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The word 'flock'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
flockOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus13.64534
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 4
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 31.5 3 2
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 19.5 8 5
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 64.1 6 2
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 2
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 131.2 2 2
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 10 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of flock in Corpus

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Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
This king o wur hen flock. on page 38

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
rk o Magnus whar the faithful flock tae pray on page 48

1 matches

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
the firstlings of his flock on page 21

1 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
shepherd he'll look efter his flock. on page 57

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
lik lambs ithin a flock book: marlit, on page 33

1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
's watchin a recently arrived flock o laverocks / skylarks, scurr(2020)

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
al o at is-'Burds o a feather flock tigithir'." on page 87

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Shepherd, Robbie Harknin tae the braw souns, (John Benjamin 2000) Doric, newspaper
formed as a mither haudin her flock thegither wi a monthly magazi
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Ah filmed this flock i' #geese fleein ower ma sonÂ(2018)

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
aups seem to thrive here - a flock of 50+ #curlewsincrisis https (2019) twitter link

Aberdeen

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
So a sma' flock, or even a herd on page 13
ell bred cattle and its sheep flock on page 29

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
he chunced tae tell een o his flock the story o peer Dod's penny, on page 109

1 matches

General Northern

Diansangu, Mae Tales Fae The Doric Side - Exodus20:3, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
een fa's flock wis built on page 67

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
strayin inaboot, or files the flock: on page 46

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
weeks the mair neurotic o his flock attendit prayer meetins in th
1 matches

North East Central

Valentine, Lynn Lallans 104 - Luve Sang o thi Har and New Year Neebors, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
I wauk amang thi flock is thae flee awa lik a flauch on page 29

1 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Tae save the flock frae lupine predation. on page 12

2 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
His heid just emptied, like a flock ae burds risin aff a field. N on page 1

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
sel, huv strayed awey fae the flock. Ah on page 47

1 matches

Jamie, Kathleen Eemis Stane 1 - Whimbrel, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
the migratin flock on page 5

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
groups o words, lik a sindert flock o geese. Ilka side o the 'flo
o geese. Ilka side o the 'flock' shaws the sibness atween som
2 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Shepherding his flock, the clan o McCaw, on page 19

1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
flock roond yi as yi lift yir tanke on page 4

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ly sign o life onywhaur wis a flock o corbies branglin on tap o t
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
e that is-'Birds ae a feather flock thegither'." on page 89

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
o that is-'Burds 0 a feather, flock thegither'." on page 44

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
tae gang ootby tae check his flock - sae hou cuid he provide fo on page 29
le flat stane tae address his flock - honest God-fearin men an w on page 34
s airms an stilled his fearfu flock wi the Benediction. "Gang ham on page 36
an again, tae drap their wee flock doun tae a size that the puir on page 63

4 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Shepherdin his flock, the clan o McCaw,
1 matches

General Central

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
As they reached the holm, a flock o grey geese raise frae the m on page 17

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
irds is representit by a hale flock, includin ‘The sober lavero
1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
that a richteous member o his flock wis readin sic blasphemous he
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
o that is- 'Birds o a feather flock th'gither'." on page 89

1 matches

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
innae want tae be part of his flock, And being naive, bleathing B(2020)

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
o that is - 'Burds o a fither flock thegither'." on page 90

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Anither flock, braid-gethered, thranger far on page 1

1 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Guard tha flock agin assault. on page 49

1 matches

General Ulster

Stewart, Kenny The Wee Broon Hen, (no publisher recorded 2022) Ulster, poetry
So the introductions tae the flock were past and I lifted her up
1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
Dïnnae be scarred, wee flock, for yer faither wants tae gi on page 92

1 matches

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