A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

The word 'butter'

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of butter in Corpus

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Here's a butter-nut tae sook. on page 5
s there on his creepie, as if butter widna melt. on page 14
alt pork and kale, sweeman in butter - I think that's me favourit on page 31

3 matches

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
breed an butter, macaroni-cheese pies on page 9

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The aiggs an butter aer ready on page 34

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Plenty spirkan ferm butter on page 81
wae butter on page 88

2 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Candlewick bedspread, and butter dishes on page 43

1 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
bannocks, butter, tea. on page 111

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
a her foo ta mak kirn milk an butter. I did miss aa dat kind a thi on page 9
lovely bright yallow Shetland butter, wi plenty a saat atil it, pe on page 62

2 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
ll hae sookit piltocks, fresh butter an a plate o mellie tatties: on page 70

1 matches

Sandison, Iris Da Tree Peerie Grice, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, weans
ick brünnie, klyned wi fresh butter an doon i da neuk, wis a piec
1 matches

Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
I gae da butter ta da lad.
An da box a butter wis lyin kummelled apo da bri
gyen wi da fill o’m a clean butter!
Bit someane did tell aboot da butter. Da Mistress wis in poor humo
4 matches

Laurenson, Hannah Lisa Da Maa's Eggs, (Hands Up For Trad 2019) Shetland, prose
l awa and his face looked lik butter widna melt.
1 matches

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
!” “Oh... dat’ll be de bog butter.”(2019)

North Northern B (Caithness)

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Na!" Jock lickit the butter aff is knife an steered is ta on page 22
oaf an bannacks, creamy yalla butter baas, corters o breid wi grea on page 66

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
scones; he saa her makkin butter and cheese, colleckin eggs an on page 91

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
We rubbit his nose in butter
he lave, an did aa the bakin, butter makkin, jam makkin an cheese
ae, an spreid her a scone, wi butter an brummil jeely.
er wis cauld meat an breid n' butter, syne Minnie wis left tae her
ey likewise cairriet cream an butter an eggs. Alec an Ned hid bin
5 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
e is ma honey drizzled peanut butter infused banana encased in hal(2019)
ter toasted het an smeared wi butter. https://t.co/yGk3QkjEO8(2019)

Mid Northern B

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
fae the squashed up butter on page 14
my hairt is like the butter on page 15

2 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I SHOULD'VE KINT BUTTER on page 80
Takin a het rowie smeared wi butter on page 150

3 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
aiblins tak tent o a Breid-an-butter-flee. The wings o't are scrim on page 43
-vricht said naethin but "Iss butter's like tae spyle." on page 55
sper at sounit like "Breid-an-butter, breid-an-butter," an Ailice on page 63
ccan a thing agait Ill hae ye butter't! It gaed richt throwe my he on page 94
tae hann an a fang o breid an butter in the tidder. on page 95
Also on pages 96
9 matches

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
n ye jist say 'A little bit o butter, a little bit o butter aneth
, a little bit o butter aneth yer breath an mak the r
2 matches

TheChielMeister Oatcakes 'n' Cheese, (youtube.com 2009) Doric, poetry
A wee dod o' butter spreid an' a'
A wee dod o' butter spreid an' a'
A wee dod o' butter spreid an' a'
3 matches

@sovereigndaisy tweeted
MrMalky Oven cookit in milk n butter, use the sauce to mash yer ta(2019)
etc. etc. Hake done I milk & butter.(2019)

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
a finer Xmas cracker. Ye can butter ma' Jacobs ony time(2015)
n I've nae foond 'er. She can butter 'ma rowie ony time!(2015)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
icht ,nae ower hate tae mak e butter sap in, got tae be runnin' so(2020)
@Wattiejwattie Normally jist butter. Bit dependin' on foo bad 'e (2019)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
per like a hoat knife through butter. This little yin is playin a on page 152

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
The sorrow crap of butter he gat.
Albeit nae butter he could get,
2 matches

Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
icey, nicey tae her neebours, butter widnae melt an aa that. They
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
out a doubt - a real breed n butter centre forrit - top drawer w (2021) twitter link
these lads r the reel breed n butter players lol (2020) twitter link
he dives - guid auld breed n butter centre forrit wis the wee man (2020) twitter link
robertmdaws a team of breed n butter players that gave there all f (2021) twitter link
lower leagues fir the breed n butter stuff (2021) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Plain, ordinary breid an butter work. on page 207

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
it wisnae aboot the price ae butter. It wis aboot aniseed balls a on page 99

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Plain, ordinary breid an butter work. on page 11
Twa pund o lard, some butter. on page 59
Aiblins some 'Stork', butter wis faur owre douce on page 62
es, lik Juno, ye'd hae thocht butter on page 116

4 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
rt, tho Edwin Morgan an Peter Butter war. Frithat, the depairtment
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
is chips ‘n’ peas ‘n’ butter't breed Bit the ‘hing a cou
1 matches

Dundee

@d_anderson878 tweeted
Ah! A buttrie! Is butter nae overkill, but? https://t.(2020)

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
couple ay slices ay that wae butter wid be magic, he sais. on page 13

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
s sorta hing bein ma breid an butter. A wee circle developes. I'm on page 3

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
een hur wearin a cross. 'It's buTTer,' she replied, shakin hur hei on page 7

2 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
a ay business is the breid an butter. A community service, if ye l
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
couple ay slices ay that wae butter wid be magic.’ he sais.
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
thaim straucht awa in butter an oatmeal alang wi ony fresh on page 56

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
py skin and it's aw filled wi butter inside!' on page 109

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
rough the ceilin as if it wis butter. on page 47

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Ah asked posh Granny fur some butter oan ma toast, and ah couldnae on page 16

2 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ook-haundit mannie said, like butter widnae melt. Straicht awa Vio on page 123

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
Ma wee Jeannie's sic a butter-ba on page 24

1 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
for milk frae the coos. When butter was made you got a drink o so on page 120

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
its rolls and bowl of beaten butter, naebody'll be speirin efter on page 72

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
e wis eatin that breid an the butter she put on it wis an inch thi on page 46

1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 62 - Expository Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
the t - for example, watter, butter – an say it wi a glottal if
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Makkin a muckle o a mickle, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
hings as meat, bacon, grains, butter, sugar, cheese, eggs an ither
1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
Bread and Butter Politics
1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
leshin tred is their breid an butter . . . but for nou, let them b
1 matches

@FaetheRye tweeted
e when wis breid n (Scottish) butter no healthy! (2021) twitter link

@DABArbuckle tweeted
RobertMiggins Wae a big dod o butter an some gravy tae dook it in(2020)

@fairpechtoot tweeted
er (plain breid, o coorse) wi butter! Noo, dae ye hae roastit chee(2018)

@raiphsays tweeted
nTelfer744 Aye!! A dinnae huv butter, bit ye ur meant tae huv it!(2020)
efab Aye! Ye ur meant tae huv butter or spred!(2020)
gpang Aw a jus huv it wae nae butter!(2020)

@ThonJacobite tweeted
clachan, we're rinnin oot o' butter and we're daein dry FUCKIN Fe(2021)

South East (Borders)

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
‘Ye must lik butter,’ ah saed, an Jenny leuked
1 matches

General Ulster

Stewart, Kenny The Proota Field, (Facebook 2021) Ulster, poetry
Wi the butter n jam and a wee bit o cheese
1 matches

Stewart, Kenny The Bread Van, (Facebook 2020) Ulster, poetry
t it split an a great slab on butter in the middle tae make it swe
1 matches

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
ot with the big spoon, dumped butter in it too??????(2020)