craitur | Occurrences normalised per million words | Occurrences | Authors |
---|---|---|---|
Total Corpus | 40.2 | 131 | 38 |
ORK - Orkney | 19.9 | 2 | 1 |
SHD - Shetland | |||
TON - Tonge | |||
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) | 140.7 | 4 | 1 |
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle) | |||
MNA - Mid Northern A | 52.3 | 16 | 2 |
MNB - Mid Northern B | |||
SNO - South Northern | |||
ABN - Aberdeen | 65.6 | 6 | 3 |
DOR - General Northern | 22.2 | 5 | 4 |
NEC - North East Central | 463.7 | 10 | 2 |
SEC - (South) East Central | 15.2 | 6 | 5 |
WCE - West Central | 64.4 | 14 | 2 |
DUN - Dundee | |||
EDN - Edinburgh | 93.9 | 15 | 3 |
GLA - Glasgow | |||
AYR - Ayrshire | 52.4 | 4 | 1 |
LAL - General Central | 58.4 | 44 | 12 |
SEA - South East (Borders) | 25 | 2 | 2 |
SWE - South West (Galloway) | 27.8 | 2 | 2 |
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) | 51.2 | 1 | 1 |
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) | |||
GUL - General Ulster | |||
SYN - Synthetic (no region) |
Blackhall, Sheena The Doric Gruffalo's Bairn, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1785300691) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
Oot sliddered a craitur. His een wis sma on page 9
Doon flew the craitur. His dowp wis cuttie. on page 13
Oot creepit a craitur. His een waurnae reid. on page 17
3 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
an, an ill-naturet worrit o a craitur wi a reid mowser on her tapma
wee kittlin. She wis a pettit craitur, he cudna hide that he favour
2 matches
Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
a bite. Bein a gweed-hairtit craitur, Pranny gied him a taste. Syn
uld bodach seemed a wyce-like craitur, an naethin cud be waur than
ng made a terrible fuss o the craitur while she wis there, speired
et she ained. Foo trickit the craitur wis wi the braw ferlies! Clea
4 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
he wis sic a muckle clort o a craitur, Jessie hidna the harns o a h
an, there wis nae stoppin the craitur. She hisna chosen the
at he wis a kind an a couthie craitur. Bit fit they DIDNA ken, wis
3 matches
Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
ey nivver foun her body, peer craitur. on page 18
1 matches
Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 57 - Mac, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Doric, prose
t o steen. He'd nae collar, e craitur, an wis in nae hurry tae be a on page 27
1 matches
Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 82 - Troke, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
He was a rale contermashious craitur b'aa accoonts; an at the hinn on page 89
1 matches
Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
a day or twa. An the peer wee craitur didna ken far ti dae its busi on page 77
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
ae his mither bit a different craitur aathegither. He glowered at h
1 matches
Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
t. Een of the boys, a scrawny craitur wae a permanent smirk oan his on page 74
1 matches
Johnston, Mary Lallans 83 - Chief wi Een Anither, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
s. An aa iss time, cat, gutsy craitur, feenished e creesh in e croc on page 84
1 matches
McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
rtit thochtiness for the unco craitur. "Aat waa's affa, affa nerra! on page 78
1 matches
McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
€™ll clim doon an gie the wee craitur a haund. A guid
1 matches
Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 1), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
ye? Weel, actually, ay. For a craitur wha lived an dee’d seiven h
1 matches
Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
iversity the corp o some puir craitur that’d been hangit in the m
boot the heid an pou the puir craitur up by its thrapple. Nae digni
2 matches
Heather, Alistair The ghaist lichts, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
addie that dee’d. This puir craitur haed a gowden locket aboot hi
1 matches
Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
sei the hairm o’d. The puir craitur beleves at he is lik a k’ni
1 matches
Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Wee Tailor in the Haunted Kirkyaird, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, weans
bein lichtit on by some unco craitur or ither. The wee tailor sat
e cuidnae tak his een aff the craitur comin oot o the grun. The sho
2 matches
Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ck wid hae it this particular craitur wis the matriarch o the clan,
