| besom | Occurrences normalised per million words | Occurrences | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Corpus | 9.9 | 33 | 21 |
| ORK - Orkney | |||
| SHD - Shetland | |||
| TON - Tonge | |||
| NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) | |||
| NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle) | |||
| MNA - Mid Northern A | 9.8 | 3 | 3 |
| MNB - Mid Northern B | |||
| SNO - South Northern | |||
| ABN - Aberdeen | 10.5 | 1 | 1 |
| DOR - General Northern | 8.9 | 2 | 1 |
| NEC - North East Central | |||
| SEC - (South) East Central | 17.1 | 7 | 5 |
| WCE - West Central | 4.4 | 1 | 1 |
| DUN - Dundee | 21.2 | 2 | 2 |
| EDN - Edinburgh | 12.4 | 2 | 1 |
| GLA - Glasgow | |||
| AYR - Ayrshire | 32 | 3 | 1 |
| LAL - General Central | 14.4 | 11 | 5 |
| SEA - South East (Borders) | |||
| SWE - South West (Galloway) | 13.9 | 1 | 1 |
| DUL - Donegal (East Donegal) | |||
| WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) | |||
| CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) | |||
| BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) | |||
| SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) | |||
| BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast) | |||
| PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) | |||
| EUL - East Antrim (Larne) | |||
| GUL - General Ulster | |||
| SYN - Synthetic (no region) |
Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
eten aa ma biscuits, ye gutsy besom," she hissed, wheechin awa th on page 25
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
he gaed, near trippin ower a besom richt unner the reef beams fa
1 matches
McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
Dinnae be sicht a selfish wee besom. Mah God, Aggie's makin yer d on page 1
1 matches
Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
e war aye a chiel here wi his besom. Hackie, oo uised tae caa him on page 125
1 matches
Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
e war aye a chiel here wi his besom. Hackie, oo uised tae caa him
1 matches
Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
nishin. Naither wes the’r a besom. The houff wes gey stourie, a
wabs. Sae a swoup about wi a besom wuid duin bot guid.
2 matches
Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Ye besom, why dae ye refuse
1 matches
@d_anderson878 tweeted
Besom? https://t.co/8qdbJlqr9F(2020)
Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
' clart an stour wi a heather besom; reddin oot a midden's-worth on page 42
frae Nance McKerrow, the auld besom, wha gied thaim scant chance on page 50
2 matches
Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
fauld Lift, ay, an cleiks the Besom Staur on page 25
1 matches
Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
aker-Levy 9 comet. This fiery besom haed gane by Jubiter a puckle
o Scots whiles the term fiery besom is used acause the tail pits
2 matches
Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
besom in the wan haun, and a cookin
like three horns; she took a besom in her richt haun, and wi her
hid her face, and proggin her besom in the airt o the auld wumman
l up and awa frae the proggin besom. She even got her shooders an
the besom aside the aumrie, the sheet i
5 matches
Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
ochtit at the sicht o a fiery besom in the lift:
1 matches
@LairnScots tweeted
mischievous person like a wee besom? How wid you yaise it? https: (2019) twitter link