A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

The word 'pipes'

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of pipes in Corpus

Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ldro wis playan a tune on the pipes on page 90

1 matches

Shetland

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ved te the marra. Wi'd frozen pipes, windas freestit oan the insi on page 86

1 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
i the sma hoors, their reekin pipes deein unspeakable things til on page 94

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
"We played e pipes an ye widna dance We moorned on page 92

1 matches

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
Slurpin drinks wi pipes in moo, on page 5
These pipes o mine are hard as Hell, on page 27

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
The music comes ooto aa thon pipes.
music cam ooto the lang steel pipes abeen the organ, fair trickit
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
e lan gaed throwe a snorrel o pipes tae be reprocessed as mait. T
1 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
™s somethin aboot e skirl o e pipes, e bangin o e drums an e swin
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
gpipes. Jeemicky cairried the pipes that he’d played at the tak
yin marches. He blawed up the pipes and in nae time he’d his fi
o mind though tae unship the pipes fae his shooder and hud it li
dna wun by so he wint for the pipes instead aa the while Jeemicky
looked doon at the butchered pipes and shakin his heed. He tellt
8 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
cers lowp tae the skirl o the pipes. Frae aa the airts fowk cam t
lin an furlin in time tae the pipes, heich in the air like the sa
id in time tae the lilt o the pipes, pawin the grun wi his fit, s
Syne the pipes soundit, an the wild notes o
t like a drum, lang efter the pipes war quaet, an the fowk aa gae
5 matches

Aberdeen

General Northern

Stewart, Del Tales Fae The Doric Side - Haudagain, 8:12 am, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
wae oor exhaust pipes billowin oot on page 87

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
t's end that reekt o chowdie, pipes on page 40

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Fan i'pipes began tae play on page 118

1 matches

Gray, Kath Lallans 63 - Aikey Brae Fair – 1962, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
wires stickin oot an tubes an pipes. Ye ken that folk really cann
1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
I've heard yiv' a fair set o' pipes on Ye loon. Div Ye use 'em fu(2015)

(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
kin like an auld redd bing wi pipes an fags gaein fule belt. on page 27

1 matches

Matthews, Andrew Lallans 104 - Skiddlie Thochts, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
appit picnics, skooshin burst pipes an fluidit chaumers, an blawn on page 81

1 matches

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
wan fae a palette Granda; ah pipes. Joe took a swipe at me an mi on page 7

1 matches

Hawkins, Rudi None Shall Rest Easy, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central - Stirling, prose
n oot, still, ah can hear the pipes soundin loud wi the spirit o
But the pipes, the pipes are soundin quieter noo.
An the pipes, the pipes are quieter still.
An the pipes, the pipes are quieter still.
An the pipes, the pipes are quieter still.
7 matches

MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
piercing scream. Ah felt mah pipes burn juist as mah ankle wis y
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
but she's no sae lood as the pipes, and she hasna the swirl nor
the swirl nor the skirl o the pipes, but she has a fine trone. Sh
2 matches

West Central

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
banjos an mandolines, or even pipes. Whyles, the club may hae a t on page 56

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
he fit o the hole, but aw the pipes had come oot intact. The sile on page 52

2 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Rustin’ pipes an’ Artic drafts
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
"Ye played pipes? I didnae know that. Ur they on page 3

7 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
the box bed jynes the bangin pipes descendin on page 79
's lang dregs like air in yer pipes on page 82

2 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
t like the song. ‘. . . the pipes, the pipes are calling!’ Pe
, the pipes are calling!’ Pearcey joins
2 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
u dain there well?’ Pearcey pipes up, suddenly. McShane looks a
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
boots in Parkheid?’ Pearcey pipes up.
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
At this, the wee lama pipes up. 'Yes, he is the reincarna
1 matches

General Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
The pipes an flings mak'd joyous dance, on page 11

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
men scraich orders, gas pipes hauch and hiss, on page 91

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Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
shers, forrit tae the skirl o pipes, the beat o on page 24

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
l mass o undeemous lang gless pipes wis hingin doon intae the riv on page 73
! They really were lang, thae pipes. There must hae been aboot a on page 75
ooth o yin o thae muckle lang pipes hingin doon intae the river. on page 84
he watterfaw, the lang sookin pipes, the minty sugar meedows, the on page 93
nd splooterin, and there were pipes rinnin aw ower the ceilin and on page 100
Also on pages 116
8 matches

Morning, Carey Neeps and Tatties, (self-published 2020) Central, weans
wi pipes and drum, a fiddle tae, on page 22

1 matches

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
Aggie Wallace wha taught the pipes an ran a pipe baund in the is on page 8

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Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
the feadogs, ay, an blaw the pipes on page 27

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Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - The Tartanic, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
He stowed rone pipes in the bath,
1 matches

McGibbon, Joe Lallans 74 - Draps o Sapie-Bubble, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
ma early boyhood, white-cley pipes wur uised;
o thae wee pipes, grespin ticht ma tuppence.
2 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
m awa tae bed, then Fat Karen pipes up, "What did they want?"
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
ower levels an ivery room had pipes cairryin watter for washin an
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@RickHJohnston tweeted
luid tae here the skirl o the pipes! (2023) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
ma pipes in o ae bag, slung owre ma sh
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Dugald pipes up tryin on page 53

1 matches

Niven, Liz Burnin Whins, (Luath 2004) Central, poetry
roont in canals, robbed o yer pipes.
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Cromie, Willie Doon tha Wal Raa, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1739905620) Ulster - Ballywalter, prose
account o this tha soon o tha pipes still brings bak fand memries
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)