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The word 'drouth'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
drouthOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus15.75231
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.3 4 4
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 2
LAL - General Central 32.8 25 10
SEA - South East (Borders) 24.2 2 2
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 58.1 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 178.4 5 4
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 56.9 2 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of drouth in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Goodall, Phyllis J. Berryhill, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
He’ll min’on Jock’s afa drouth
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
Av got a drouth on....awa ti raid I scullery(2019)

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
r bouk watter tae slocken Yer drouth biddy tae licht Yer ee ma bre on page 3

2 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
on sooth (och), I've gotten a drouth (och) on page 130

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
"Your drouth's slockent nou, I howp?" said on page 34

1 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Sae that his drouth he weel could slocken. on page 10

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
And chowked wi drouth on page 17

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 57 - Twa Auld Men, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
caller mornin air. They hae a drouth that is never slockened. On a on page 136

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Tae end the drouth, bring water fae the well,
1 matches

West Central

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
tho mair fir bardic drouth than Muses' sough. on page 143

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
When ye've a drouth lik an Arab saundshoe, dae ye on page 114

1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah’m fuckin drouth an don’t need tae think abo
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ist comin doun tae slocken my drouth at the burn when I cam across on page 68

1 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 59 - Christian Henry Divertimento, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Slockin thair drouth in the e'entide. on page 10

1 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
mou, mairower, bleezed wi his drouth. He wis sair needin a cauld b on page 140

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
he deein o tire or hunger or drouth or fear. He didna seem likea on page 12
t o my haimmer, my bolt, or o drouth or daith. On ae starn, ae pla on page 30
the neist planet there bade a drouth. This veesit didna last lang, on page 44
'Forget I am shamed,' the drouth confesst, hingin his heid. on page 45
sons a bittie like my dottelt drouth.' Still an on, he had a wheen on page 48
Also on pages 50, 53, 76, 77
16 matches

Aitchison, Craig Lallans 102 - Sea Room and Hunger Stanes, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, poetry
spaein drouth, a waesome weird. on page 45

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
he watterside tae slocken his drouth, he stertit at the clatter o on page 17

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ocht wairm for tae slock the drouth. Maist important is tae tak a on page 65

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
l unremarkable but incredible drouth, are waukened oot the dwam th on page 72

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
it will slocken the drouth o the speerit. on page 97

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ot, bairn, baith, braw, dook, drouth, dyke, ee, ettle, fash, fushi
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Daein it yersel, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
coorse, it haed an insatiable drouth for the maist expensive ink o
1 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
Wha disnae ken drouth? https://t.co/Qb5JkaqsMf http (2020) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Ah never slokken the drouth o the saul.
1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
n rinnal and slocked her deep drouth. Syne she wis cairied – hoo
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
aicent wather, hellish sun an drouth. on page 77

1 matches

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
so's he could cure his drouth. on page 164

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
sap in a drouth on page 25

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Some slock their drouth on juice or tay on page 35
Prie tha tumbler, slock yer drouth on page 54

2 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Tha thang tae keep tha drouth at bay Tha hale day lang. on page 13

1 matches

NewtonLass Tay, (newtonlass.blogspot.com 2011) Ulster - Newtownards, poetry
Tha thang tae keep tha drouth at bay
1 matches

Thompson, Mark The Lost Ness Monster, (clydesburn.blogspot.com 2009) Ulster - Ards Peninsula, poetry
He was fechtin a drouth
1 matches

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
ns an the Scotchies spell it "drouth", but thon's the same wurd! (2015) twitter link
dae wi yin: I aye hae a quare drouth on o a Sunday efternoon! (2015) twitter link