A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

verse Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words40.3 32.9 33.2 19.9 34.9 113.7 106.2
Number of occurrences12964 22 2 6 11 24
Number of authors57 32 11 2 3 5 5

Occurrences of verse in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
n the Duchess sang the second verse ae the song, she kept flingin on page 60
hardly goat through the first verse," said the Hatter, "Fore the on page 71
on quickly. "Goan tae the nex verse." on page 104

4 matches

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ye, an ye forgot tae put in a verse aboot hoo furthie I am tae sk on page 57

2 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
the Duchess sang the saicont verse o the sang, she kep tossin th on page 44

4 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
o the martyr Anon - Acrostic verse on Priesthill gravestone on page 33

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
mindit the maist o Skaldie's verse. on page 14

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
spare a thought an create sum verse on page 3
fir thi spoken verse. on page 26
a simple verse, on page 35

3 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Ah totally love the first verse dae you no, ah said tae Chris on page 116

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Verse six wid hush thaim aa withoot on page 42
This verse the day won't tax yer brains, on page 43
But if ye've no enjoyed the verse, Then ma name's Seamus Heaney on page 48
atires, screivit in hexameter verse, wis probably pit oot around on page 101
ae Ruso giein him 'Chapter an verse' aboot it. on page 120
Also on pages 124
7 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
the burn, and chantit anither verse o his sang, while he wunnered on page 50
his made him think on anither verse: on page 52
d. But Pooh, wha felt anither verse o his sang comin on him, said on page 79
Some verse tae declaim on page 130
ut wis ower blate. It wis the verse that stertit 'O gallus Grumph on page 144

6 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Wi cheer, his interruptit verse, on page 50

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 67 - In Search o Robert Henrysoun, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
ae expound on the arts o guid verse, on page 123

2 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
rison' MacDiarmid cites, in a verse essay on literary criticism. on page 95

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
some verse atween rap and murther. on page 66

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
ar til medieval alleiterative verse. In a kinna fantoosh wey, thi on page 116

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
Anither Hantle o Verse: Poems in Scots for Children, on page 122

1 matches

Philip, George Lallans 56 - Scotsoun Thereanent, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
SSC 007 an I hae includit yin verse afore the sang. on page 46

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
wi licht hertit, whiles comic verse the likes o The Sea.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
o his wark is written in free verse, Purdie seems tae favour rhyt
1 matches

Evie OOR WULLIE’S SEASON’S GREET, (Largs Writers Group 2015) Central - Largs, prose
ivry scene, wi a wee prologue verse. Jack did the comperen. Compa
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
is aye gaun on. Leuk at this verse fae "Aye Waukin O":
An leuk at this verse (tae a different tune wi the
2 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
unnles, as he caad them—one-verse things. One of them was:
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
Sempill. Cast a ee ower this verse fae Burns's Death and Doctor
the Penguin Book of Scottish Verse, ed. Tom Scott, ISBN o 14 042
2 matches

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
wers, Lallans, and A Hantle o Verse (publisht bi Museums of Scotl
1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
• addeitionally, in verse, archaisers follaein Spenser.
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
prizes, includin the Grierson Verse Prize, wi ‘Snow’, a poem
1 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
, the Scottish Play. Like the verse owersettins frae the auld Wes
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
A'm truly sorry ma wee verse
1 matches

Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
wee bitties, a line or twa o verse, facin oot on the Canongate W
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
rate the maist weel-regairdit verse that — aatho tae modren lug
1 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
A English Verse, an tear
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
or, the hinnermaist haein nae verse breck. His weel scanned lines
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
abuin poetry competition for verse written in Scots an open tae
1 matches

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 59 - Joukene Poukerie, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
eek for the Sunday Scuil. The verse that went, Entreat me not to
1 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
They aye miss the second verse oot in the song eh? ‘Those
1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
epic verse,
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
cots with Shakespearian blank verse is puerile and irrelevant. Wh
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
16th-century hantle o sindry verse, the Maitland Quarto manuscri
a gey early exemple o Sapphic verse, fur which there is wechtie e
2 matches

Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
wrote in Scots, maistlins in verse, but, sailin in a sea o Engli
1 matches

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 74 - Thof nae a rigmarie hae I, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
t’s whase harns ur mocht wi verse,
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
one sae all I stick wi my 27 verse ballads (re-lairnin sprucing (2020) search twitter

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
doon An Anthology of Scottish Verse fae aff the shelf. on page 54

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ey' ll nivver see throu Doric verse on page 15

4 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
es, or the caird wi the sappy verse. Ay, she thocht, iv Ah wint a on page 29

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 79 - The Bonnie Lintie, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
eem to be singin ava. Syne, a verse later, he taks anither skouki on page 26

1 matches

Philp, George Lallans 67 - Thochts anent Sangschaw and Penny Wheep, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Doric, poetry
I had the beuk o verse (but nae stowp o wine). on page 138

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
While e Duchess sang e second verse o e song, she kept on page 57
ah'd hardly feenished e first verse," sade e Hatter, "fan e Queen on page 69
hon hastily. "Go on wi e next verse." on page 101

4 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
Ailice scriftit aff the first verse:-- on page 83
a skelloch scriftin ower iss verse, an Ailice thocht, wi a shith on page 87

2 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 63 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
s howlin in’, and the laist verse gaithers til the truth o Chri
1 matches

Johnstone, Ian Tuney Loon's low doon, (The Fraserburgh Herald 2000) Doric, newspaper
m wull be quoting chapter and verse o this same Italian report, t
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ik at Genesis, chapter three, verse saxteen, an read till the you
fer, son o the mornin. Isiah, verse 14, chapter 12,' her faither
e text, frae Peter Chapter 5, verse echt.
rinthians, quine, chapter abe verse fiftythree. Fiftythree verses
eenister's text wis John ch 1 verse 5:
5 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
@StuartPoet is that yer verse, Chairm? A couldna fin the au (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
smirked and read the floo'ry verse then read hid ower again. on page 9

1 matches

@johnkmitchinson tweeted
tle Town). Here’s the second verse. https://t.co/WNMUtfsY5A (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
Duchess wis singin da second verse o da sang, shö keepit hövin on page 61
ae mair as feenished da first verse whin up jimps da Wheen an roa on page 73
a say, "Geng du on wi da nixt verse." on page 106

4 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
te da first lines o the third verse: https://t.co/JJNpsqD5Zm(2021) search twitter

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
, just beyond Mareel. Da last verse threw me back to when I worke(2020) search twitter

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Highland views well spoke in verse on page 47

1 matches

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
le th Duchess sang th saicint verse o th song, she kept chuckin t on page 59
d herdly feeneeshed th firrst verse," said th Hatter, "when th Qu on page 71
n quick. "Gaun oan wi th next verse." on page 104

4 matches

Purves, David Lallans 59 - Five Poems frae the Chinese o Po Chu-I, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
an at aince A hears a verse
1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
fowert verse i parteeklar; kis ee wull bei
s an emotions, is hei wrat at verse n’. Leuk roond
ill Road tae Roberton (fowert verse)
wei read i verse ten, at the deed banes wur br
4 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
A wee verse fae oot the Ayrshire mairs up(2020) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
not minding hir verse. The Beatties wur most affron on page 40

1 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
Duchess wus singin the secont verse o the sang, shae kept tossin on page 60
, A'd harly finisht the furst verse," said the Hatter, "whin the on page 72
on quickly. "G'on wi the nixt verse." on page 105

4 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
(Verse 1) on page 18
(Verse 3) on page 19
(verse 1) on page 45
(verse 3) on page 46
(verse 5) on page 47
Also on pages 48, 49, 50
16 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
In music, sang an verse. on page 42

2 matches

@MarkThompStuff tweeted
kking A hae turnt ma haun tae verse but no that affen – here's a(2020) search twitter

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