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skweel Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words26.6 2.5 121.6 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences865 81 0 0 0 0
Number of authors30 4 26

Occurrences of skweel in Corpus

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Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
as in scuil, that can become skweel, an guid, that can become gwe on page 64

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
he kens ye'r skiyvin skweel. on page 22

1 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
I heard until I went tae the skweel wis the Doric. Aabodie aboot
Suddenly, when we went to the skweel at five year aal, we werna al
2 matches

Eunson, Catherine Freude, (The Scores 2020) Central, poetry
t oot; it’s his auld widden skweel recorder,
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
der. He wis at the navigation skweel wi me. Ay, Ah kent him weel. on page 41

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
mither's class at Cassie En' Skweel. Ye surely min' Eddie Fraser! on page 35

2 matches

Philip, George Luikin Back, (Jas Gaesham 2008 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Doric, prose
he road tae the Demonstration Skweel, pairt o the Trainin College on page 6

6 matches

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - A hame is a hame is a hame, is it nae?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
yer sheen an get doon tae at skweel, yer gan tae be late!" on page 33

1 matches

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
front door. Then ah threw ma skweel bag on the fleer and made ma on page 41
wid say. As seen as she left skweel, Ma left fur the 'Big City'. on page 43

3 matches

Innes, Brian P. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Thochts o a Teacher, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
seen a peacock hurtlin ower a skweel at aboot twenty mile an oor, on page 51

1 matches

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - Snog, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ss mockery fae the rest o the skweel, an mibbe even gettin a richt on page 53

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Tales Fae The Doric Side - Pictur o Misery, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
skweel-kids, halflins, young on page 68

1 matches

Stewart, Del Tales Fae The Doric Side - Haudagain, 8:12 am, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
we got tae work or spint the skweel run. on page 86

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
n there wis ess lassie at the skweel Ah really funcied. Ah termint on page 95

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
- it ye'd stukkin in At the skweel an nae faen aa ahin Bit learn on page 15

4 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
h'm studyin piana it a meesic skweel in the toon an Ah'v aiven mun on page 36
n Mark an Greig ir nae it the skweel, onywye." She pokit im in the on page 39
ottar life revolved aroon the skweel, the kirk an the shop. Wi enj on page 86

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
he een takkin the kids te the skweel an pickin them up again. She' on page 35
ce they spoke aboot it Sunday skweel. Ah said a wee prayer aat Jes on page 67
'Foo can Ah ging t'a skweel reunion lookin like ess?" Sus on page 68
ot the diet? An fit aboot yer skweel reunion?" on page 72
portant paperwirk; a bunnle o skweel reports an special occasion c on page 79

8 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
me, ye'll myn er fine fae the skweel." on page 23

1 matches

Wheeler, Leslie Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, weans
An at skweel he wis gettin 'behind' in his on page 25

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
were in the same class at the skweel, an we wid dander hame thegit
Abbie didna come tae the skweel for twa three days; an Ah niv
2 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 63 - Three poems, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, poetry
the chiels at leernt me at e skweel
1 matches

Johnstone, Ian Tuney Loon's low doon, (The Fraserburgh Herald 2000) Doric, newspaper
the spectre o a six year aald skweel pupil shooting daid, the ithe
upil in a Michigan elementary skweel clessroom, and ye havti ask h
2 matches

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
lum, achievin an gettin on at skweel tae realise their potential.
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
o mithers an faithers. Ilkie skweel noo hid its CCTV, an ilkie do
path frae the Balbutt primary skweel stravaiged aroon bi the auld
it here wi her friens fin the skweel hid skailed a wikk syne. Her
ain. Kieran sat neist Nava in skweel. His cousin Jed wis bikin on
h in Nava's claiss at Balbutt Skweel. Brian wis ae year aulder nor
12 matches

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - A keik at the Swedish game o bandy, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ut fit did we get telt at the skweel fan they learnt us aboot hist
1 matches

Gauld, Ilene Ilene Gauld - Piper and Poet, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Keith, weans
Dress Hire straight efter the skweel.
1 matches

Crawford, Jack The Pluffer, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
yards aff. One day I went ta skweel and I took ma empty pen and a
1 matches

Harvey, Lewis Crash, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
Leaving ma hoose to go to skweel it was quite cauld but luckil
e to get ot o ma bed. a hated skweel. The lessons, the teachers, a
id died doon a heided aff tae skweel. A lookit at ma watch an saw
er fit a thocht o her and her skweel. Next thing the door opened a
hiv sic caring pupils in her skweel.
5 matches

Robson, Euan Peelie wally, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
but tae keep me hame fae the skweel.
o I hid niver really been aff skweel fir ony length o time an a di
2 matches

Martin, Keiron Ma Worst Nicht Oot, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
getting intae trouble at the skweel. She wis at the end o her tet
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ship. Fin she’d been at the skweel they’d been teen doon tae t
1 matches

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
The skweel in the photae wiz Shand Stree
ower the threshold intae the skweel proper that fan the problems
t things that I learned aboot skweel wiz that if ye didna ask ques
hey teen me intae a bit o the skweel I'd nivver been inside afore
e be held ilka Thursday efter skweel so the drama teacher gave us
5 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ssed and Douglas wint tae the skweel. A shy laddie wiz he and ayee
and charge. His first day at skweel wiz nae different.At play-tim
aboot the age o twal fin the skweel tellt his fowks they widna ta
daith o bleachin fowk at the skweel for makkin fun o ees broo. He
4 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
At rhe skweel, so fly cup by the bell. Nae (2020) search twitter
Mony thanks. Ilka day's a skweel day. Nivver did pit in a gibb(2020) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
I've sint a fax ti i local skweel for em ti tell as i bairns ti(2019) search twitter
Paper, Scissors part o gym at skweel?(2020) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
Ma mam widna put ma ti skweel, in this(2020) search twitter
muckle folk hurling bairns ti skweel(2020) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@d_anderson878 Ilcky day's a skweel day. Nivver kent ah't. Nae on(2019) search twitter

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