Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

sheugh	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	16.8	4	0	0	0	51.7	208.1
Number of occurrences	56	8	0	0	0	5	43
Number of authors	17	2				1	14

Occurrences of sheugh 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

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
an tuim us aw richt doon the sheugh o it - on page 77

1 matches

Peffers, Bob A Aboot Mid-Camps, Kirnitten, Bi East Cawther, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Fife, prose
a n hauf, yaird tae a cobbled sheugh rinin alang the fu length o t
hooses. At the doup end o the sheugh wis ane irn siever for a four
ne speers hoo they ca'ed it a sheugh, a they maun dae is wheech a
a pail o klerty watter doon a sheugh an listen, kis that's jist wh
t's jist whit it soonds like, Sheugh! Abin yone siever wis wan cas
7 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
r Scots oan baith sides o the Sheugh. Guid tae see Scots daein sae (2020) twitter link
pushin Ulster Scots owre The Sheugh. Weel duin! @USCN1 @HurchinHo (2020) twitter link
an taen owre an kept owre the Sheugh.(2020) search twitter
eaninhpoet As we say owre The Sheugh, better oot than in(2020) search twitter
Neebors oan baith sides o The Sheugh! (2020) twitter link

Ulster

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
ae Kryvyi Rih Filt, history's sheugh on page 30

2 matches

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
The sheugh's enless on page 2
A' ower the sheugh an dake. on page 4
er the slow blak watter o the sheugh, an awa on page 6
Bak then, afore the whun-hud sheugh on page 20

4 matches

Warwick, Matthew Fergie an Freens oan tha fairm, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2011) Ulster - Rural Mid-Antrim, weans
dunch, an cowps him intil tha sheugh! Ach naw! Jock's up tae his o on page 7

1 matches

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Tha sheugh was fou o watter on page 16
ys spent hokin in some gumlie sheugh or clarry moss on page 50

2 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Luks lik it cum strecht fae a sheugh, Tha brew's aa gray, on page 14

1 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Stuart Paterson frae ower the sheugh. A mano exceptional talent an on page 1

1 matches

Campbell, Robert Yarns 3 - Brae / Sheugh / Cannae / Piece, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Ballymena, poetry
Sheugh
Tha sheugh, tha sheugh, tha narra sheugh,
, tha narra sheugh,
Tha narra sheugh, tae hop an lep,
Ye hop an lep this narra sheugh
19 matches

Millar, Alan Yarns 3 - Sammy Thomson's, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - East Donegal, prose
eadin fur tha nearest dyke or sheugh. Sam
1 matches

Morrow, Rob Yarns 3 - Kirk and Ceilidhe Memorial, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Poyntzpass, poetry
Braid field o’ corn, frae sheugh tae burn,
1 matches

NewtonLass Tay, (newtonlass.blogspot.com 2011) Ulster - Newtownards, poetry
Luks lik it cum strecht fae a sheugh,
1 matches

Dee Har Tha Broon Troot, (Facebook 2020) Ulster, poetry
Doon in the sheugh,
1 matches

@fairfaaye tweeted
tae hear 'Baith Sides of the Sheugh' wi @StuartPoet tomorrow Tues(2020) search twitter
t 1pm for 'Baith Sides of the Sheugh' with award-winning Scots poe(2020) search twitter

@HurchinHome tweeted
or hairst on this side of the sheugh? Check out seasonal words @sc(2016) search twitter
the proper pronunciation of "sheugh" #wordoftheday(2017) search twitter

@MarkThompStuff tweeted
Loupin the sheugh https://t.co/XDXhMAraOZ(2020) search twitter