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Use in varieties of Scots

sand Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words28.4 22.1 18.1 188.8 63.9 41.3 8.9
Number of occurrences9143 12 19 11 4 2
Number of authors49 26 9 5 5 2 2

Occurrences of sand in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
sea, some weans diggin in the sand wae widden spades, a row ae l on page 21

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Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
he feet that guddled-app this sand on page 40

1 matches

Cameron, Peter Lallans 82 - Nevermas, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
when the wind blaws owre the sand? on page 25

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
ht, I fell ower asleep on the sand, a thoosand mile frae onie ho on page 11
o munelicht, fliskit ower the sand. on page 59
er traipsin a lang time throu sand, an rochs, an snaw, the wee p on page 64
lookit on the riggs o desert sand in the munelicht. on page 77
stood yon unco thrummin o the sand. Whan I wis a laddie I bade i on page 78
Also on pages 80, 81, 83, 91
11 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
l. Aw the world in a grain ae sand. Aw she hud. on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
fighting fur a square foot ae sand in name of Queen or country. on page 92

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
go near thi sand. on page 94

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
n trouble gettin roun the big sand bank opposite the Craig Pier. on page 92

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
d alang the beach an felt the sand atween his toes; he's never t on page 13
wur walkin we could feel the sand between wur toes, Aw puhlease on page 112

2 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Or the sand, or the earth or whaur the cl on page 47

1 matches

Morning, Carey Neeps and Tatties, (self-published 2020) Central, weans
and sand and tellt stories aw through on page 35

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
if the sand-tray's had a spill on page 42

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Sang requiem, whaur in the sand wis sawn on page 26

1 matches

Tindal, Betty Lallans 67 - Two poems by Betty Tindal, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Sand-stane gateposts hae hid tae m on page 129

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
An scartit oan sand bi tidesedge mews, on page 112

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
row is countless as grains of sand? on page 73

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Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 58 - twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
lection, nae footprints i the sand, on page 95

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Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
Weeds growne in lake and sand-clogged riverbanks, on page 107

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 67 - Efter the Bonspiel, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Ma frugal fare wis gruel o' sand an' bluid. on page 63

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
d alang the beach an felt the sand atween his toes; he’s never
1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
n auld stair gaed straitly to sand an tang ablow, the negleckit
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
The seaside toons are sand an sea
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
flat sand, were tamed like the beach, t
empty streetch of near-white sand. Wild all through it was, ham
2 matches

Letford, William Bevel, (Carcanet 2012 ISBN: 978 1 84777 192 6) Central - Stirling, poetry
Johnny sade it's three parts sand
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah cannae bury ma heid in the sand furever.
1 matches

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 59 - Joukene Poukerie, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
k, sweetie papers, stanes and sand cloggin the cundie.
an pleutered awa at the weet sand. Ye cuid mak it intae a dam.
2 matches

Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
t the locals, guinea fowl and sand grouse fluttered noisily oot
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
where to draw the line in the sand with these people, isn’t it
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
r there's a gey muckle dune o sand wirthy o the Sahara (opposite(2020) search twitter

@fairpechtoot tweeted
hire. Warned tae stey awa fae sand cleggs.(2017) search twitter

Doric

Lawrie, Alastair Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Win, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
rs. Win blaws owre the ribs o sand on page 90

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
jist aa aboot the sun, sea an sand either, it has sae muckle mai on page 3

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
sea, some bairns diggan in e sand wi wooden spades, then a row on page 20

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
laid the prince saftly on the sand wi his heid turned tae the su on page 116

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
an sand. "Och," a wifie says. "I doot
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
a living room winda I can see sand twirling up aff the Broch bea
a see it, I can hear grains o sand trinkling against the winda p
oor. There’s a thin layer o sand on ma doorstep and a few tree
3 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
ate to get doon i stairs ti i sand. Wint ti i bar instead. Hid a(2019) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
age Boris wee his heid in the sand?(2020) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
ded wi 3/4" chuckies or sharp sand for a back load. Fit a waste.(2020) search twitter
Nicolejunemcka1 @aberdeencity Sand dollar café doon e beach(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Ga's eyes, wance the burneen sand on page 12
Sand on page 13

9 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Riv, Lurno o The Soond, Sandi Sand on page 11
laet sun reflectan on sand on page 17
son tendrils feathered on the sand. on page 49
a secret sign in the sand tae spot on page 119

4 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Like sand blown fae the links. on page 113

1 matches

Brown, Moyra Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
chamchars, fuul o seaweed and sand on page 29

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Hall, Simon W. Bonny Isle o Sanday, (Brisk Northerly 2016) Orkney, blog
A billion grains o sand. A hunder thoosand migrant bi
glorious unfolding flatness o sand/soil and pure sky, stretching
traverse the vast ouse o Cata Sand and climb the dunes. A gull o
sing, and the abundant shell sand haes a purple hue in the morn
4 matches

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
Sand, stoor, raith on page 17
whit we hiv on wur sand?', he spiered them. on page 21

3 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
an ayre wi coontless grains o sand. on page 47

1 matches

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
"fish" caad "Guddicks" fae da sand using "hjuks"(hooks).
"We wid hjuk dem oot o da sand".

Watt, Valerie A faersome feerie, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
telt him. “My troat is laek sand paeper, A’m haet an caald a
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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
to seein it emerge through da sand and pebbles but loved how dis(2020) search twitter
c aboot plants growin oot fae sand and rock #wildflower #wildlif(2019) search twitter
o 2014. How superb to feel da sand, sun and sea again :) #shetla(2014) search twitter
I love Da Gairdins I Sand. Gazillions o frogs and frogs(2016) search twitter

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
sea, some bairns diggin in th sand wi wudden spades, then a row on page 20

1 matches

Purves, David Lallans 73 - Ten Owersettins frae the Chinese, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
The air is fresh, the sand is whyte on page 38

1 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
on sand? An ye mak ti speak
nor sklif the driftin sand.
2 matches

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Thon sand aa time ir sinkin' fast on page 22

1 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
craigs an scuttled across the sand as dulse an daberlack twisted
1 matches

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