1 matches
Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
tae chynge me intae some puir craitur cried "Haining" in the saicon
1 matches
Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
This regal craitur widnae bow tae thaim on page 14
hould aye be a trig an sonsie craitur tho, weel turnt oot, on page 115
e wis the maist contradictory craitur that e'er leeved. on page 117
3 matches
Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
t fyre, gied hir the kest o a craitur o eiss an flamb. on page 1
1 matches
Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
leuks doun ower an athort the craitur, the glow o hunners o thoosan on page 9
1 matches
Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
for fear the’ war some wee craitur concealt in the strae. Claver
efter he is a year auld. Nae craitur in Britain is free. As bease
‘Man is the ae craitur ’at consumes ithoot produci
. Man sers the interest o nae craitur forby himsel. And amang us be
3. Nae craitur maun weir claes.
12 matches
Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Hou, whan the craitur that coortit me on page 46
1 matches
Scott, Colin nobody remembers the birdman - Empty Nest, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, poetry
some ither sairy craitur's burrae on page 171
1 matches
Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
ss. Fegs, but she wis a dorty craitur! Her byordinar buskin took mo on page 31
'Ye are an unco craitur, he said at last. "Nae thicke on page 60
2 matches
Rhind, Neil Eemis Stane 2 - The Ploom, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, poetry
Peer craitur. It will grow nae mair on page 5
1 matches
Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
'Man is the anely craitur that consumes withoot produci on page 6
2 matches
Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
kythit frae the ice. An this craitur mairriet oan a giantess, an n on page 14
1 matches
Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
She aims it at the craitur's heid on page 40
The craitur that I find maist trig on page 41
2 matches
Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
n tae keep up wi the gleg wee craitur in front o them. 'C'moan!' cr on page 71
in. Mrs Saut wis a muckle fat craitur wi short shanks, and she wis on page 123
2 matches
Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
ixt tae Officer Sproosh wis a craitur wi a neb like a coiled-up gai on page 14
1 matches
Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
EEP'S OO WILL FAW OOT AND THE CRAITUR WILL BE NAKIT. on page 29
1 matches
Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
nd o a noise, made by an unco craitur! on page 18
'Hullo! said the Unco Craitur, wunnerin hoo lang this wis g on page 19
ooh, for he hadna ever seen a craitur like this afore. 'Does Christ on page 20
at Wee Grumphie wis a Gey Wee Craitur that didna like booncin, and on page 22
, 'because ye're a Peerie Wee Craitur.' on page 40
Also on pages 55, 59, 68, 80, 105, 133, 144
12 matches
Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
y durin the nicht. The muckle craitur fist looked at Violet wi its on page 114
1 matches
Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Nae wey ti run for the puir craitur - on page 32
1 matches
Hodgson, Brent Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
Hyde. An whatna richt feechie craitur is Hyde! Whan we get a keek o on page 119
1 matches
Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
? A dinna think sae. The puir craitur wes landit on the deck o a fu on page 91
1 matches
Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - Sloth, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Here’s the sweirest craitur,
1 matches
Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
ster we cried the Minotaur: a craitur wi the body o a man, but the
at Phaedra tellt me: that the craitur wis oor hauf brither; that th
id. “I will kill the ugsome craitur an free ma
noo, he saw the cloods o the craitur’s braith hingin in the air.
braith hingin in the air. The craitur maun hae been twice Theseusâ€
9 matches
Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
ae Planet Fankle,’ said the craitur.
‘Ah,’ said the craitur, gey pleased. ‘I see ye ken
2 matches
Facebook link ( 2021) Central
buckin and rockin lik a live craitur. We didna ken it but the ship
Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
that she lookit a shilpit wee craitur, she fair hud smeddum. But sh
1 matches
McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
chunk o stane, a non-existent craitur and the emmlins o a yowe. On on page 75
1 matches