| pig | Occurrences normalised per million words | Occurrences | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Corpus | 66.6 | 221 | 45 |
| ORK - Orkney | 218.6 | 22 | 4 |
| SHD - Shetland | 52.3 | 9 | 6 |
| TON - Tonge | |||
| NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) | |||
| NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle) | |||
| MNA - Mid Northern A | 32.7 | 10 | 4 |
| MNB - Mid Northern B | |||
| SNO - South Northern | |||
| ABN - Aberdeen | 21 | 2 | 2 |
| DOR - General Northern | 8.9 | 2 | 2 |
| NEC - North East Central | |||
| SEC - (South) East Central | 2.4 | 1 | 1 |
| WCE - West Central | 39.9 | 9 | 4 |
| DUN - Dundee | 21.2 | 2 | 1 |
| EDN - Edinburgh | 142.6 | 23 | 2 |
| GLA - Glasgow | 66.6 | 13 | 2 |
| AYR - Ayrshire | 42.7 | 4 | 2 |
| LAL - General Central | 56.5 | 43 | 8 |
| SEA - South East (Borders) | 224.6 | 18 | 2 |
| SWE - South West (Galloway) | 13.9 | 1 | 1 |
| DUL - Donegal (East Donegal) | |||
| WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) | |||
| CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) | 376.6 | 12 | 2 |
| BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) | 65.6 | 1 | 1 |
| SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) | |||
| BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast) | |||
| PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) | |||
| EUL - East Antrim (Larne) | 32.8 | 1 | 1 |
| GUL - General Ulster | 480.3 | 48 | 2 |
| SYN - Synthetic (no region) |
Miller, Alison Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Orkney, poetry
Seen tae the pig, got everybody up, on page 42
1 matches
Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
the freezer - I butchered a pig and a sheep. on page 31
Peter's Pot-Bellied Pig on page 50
Weel, that pig became a fixture and sheu fai on page 51
The pig'll be past history - ah''ll on page 52
Sheu reckons ah'm a 'drukken pig' because ah'm hin a dram. We on page 81
13 matches
Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
Or he'll hit yir heid wae a pig's shin bone. on page 89
1 matches
Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
then scrapes the rest in the pig slops. on page 117
1 matches
I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
pig = 'earthenware bottle' in StE on page 106
2 matches
Tait, John M Lallans 60 - The Three Hooses, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, weans
Jock feelin a bittie like a pig's lug in a Waldorf salad - t
1 matches
Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
a paetie basket. I sees a ale pig a da boddam o’m. I looks at
1 matches
Watt, Valerie An onkerry for a kerry oot, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
“Na, joost shicken, coo, pig or praans,” gaffed Meenie.
1 matches
@helenmoncrieff tweeted
all them Grice's Ingins here. Pig's onions. Such a bonny peerie(2020)
Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ist hae te like it. Gie him a pig's lug te chaa on - aat shid on page 27
1 matches
Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
- yon Ling Ting wis a richt pig in a poke." on page 35
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
yer goon. I'll fill the steen pig wi hett watter, an up ye gyan
frae the kettle inno a steen pig tae heat their bed. Minnie fo
m her chilblains on the steen pig in her bed at nicht, bit the
skirlin ooto him like a stuck pig. Alec Mathieson wis five year
a hett milk drink an a steen pig tae takk tae bed wi her. Afor
5 matches
@DoricPhrases tweeted
Guinea Pig painted steen £8-50 fae The (2017)
Cute guinea pig painted stones from £4-50 at(2017)
Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
Socrates dissatisfied than a pig satisfied'. But how can we kn on page 85
1 matches
Devlin, Edwin The School Dentist 1969, (Facebook 2020) Doric, prose
So there I sat shakin like a pig in a slaugherhoose , Mengele
1 matches
Dalgetty, Moira Lallans 104 - The Best Laid Schemes..., (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
so Ah'd startit eatin like a pig and hud plumped up fine style on page 102
1 matches
Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ma ma's da wis a stingy auld pig: he wuid take the eyes oot yi on page 41
se they don't want tae kill a pig, ah tolt her. Aye, said Charl on page 88
hnology, Ah pure mim Harprest pig time, She still writes tae me on page 163
4 matches
Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
pig-ignorant an ill-mou'd, let's on page 118
'Little pig, little pig, can I come in?' on page 145
3 matches
Smith, Jamie O pigs and dugs: what for dae we treat them sae different?, (Mak Forrit 2024) Central - Edinburgh, blog
throu metal bars, the mither pig ettles at nursin her piglets.
