A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

rhymes Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.9 15.6 7.5 9.9 0 0 35.4
Number of occurrences4531 5 1 0 0 8
Number of authors30 20 3 1 6

Occurrences of rhymes in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
'I howp ye get sum better rhymes nor thon afore we get tae Gre on page 57

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Robson, Frances Lallans 85 - What Kind Of Scots?, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
the rhymes fur cawin skippin ropes; whae on page 8

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
er, efter aa: it's a hantle o rhymes." on page 44

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
'Blaw,' he says. 'Rhymes wi craw, snaw, fitbaw. Blaw. on page 1

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
tae merk wir times wi dingin rhymes an odes tae life an freedom. on page 77

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
name's Winston Turner but it rhymes wi Bunsen Burner an that's wh on page 46
ine cawin anybody a name that rhymes wi lavvy. Who cares, ah said on page 97

2 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
nce til the uisfuness o bairn-rhymes. Soutar's limitations needit on page 95

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
e: Scots Children's Songs and Rhymes, Ewan McVicar, Birlinn Ltd., on page 129

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
irse, is the jek-aisie luikin rhymes: fling us / ding us, cuddy as on page 141

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
ems in the pamphlet o bairn's rhymes an stories written in NE Scot
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
ories, poetry, sangs, nursery rhymes an proverbs in Scots).
The Scots novels, nursery rhymes an proverbs quoted (as weel a
2 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ge – frae the likes o bairn-rhymes, tradeitional sangs, an o coo
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
fin must be Scots because ile rhymes with style and oil disnae. A
1 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
n-ately Scottish: ‘wants’ rhymes, eftir aw, wi ‘participants
e meddle wi his finely wrocht rhymes, and he recogneezed that tae
2 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
wi rhymes that ring oot like a silver b
1 matches

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
h; an our lullabies and bairn-rhymes wis in Scots.
1 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
ken in and wis singin nursery rhymes. It wis aboot time that Hazel
1 matches

Niven, Liz Burnin Whins, (Luath 2004) Central, poetry
eachin religion instead o yer rhymes.
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
billykayscot Ah say hurple - rhymes wi purple. Ma folks wur Fifer(2020) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
g_SBT hae added some sangs an rhymes in Shetlandic #Scots! https:/ (2021) twitter link
the Bookbug app, wi songs an rhymes in Scots: https://t.co/9xJHPm (2020) twitter link
yins alang fir Scots stories, rhymes an sangs! Click here tae find (2019) twitter link
yins alang fir Scots stories, rhymes an sangs! Click here tae find (2019) twitter link

Doric

Johnstone, Ian Tuney Loon's low doon, (The Fraserburgh Herald 2000) Doric, newspaper
g tae my mind a wheen daftish rhymes as went the roons an substanc
narchy o words and mind sitch rhymes recaall!
the questions folk ask. Sitch rhymes as them, cater fir the mair ï
3 matches

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
* Throwe games, rhymes, sangs, stories, roleplay, et
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@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
@tweetolectology Oose, rhymes wi goose (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
m learned him aal the nursery rhymes and some bonny Sankey hymns." on page 55

1 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Rhymes in echteen fiftie seiven. on page 27

1 matches

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Hokin, an rhymes a body cudnae read on page 27

2 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
en an gless o wine, A wheen o rhymes wus ma design In Standart Hab on page 31

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Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
ik o poames!! A hope ye enjoy Rhymes Frae Rathfrilan, A hope thair on page 1

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BardOfMilebush Untitled poem, (Reddit 2017) Ulster, poetry
y spoke in Scots in their wee rhymes and English naught ava
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@the_gellick tweeted
ophe! I jalouse Ian's "house" rhymes wi "goose". (2015) twitter link
Fae Pat M'Carty's Rhymes by John Stevenson, 1903. (2018) twitter link

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