the auld witch burn, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
the cauld in the winter, the puir hairst, the isolation. It sae
Mrs Chisholm wisnae the anely puir sowel tae thole sic cruelties
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Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
Puir infrastructur is a belt aboot
st. No anely is infrastructur puir, but infrastructur inequality
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Halloween, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
dug! Ah could anely píty the puir harrit mithers haein their lu
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Thoumire, Elizabeth The killin fields!, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
on a military operation. The puir wee hares, frantic, wi nae we
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Than an nou — poverty, makkin dae, an leukin oot for ilk ither, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
t fou wi hert brakkin sichts. Puir sowels wi naewhaur tae bide n
l trainin, an it wis aye some puir sowel needin her. The door wa
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Deid huddies an the Moray Eel, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
die? If naebody’s up for it puir wee Dougie Ross will juist ha
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Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
d the English owresttins awfu puir, an A stertit ti wunner cud A
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Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
heir beilan bahoukey’s. The puir beaver population was maist s
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Meikle, William Overheard in a Cemetery, (ABCTales.com 2004) Central - Ayrshire, prose
e golf club, an' treatin' the puir lassies like shite.
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
a lot o fowk aff. But no the puir, arra-stickit lads that were
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
IN the airly 1800s a puir wumman wis brocht afore a Gre
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
dins" an explainin hou " this puir wumman has pitten in mair nor
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
hinneren o the play that his puir mither's madness wisnae schiz
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Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Boswell’s Coort, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
an us puir jyners haed til crowl aboot
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Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
etails o whit he did tae that puir dug. Ye are nae daft, ye’ll
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Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
k and got a kick in the heid. Puir Oscar,that wis him hyena bait
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Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
rned oot, we wis tae wee, tae puir and certainly tae stupit tae
sh an’ prood. Tae fuckin’ puir, tae fuckin’ wee and certai
ave as fuck? Na. Tae wee, tae puir, tae stupit. Tae small minded
a’. Ma voice is wee. It’s puir but it’s nae stupit. Unless
ye. It is. It’s wee, it’s puir an’ it’s stupit. That’s
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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
ause this laund o oors is sae puir it canna gie a decent life ta
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
gey heicher proportion o the puir wha cam tae him for assistanc
tly haint ... She sighed. Her puir parents, her puir Dada.
parents, her puir Dada.
er tae examine his een - the puir lad wis faur ower fykie, an G
pit yer baggage. Here i thir puir barren lans, there wis at lea
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Matthews, Lily A SPARK O INSPIRATION, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
ter fowk in Dundee. They’re puir crackin, apart fae th’ hous
the Howff durin a storm. The puir lassie git struck by lightnin
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Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ercats an fend thaim frae the puir (“For one very rich man the
istribute walth frae rich tae puir.
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Durie, Nick The Best o the Baith o Thaim, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
or tae gie you a wee help, ye puir stupit craturs – was setten
and deliberate stervin o the puir gin it hains their flag and k
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McClurg, Fernando “Blood Upon the Grass” – merk twa?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ion o warkin fowk – maistly puir migrant warkers frae Nepal an
aboot late peyment o wages or puir warkin conditions. An in a ki
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Macdonald, Ileene Fit’s it aa aboot?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
hermed wi decisions like the puir bein sanctioned or budgets fi
d been servin tae silence the puir an mak them less veisible but
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ter, tae chynge me intae some puir craitur cried "Haining" in th
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
hae duin tae Maister Henry's puir wee numb harns? Onie wey, he
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Briggs, Susi O Rabbie, I hae seen the day, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
Puir hurt Rabbie, greetin the dark
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MacMinto, Gregor The Magic Brainch, (wordpress 2021) Central, blog
A bein Kawar hid a puir ootby wirker. Ae day the foot
thrawn tree sayed, ‘Here a puir hirer at’s tint his gate. W
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Kirk Jn, Albert Whit, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
O ilka puir wicht fae hither an yon.
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Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
Puir auld Jake hadnae a heat in th
it least, whilst ablow them a puir community sprauchles doonward
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Fyall, Aitken Lallans 74 - Rabbie’s Retrospeck, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
The puir bit moose, the bairn new born
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Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
‘Is it no eneuch for thae puir we craiturs tae suffer a slau
her lass! Mebbe anither loss! Puir Jessie! Then he gethert himse
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@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
aw The phone reception is gey puir tae nane in Renfrewshire thes(2020) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
@Davbhoy1 Too wee, too puir, too stupid and no geneticall (2022) twitter link
id CRINGE !!!!!! Too wee, too puir and too stupid tae hae a plac (2022) twitter link

@billykayscot tweeted
Lord Jocky o Kirkcaldy! I ken puir Jocky’s deid, but he’d be e(2020) search twitter
t she gied him the blinn, the puir wee sowel” https://t.co/Rz53(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
or wearin face masks. Whit a puir exemple tae set folk.(2020) search twitter
why it bites fer nae reason. Puir hing prolly disnae ken ony be(2020) search twitter
LFruitcake85 @simonfromharlow Puir cat. ??(2020) search twitter

