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wishin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.9 13.6 14.9 0 23.2 0 4.4
Number of occurrences4227 10 0 4 0 1
Number of authors31 19 7 4 1

Occurrences of wishin in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
Tell ye the truth, I'm wishin ma mates'd hurry up. Bet they on page 1

4 matches

Grace, Reyzl Eemis Stane 2 - Late Efternuin in the Hermitage, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, poetry
e swimmin specks like fishes, wishin on page 6

1 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
renae mention fur fear o' ill-wishin' them, either tae herm them, on page 32
his kirk, fur fear o' the ill-wishin'. on page 33

2 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
applause. I look at ma shoes, wishin 'ae God I could huv proper in on page 3

1 matches

Burns, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
wishin ye could bring tae them on page 63

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
hud an actress gone oan telly wishin me death. Fur which she wis u on page 54
wishin a terminal diagnosis oan each on page 98

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
aid. 'Ah wis gawpin at it and wishin it wid cowp ower and then ma on page 166

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
Is wishin aye fer mair fowk deid, on page 112

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
ch, pechin awa like daft, and wishin that he'd taen up swimmin ins on page 58
nily thawin oot his lugs, and wishin he wis safely back in his ain on page 124

2 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
te o _scran and caught hersel wishin she had got some poison at th on page 51

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
aye wishin she wis deid on page 49

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Wee Story Aboot Love, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
ocht, though he couldnae help wishin it didnae hae tae end like th on page 78

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
n aboot bein torpedoed an the wishin it wis aw by an God it wis na on page 43

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Less Trauchle Nor A Bairn, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
She wis awreddies wishin she’d no been sae swick abo
1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Wee Tailor in the Haunted Kirkyaird, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, weans
on wi ma sh-shewin!” He wis wishin he wis back hame in his ain b
1 matches

Gilmour, Rosie Bak Tae Schuil, (Scots Hoose 2015) Central, weans
An am aw ready wishin fir break time soon!
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Boris Johnstone, (colinburnett.co.uk 2021) Central - East Central, prose
hud an actress gone oan telly wishin me death. Fur which she wis u
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Nine Fragments - III, (Lowdown-L 2009) Central - Central, prose
ged: it’s the differ atween wishin the war vampires aboot, an ke
e. Sic a differ the ar atween wishin vampires wis aboot an kennin
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
id’s spinnin an ah’m just wishin tae fuck that ah’d never an
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
rtbremner Reekin lums for its wishin guid fortune on a body(2020) search twitter

Doric

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
h shuid be sae lucky, sais Da wishin he hid sumbody tae run aifter on page 43

1 matches

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
Wishin' him, an' Anne a tong an' hap on page 13

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
eukin like you, thocht Betty, wishin she'd nivver waakit throwe th on page 80

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Wishin tae turn back time, ken fit I on page 99
I'm wishin fir simthin fir ma supper on page 150
Wishin tae avoid an unpleasant scene on page 182

3 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
"Ay, Ah'm aften wishin they'd shot 'im. If Ah'd kept on page 14

1 matches

Gray, Kath Lallans 63 - Aikey Brae Fair – 1962, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
there wi yer heid burstin wi wishin. Please let the auntie say ye
came hame fae school. Now yer wishin that the auntie will keep her
2 matches

Fowler, Ross Sunday Fitba wi ma Faither, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
in the wash. As fir me a wis wishin a hid jist gone up the road w
1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
wishin her face - an shö's datten on page 23

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
ox o SUPERWHITE FOR AUTOMATIC WISHIN-MACHINES. DIRT, hit said, ’
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Birsie’s Brunt Bed, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
be brunt!” I rubbit my claa wishin I hedna yockit his bristles s
1 matches

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
d oot! Yes du's likly richt?? wishin dee a fine trip nort, book wi(2019) search twitter

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
But it wus too late tae bae wishin that! Shae kept on grouin an on page 35

1 matches

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