Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

woollen	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	5.5	4	7.5	0	0	0	22.1
Number of occurrences	18	8	5	0	0	0	5
Number of authors	11	6	3				2

Occurrences of woollen in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
sun warmin her back throu the woollen plaid happt roun her shouders on page 67
pair o ruch linen breeks ower woollen stockins, an a pair o stout b on page 68

2 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
's selkie skin jaickit an the woollen sark aneath. His legs an fit on page 14

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
zing! We used tae pit oan wir woollen trunks an walk an walk if the on page 76

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
long, dark oversized coat and woollen hat, Maw's neighbour Hazel is on page 2

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
t warmth throu the back o his woollen jaiket, easin awa his winter on page 17

1 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
on in his papoose, tuggin the woollen bunnet ower his cheeks an the
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
as an auld wumman in a coorse woollen cloak, she glided doon toward
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
e the lacers. On wi the thick woollen scarf; up wi the collar o his on page 29
it o dirt, an half covered bi woollen balaclavas. Holey jerseys, an on page 30

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
ff she'd been knittin; socks, woollen caips, balaclavas for the sea on page 38

1 matches

McDonald, Charlie Doric Scots Books an Poems, (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
Thick woollen socks that Dad once hid
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
day. Put ma bonnet, scarve & woollen jecket awa yisterday as thoug(2017) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
undervest tucked intae broun, woollen troosers, leather braces loop on page 11
layin open in a basin o blak, woollen cloth. "Who's this?" on page 14
tae tak shape. She pit a navy woollen jockey kep on hir heid, pinch on page 19
ed near the fire. Alfie pit a woollen blanket aroon hir shoulers. " on page 51

4 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
An woollen blanket swaddled roond, on page 50

1 matches