st fowk wad jalouse that as a pig she’d be a clarty craitur,
A mither pig lies on her side, steekit in
A mither pig lies on her side, steekit in
Bein a pig, she’s smert (as gleg as a
10 matches
Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
he wis aye a majestic-leukin pig, that haed a cannie and couth
s juist the wey o’t for a pig. But nae animal jouks the fel
a year syne, whan I wis a wee pig, my mither and the ither soos
ey. Snawba wis mair spirity a pig as Napoleon, quicker in speak
t amang them wis a bausie wee pig caa’d Squaiker, that haed u
9 matches
McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
minutes scoopin up liquidised pig in a bucket? Fuckin idiots, m on page 60
2 matches
Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
lischer Schweinhund" (English Pig Dog) even if he wis a wee bau on page 23
1 matches
Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Abune aw ithers is the pig. on page 41
'Wee pig, wee pig, gonnae let us in?' on page 43
And this wee pig wis tryin tae hide. on page 44
'Hiya, Pig. Hope ye're feelin braw.' on page 46
Pig, keekin through the windae, s on page 47
16 matches
Waddell, John Lallans 59 - Eve and the Aipple, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
hem himsel. It's naething bit pig-heiditness. Ach, A'd hae a go on page 89
1 matches
Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
ou o peeliewally green peels. PIG PEELS, the label annoonced. F on page 29
They gaed tae the pig-hoose first. on page 62
2 matches
Waddell, John Lallans 59 - Eve and the Aipple, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
hem himsel. It's naething bit pig-heiditness. Ach, A'd hae a go on page 89
1 matches
Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
the Cock-O-The-North. That pig, that grunt. on page 23
1 matches
Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
this thrawn, pig-heidit auld wife, tae tak her
1 matches
Fitt, Matthew Whuppity Stoorie, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
warld wis her wee bairn and a pig.
And she loved the pig as weel. It wis a happy wee s
ice. She wid hae tae sell the pig.
gaed tae the byre tae tak the pig tae the mercat. But when she
eel. It lookit as if the puir pig wis aboot tae grunt its last.
13 matches
Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
c wirds uachdar (upper), muc (pig) and garadh (enclosure).
1 matches
@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
@musicmeandtea Dinnae pig pictures me... Nothing wrong (2020)
@musicmeandtea Yer no a pig ?? ye just want something nic(2020)
@Chazzbat tweeted
Ivery time Ah see that Peppa Pig advert fer washin yer haunds,(2020)
Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Pig an Pepper on page 54
d th Duchess, "an that's how. Pig! " on page 58
f ee're gaun tae turn intae a pig, hen," said Ahlice, seriously on page 60
s neither mair or less than a pig, an she felt that eet would b on page 61
"Eet turned intae a pig," Ahlice answered really quie on page 64
Also on pages 112, 123
11 matches
Gillen, Charles Whun A’ The Kye Had Names, (Ullans Press 2005) Ulster, poetry
Wur guid for soos that wur in pig an’ min’ ye I’m naw cod
1 matches
Morrison-Smyth, Anne A Furst Readin Book in Ulster Scots, (Evertype 2011) Ulster, weans
Wha'll plant the seed?” The pig sed, “Naw mae.” The cat s
The pig sed, “Naw mae.’
ll thresh the wheat?” The pig sed, “Naw mae.’ The cat s
ha'll grind the wheat?” The pig sed, “Naw mae’? The cat s
The pig sed, “Naw mae.’
46 matches