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servants Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14 15.9 19.6 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences4531 13 0 1 0 0
Number of authors18 11 6 1

Occurrences of servants 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

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
that a wheen o the fermers an servants had brocht - hey-forks, scyt on page 35
it awa the lave o his faithfu servants tae cairry on the Kirk's fech on page 52
ae Thy bosom these Thy chosen servants o Christ an the True Kirk, cr on page 54

4 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
be created? Likewise whan oor servants, the government o Scotland, a on page 37
onie further, fer oor ceevil servants are weel rehearsed in the aw on page 89
be they politicos or ceevil servants maitters nane - it his been on page 113
n haun in glove wi the ceevil servants at the Mop, The fack that sae on page 122

4 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Ah'll bribe aa his servants; an e'en if the day they baur on page 126

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Balfour: His servants are numb wi drink. on page 35

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
erberus wi ye sae he took his servants and his ginger bottle and he' on page 57

1 matches

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
d a muckle, fantoosh hoose wi servants and a butler. Aw o a sudden, on page 37
First, he had tae fire aw his servants. Then, he had tae sell his fa on page 38

2 matches

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
casion, I saw the brainwashed servants o the musicians, searching th
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ae these cunts? Fuckin public servants they ur. Ye’d think ah’d
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
ad heard mony stories fae the servants in the palace. Stories aboot
his muckle appetite; hoo the servants had tae fling twenty sheep an
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
or the sake of Thy poor sinfu servants that are now addressing Thee
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
wasna on social terms wi the servants neither. Nae maitter. She wis
are had a policy aboot lattin servants spen thair retirement in thai
.o. had fund him a place in a servants’ retirement complex in a mo
are had a policy aboot lattin servants spen thair retirement in thai
.o. had fund him a place in a servants’ retirement complex in a mo
5 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ibeelity politeicians, ceevil servants an the estaiblishment haes le
rnment politeecians an ceevil servants haes been sae sair devalued,
eerer that haes fautit ceevil servants in the Executive o 'instituti
le haes cooncillors an ceevil servants been telt aboot pittin the Ch
4 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
S.E., or raither thair ceevil servants', answer tae cover for baith
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
tens aff meenisters an ceevil servants aboot policy an fundin decees
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
s ye like; twa retired fairm. servants, fa unnersteed ane anither an on page 10

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
him gin he wad sort een o his servants. "He's lyin at hame foonert w on page 16
them fa saw fit happent an e servants o e Gospel. Sae it seemed tae on page 79
chaps at e door. Blist are e servants att e maister fins reddy fan on page 103
tae dee ye shuld say, 'We're servants an dinna need reesin oot for on page 109

4 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
haipter 3, far we're telt his servants jaloused 'surely he covereth on page 72

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
'Speerit servants that dae fit they're telt..na
e o the talents, an the three servants, Minnie.
r ma an Matty ahin. An aa the servants hid talents, an war telt tae
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
is guairded bi priests fa war servants o the god, their lives gien o
1 matches

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
cht we the plebeians actin as servants hid tae waak aboot cairryin a
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
Gordon. She deals wi' all new servants!”
e aifter that yin o the hoose servants came in and asked if Mistress
2 matches

Shetland

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
da whyde he pat oot ene o his servants wi da rivlin, ta gaeng trowe on page 35

1 matches

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