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wing Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.9 20.6 7.5 0 17.4 20.7 4.4
Number of occurrences5140 5 0 3 2 1
Number of authors35 27 4 2 2 1

Occurrences of wing in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 82 - The Banes o Alba, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
wi flash o wing or loup o leg on page 32

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Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
lease, noo, afore ye dae tak' wing on page 14

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
its pleywrights as owre left-wing fir him, the fact is that the on page 39

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MacKinnon, Ann Lallans 70 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
nd picks flees fae aneath his wing. on page 61

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
fresh fae the well. The grey wing feather aff a pigeon. She was on page 1

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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
stein's bairnis unner hir ain wing. Whit culd a wumman dae wi fa on page 14

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
"We'll jist wing it, ah tell Robert. on page 1

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
is in some streenge wey 'left-wing') there are ithers o their il on page 54
o us an resistance tae richt-wing extremism his lang been a pai on page 115

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Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
decidit tae tak him unner ma wing. on page 19

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
conference centre in the East wing on page 141
Swift wing the hours, the towmond in its on page 149

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Saft as a moth's wing on moist velvet ribbons on page 131

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
, lookin at Dante through the wing mirror. 'He talks like he eat on page 13

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
A speerit on the wing that bides naewey, on page 26

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Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Yin rubbed a neb alang his wing. on page 7

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Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
Parliament formed, the right wing routit. on page 4

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
o the naerrae corridors o the wing an the wee cell fulled wi bla on page 17

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Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
ublications, Imago, Word on a Wing, With Both Feet Off The Groun
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Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
! Ah wis tae tak her unner ma wing, luk efter the pair wee sowel
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Players’ version o the left-wing US dramatist Clifford Odets
wis a sair deceision for left-wing theatre and athoot siller nor
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Thoumire, Elizabeth The killin fields!, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
aiturs ar bein forced tae tak wing anely tae be a target for sae
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Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e thing is, she’s broke her wing. Cannae fly anymare. . .’ h
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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
again suddenly, it’s broad wing span magnificent, their surfa
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Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e social workers, an the left-wing, bloody greetin faced arsehol
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ca’d “The Lord o’ the Wing” afore. It struck me that t
The Lord o’ the Wing
One Jimmy Johnstone, oan the wing!” was ay’ the cry.
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
mak’ auld melodies, tak’ wing,
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
youngest left wi yae swan’s wing insteid o a human haun. Had h
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Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
o the Commons. We hae a richt-wing EU acause we hae richt-wing E
EU acause we hae richt-wing European govrenments.
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Puchowski, James Frae Norrowa ower the faem, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
nt, an the strang team o left-wing, communitarian an civic pro-i
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McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
cless, pro-independence, left-wing voters back. On the ither fro
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McClurg, Fernando Tae see oorsels as we see ithers, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
he intentions o the new richt-wing majority govrenment. Efter de
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McClurg, Fernando The Great Divide, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
eir-enemy/), the rush o richt-wing commentators rallyin aroond t
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Gillespie, Alan Mon the Rovers, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, prose
iege and went skipping up the wing, twinkly-toed, heid down. We
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@rattlecans tweeted
so terrified of extreme right wing picking up support fae the fo (2022) twitter link

@LowEndJardo tweeted
trolls intae careers as right wing wind up merchants (2021) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
vver did. Ah teen ye aneth ma wing an mithert ye - keepit ye sa on page 20

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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
A scurrie wi a braid wing-span an murder in its een doo
rn or fur a bird wi a brukken wing. Maist o them hidna bin born
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@72redz1903 tweeted
en has its fair share o right wing, populist, racist pricks as o (2020) twitter link

@McGoo1888 tweeted
being an English if yer left wing...basically nice...Struggling (2022) twitter link

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
du'll be aff eence mair i da wing-beat on page 85

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Tait, John M Lallans 60 - The Three Hooses, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, weans
till thare wis juist the Wast wing left. Houaniver, thaim that b
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De Luca, Christine St Ninian's Isle, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, poetry
boannie day, wi birds apö da wing
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Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Swift wing the hours, the towmond in its on page 216

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@StuartPoet tweeted
! or OAN MA HEID! or DOON THE WING!(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Hume, David Aince the corncrake caa’ed, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster - Ballycarry, poetry
A hae seen the wile geese wing,
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