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Use in varieties of Scots

straw Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.9 6.9 5.9 0 11.6 10.3 9.7
Number of occurrences2314 4 0 2 1 2
Number of authors18 10 4 2 1 1

Occurrences of straw in Corpus

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Central

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
A pig wha'd bigged a hoose o STRAW? on page 41
Nae straw for him, nae twigs or sticks. on page 44

2 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Tummle thegither like knottit straw on page 25

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Cowp the cobles, straw them hurdie liftwards on page 39

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Nae that I care a straw. on page 28
He's a straw, aa burnt up an dry. on page 35

2 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
htsome sweit jeeled oan stale straw, on page 112

3 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
an yer straw heeded sadist on page 77

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
Ye could sook a straw
1 matches

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ap it up lit barr ginger up a straw.’
1 matches

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
Step ower the straw,
1 matches

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
it wis hauled oot as aft as a straw-stuffed guy at Halloween, an
1 matches

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
er clip. "Weel aat's eih last straw, wer gaantae loass wer lyfe's on page 10

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
him, slept at his heid on the straw in the barn; an the horses an on page 118

1 matches

Wilson, Heidi and Isla Then and noo, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Keith, prose
e got milk in a bag wi a blue straw that wis still warm,
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
auld rippit jacket stappt wi straw, wi a neep fur a heid, he wis
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
onybody, bit dis wis da last straw. on page 13

1 matches

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
for @Marisha_Ray’s pineapple straw cup online to discover it was (2020) twitter link

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Noo straw and chaff the threshing made on page 8

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
as ah sipped pride throu the straw o ma strawberry Tip Top.
hard tae sip pride throu the straw o ma strawberry Tip Top witho
2 matches

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