| Doric - DOR | far fae the ghillie’s tree, | dabbed | by the fingers o Erchie an Ab |
| Ulster - EUL | ake heid o hair that kame had | dabbed | |
| Orkney - ORK | He | dabbed | her eyes wi stardust and chan |
| Ulster - EUL | Ah | dabbed | Jenny wi ma shouder. |
| Orkney - ORK | ed oot a lace handkerchief an | dabbed | her eyes beneath her glesses. |
| Ulster - EUL | muived ocht frae a handbag an | dabbed | hir face. She turnt away, glo |
| Orkney - ORK | Poor Victor | dabbed | his sweatan broo and climb'd |
| Central - SWE | laughter behin hankies as yes | dabbed | at yer mascara as it stertit |
| Ulster - EUL | Jenny | dabbed | me wi her shouder. |