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The word 'gallowa'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
gallowaOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus15.45019
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central 23 5 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 52.4 4 1
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 458.9 33 9
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of gallowa in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
bigg a nyow ceitie i Gallowa bi wey o requit ti houss the
tae ferr awaw. Thai pit by Gallowa, aye thrang wi sturt an stryf
2 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
He wes a dominie in Gallowa for a wee while, an made hims on page 3

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
eading Scots' fir Dumfries an Gallowa. on page 205

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The hale o Gallowa bears his name, on page 85
Cairved o unbowsome Gallowa granite. on page 87

2 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
(if ah must) is diverse. Fae Gallowa’ tae Caithness, fae the Kin
1 matches

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
here's a feck o dialects frae Gallowa tae Shetland an ayont; nane h on page vii

1 matches

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
Tune:- Bonnie Gallowa'
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
Doun in Gallowa, even mair sae than in Kyle, on page 26
t the kirk o New Luce doun in Gallowa, when like hunners o his ilk on page 30
o plans for a conventicle in Gallowa. That gat me a wee bit worrit on page 61

4 matches

General Central

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
lousome views ower the Mull o Gallowa (www.mull-of-galloway.co.uk), on page 65

2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
as Gallowa folk greet thegither on page 8

1 matches

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
ties that thirlt him fast tae Gallowa. on page 28

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
aw weys an whaur they led in Gallowa on page 11
veesits Gallowa, BREXIT tellt tae get tae fuc on page 21
owre sauvage bits o Gallowa launscapes, on page 23
tae a sudden glut o Gallowa aw at yince. on page 32
een stappit tae the broos wi Gallowa, on page 42
Also on pages 45, 63, 77
10 matches

Burns, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
He wis born and brocht up in Gallowa, and writes poetry and short on page 55

1 matches

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
n art teacher in Dumfries and Gallowa fir 30 years. As a Printmaker on page 91

1 matches

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Broad nose, the shape o Gallowa. A knife on page 201

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
comin in fae the wild sea, as Gallowa folk greet thegither fir thir on page 69

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
tae their deith at the Mull o Gallowa insteid. on page 17
in Gallowa tae be saint on page 33
o the puir sodgers, mony frae Gallowa, taeen at Dunbar by Cromwell on page 35

4 matches

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
ioactive nuclear waste in the Gallowa hills
1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
d brocht up Ayrshire, been in Gallowa the past 8 years, used (2020)
ming up in Dalbeattie here in Gallowa. Be great working with @marys(2020)
@Angelinekking Aye Gallowa. A wheen o ma poems (twae ent(2020)
h'm oot o Ayrshire an bide in Gallowa. Nae bother atween us, forby (2020)
t Scots we yaise in Ayrshire, Gallowa and doon by. An a wheen o wir(2020)
and 7 other occurrences.

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Frae Gallowa, fower hunner yeir syne noo. on page 1

1 matches

General Ulster

@MarkThompStuff tweeted
Poet Dae ye no say plumpin in Gallowa?(2020)