@GMacminto tweeted
id grup o the gear. We'r ower puir, ower wee . . . (2022) twitter link

Doric

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
lang the pavement bi the win. Puir thing: nae muckle pickins air on page 42

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Blackhall, Sheena Tales Fae The Doric Side - Bullied, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
y ma Is aywis skint ... we're puir on page 56

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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Wis tae mak puir Violet feel richt rotten But on page 15

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Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
gside the gravestanes. It's a puir bit. on page 111

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
his wits' eyn, aa richt. His puir aal body drapped doon; the li on page 8

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Smith, Derek Northwords Now 43 - Derek Smith, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Doric, poetry
drab as a Puir Clare nun. Further doon on page 18

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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
e may ken, she haed dementia, puir sowl; an, mair nor wullin tho
nister onything he wints. The puir man says he daesna ken fa tae
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Johnstone, Ian Tuney Loon's low doon, (The Fraserburgh Herald 2000) Doric, newspaper
n mither, and confounding the puir wumman wha has nocht else in
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ee't, like Jessie Mathiesoon, puir glekit Jessie, fa's place in
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
sunder widened atween rich an puir in the early years o the fire
oxide. A human preen cushion, puir Myra hid nae veins left tae m
fa cud argie wi thon, fur the puir laddie tuik them aften. He'd
wis in sic a bin. She throosh puir Pranny till there wisna a bee
d hid nae supper, myn, an the puir lassie wis fair faimishin, sa
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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
When puir Erchie enquired as tae exactl
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Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
s man got ower his operation? Puir sowel. Some fowk dinna hae ei
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Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 71 - Snuffy, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Doric, prose
tler stertit his nonsense and puir Snuffy wis awfu worried aboot
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Uri, Antonia Fit tae dae aboot obesity?, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
ucts will reduce the nummer o puir fowk fa ar obese, but nae the
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Uri, Antonia Widney’s Fuil, (Mak Forrit 2017) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
is he?”, ye ask. Weel, some puir bugger wis wunnerin the same
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
“Oh the puir birdies,” sighed Granny Rid
“Me, me, fit a puir luikin vratch ye are,” miew
Sae puir Mither Rubbit gaed ower tae t
Puir Winnie the shargeret fir! She
he neist it wad caa her doon. Puir Birly felt fit
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
Puir wife telt bi dentist she need(2016) search twitter
Love the once popular bittie! Puir Aiberdeen FC! https://t.co/hc(2017) search twitter
inted oot foo rude it keekat! Puir @lyn_golden jis wints tae enj(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
He chased wir puir owld Westie, Jock, straight d on page 14
less nearly shattered and the puir man wis forced tae flee. on page 16
id's me", quavered Gordon. "A puir owld wife and hid's many a mo on page 61
s much o a dancer - Cheust a puir thing wi twa left feet - Bit on page 66

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Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
Weel hid wis puir times right enouch, whin wae
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Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
as yon puir gowk staucherin aboot the Gre on page 141

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Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Mim-mou'd they staun ahint puir Wendy, Egg upo their faces! on page 211
Puir Sawney! He consoles himsel, on page 212

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Purves, David Lallans 75 - On War, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, prose
Whit is this Duty that gars puir kintra fowk ti die for the gl
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Purves, David Lallans 59 - Five Poems frae the Chinese o Po Chu-I, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
t til the fell sufferin o the puir. Alang wi his famous predeces
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Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
9. Puir Burds: do.
PUIR BURDS
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Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Fae some puir cratur's jaa! on page 19

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Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
"Blisst ir tha puir ïn spïrit, fer thairs ïs t on page 4
Guid News ïs praicht tae tha puir. © An blisst ïs tha yin tha on page 9
For he haes tuk notys o me, a puir sarvin lass, an aa genèratio on page 70
ell oot tha Guid News tae tha puir; he haes sent me for [tae hea on page 76
"Blissit ïs tha puir, for yours ïs tha Kïngdom o on page 79
Also on pages 81, 90, 92, 95, 98, 105
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McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Puir Rab near boaked his ring up w on page 4
rowe sic a thocht, Fur aa his puir Jenny's fancie airs, the' did on page 11

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Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
fer monie yeirs they wur in a puir state o' apkeep. Lately es an on page 64

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Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
The puir dug's terrified o the noise a on page 56

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Warwick, Matthew Tha Feardie Geng hae tae bide at hame, (Sensory Attachment Centre 2020) Ulster - Ballymena, weans
ce it staps it maks a wheen o puir craiturs wile het, an gies th
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Smyth, Anne I Corinthians 13, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster, prose
aa ma gaun gear furtae fettle puir fowk, an the mair A gie ma bo
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Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
pu’ed wi aa his micht. His puir guidwife’s droondit boadie
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Dornan, Stephen Ode Tae 2021 , (twitter 2022) Ulster - Comber, poetry
An Tha Guid Friday Greeance (puir doited thing)
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