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Use in varieties of Scots

skreich Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.8 9.5 17.9 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences3219 12 0 0 0 1
Number of authors12 10 2 1

Occurrences of skreich in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
Molipi wid skreich, in a voice that wis weeer an on page 40
'Thief! Thief" It wis a shill skreich, and it turnt Precious's blui on page 53
yowlin soond, a bit like the skreich o a fire engine. on page 74

3 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
rup ocht, but she heard a wee skreich an a faa, an a crash o broken on page 35
n doun on her; she gied a wee skreich, hau - frichtit an hauf-anger on page 44

4 matches

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
then it heard it's maister's skreich, on page 9

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
the engine's pechin skreich, on page 10

1 matches

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
the saft embers o the skreich o day. on page 37

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
tummles a gull-threap intae a skreich. on page 16

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
e ei apen, an be up afoir the skreich o day. A dissyded on a pallia on page 3

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
tae skreich abuse, an some fur foolery. on page 112

1 matches

McGibbon, Joe Lallans 73 - Feyther Langshanks Blues, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
an lackin the skreich o trodden flair on page 116

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
s the chirm o a lintie at the skreich o a spring morn, gin no aye a on page 129

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
h, shauchle, sicht, skelloch, skreich, slicht, socht, souch, strauc
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
skreich o the tyres instantlie attrak
At skreich o day, thai pit thair pows th
Carlyle jyle. Than at the skreich o day he dovert ower ti be wa
3 matches

Doric

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
icht in his lug wi frichtsome skreich. on page 87
'Ye needna skreich, ye're like tae deive.' on page 88

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
danger. Syne there wis a thin skreich like a bairn skirlin oot o't
o a pan wi a knife, garrin it skreich like a banshee) the Deil gart
annie, cannie sae as it widna skreich, syne steppit oot inno the pi
s failed. There wis the heich skreich o the wheels as they skyted a
4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Syne: Doon, tree, doon, they skreich an the tree fleets doon like
r ooto a lang crack. Wi a wee skreich she fell, tae laun wi a plowt
a fyew bars on his fiddle or skreich a pucklie sangs, as Sector Sa
Jenny gied a saft skreich. The unborn bairn wis kickin.
uld, auld steens. Syne they'd skreich an skirl an hotter inbye the
6 matches

Ulster

BardOfMilebush Untitled poem, (Reddit 2017) Ulster, poetry
burn and brae and sheuch and skreich and dunt and dight and straig
1 matches

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