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The word 'clootie'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
clootieOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.83619
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 39.2 12 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21 2 1
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 17.1 13 8
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)

Occurrences of clootie 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.

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Address Tae a Clootie Duff on page 116

1 matches

Leonard, Ingrid Northwords Now 43 - Ingrid Leonard, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Orkney, poetry
they serve clootie dumpling an custard on page 18

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
clootie böddie a coarn lichter, on page 68

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
porridge, stovies, hen-broth, clootie-dumplin, bannocks, breid an on page 90

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
er bi the kitchie fire wi her clootie dally, Betsy, an sterted tae
shook Betsy sae hard, the wee clootie dallie noddit its heid as if
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Sanners Gow's Tales and Folklore of the Buchan - The Clootie Dummmplin!, (Ayton Publishing 2017 ISBN: 978-1910601419) Doric - Banffshire, prose
bson wid come oot wi a slab o clootie dumplin. She’d speir at him
m ‘Wid ye be likin a daad o clootie dummmplin Ackers ?’ Michty
tae Mrs Robson he praised her clootie dumplin (or as she’d say cl
dumplin (or as she’d say clootie dummmplin) tae the high heave
An wi this praise aa the mair clootie dummmplins did she’d mak.
7 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
t Jessie jealously, jist like clootie dumplins on stilts wi thrappl
like a clootie dallie on the en o a booed be
2 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
t's reid het emmers is't? Aal Clootie's greeshoch! Oh dinna tell me on page 41

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
s mair nor a wee bittie o Aal Clootie in me. An Ah jist canna resis on page 110

1 matches

General Northern

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 58 - The Bothy Loon, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
and the cheetie sittin on the clootie rug afore the fire purrin awa on page 124

1 matches

Reid, Adeline Tales Fae The Doric Side - A Clootie Duff, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
A Clootie Duff on page 20
Naethin can marta a clootie duff for that there is nae do on page 21

3 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
rrant body wi a fizzog like a clootie dumplin, wha wis sittin on th on page 91

1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
His band are cawed "Clatty Clootie", anely on Rodrick's van it's on page 30

2 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
e ken, and as Violet tied the clootie strips thegither, wan end tae on page 117
hair as shair can be that the clootie wid rip, or the hook wid skit on page 121
piece o metal raither than a clootie rope. She opened her een and on page 122

3 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
maks clootie dumplin fir yir birthday on page 48

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
wee clootie bundles on the grund on page 30

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Makkin a muckle o a mickle, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
es or oatcakes on the girdle. Clootie dumplin wi a wee sprackle o r
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
hirpilt; hippin for a bairn's clootie putit on tae resorb wee an ke(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
See this clootie dumpling, it has mair brains (2020)
michaelgove Probably efter ma clootie dumplins(2020)

@fairpechtoot tweeted
As in 'clootie dumplin' :-) https://t.co/w1a(2018)

@LairnScots tweeted
#Scots Hogmanay withoot some clootie dumpling! https://t.co/2dAgkh (2020) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
an veesited the clootie wells on page 33

1 matches

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