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swine Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.1 10.3 4.5 19.9 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences2620 3 2 1 0 0
Number of authors15 9 3 2 1

Occurrences of swine in Corpus

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Central

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
p tae yer neck in it wae this swine, the bastarn money lender. Ye on page 9

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
air trial... the bleck-hertit swine!' on page 61

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
or be a swine like Calvin Klein on page 65

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ven nou, were nae better than swine, it's jist that that's the im on page 116

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Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
got frae yon carnaptious auld swine in his midden up at Hoggston, on page 17

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Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
er. Men yeuk like warriors, a swine squeals atour the yerd trotte on page 59

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
herd - a twa thousan heid o swine - breishilt doun the heuch. on page 135

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Bennett, Peter Clyde Built, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
et dae ye?’ ah sais tae the swine.
Here, Tam is this the bloody swine yer talkin aboot?’ ah sais,
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Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Kin ye believe the swine Coyle?
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Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
er aff bein congenial wae the swine, rather than tell him whit ah
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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
e that gruesome end — nowt, swine, hens, sheep, aab’dy. E’e
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
he continued. “He cut the swine aff afore they cud get tae th
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Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
gnation. Bloody greetin faced swine. It’s eight o’cloack in t
yin! Yous staiy away fae that swine, dae ye hear me? Leave it ala
‘You staiy away fae that swine, dae ye hear me? Ah’ve awre
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Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
p tae yer neck in it wae this swine, the bastarn money lender. Ye
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Kirk Jn, Albert Guid Fences Mak Guid Neibours, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
For droonin the swine whae teens me wi crap!
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Kirk Jn, Albert Whit, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
k oot yer chibs an maugre the swine.
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Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
e canna ging oot in this. The swine are nae jist bombin, they're on page 41

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
oot, sen hiz intae att herd o swine." An he said till them, "Get on page 17

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McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
the sea shid byle, An fidder swine hae wings." on page 54

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
eedie lad gaed roondan up the swine. on page 14

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Hall, Simon W. Tae thee, or no tae thee?, (Brisk Northerly 2020) Orkney, blog
ther ‘Wid thoo be blide o a swine’s puddeen?’. And me Grann
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Shetland

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
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