| wally | Occurrences normalised per million words | Occurrences | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Corpus | 22.9 | 76 | 41 |
| ORK - Orkney | 19.9 | 2 | 2 |
| SHD - Shetland | 5.8 | 1 | 1 |
| TON - Tonge | |||
| NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) | |||
| NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle) | |||
| MNA - Mid Northern A | 42.5 | 13 | 5 |
| MNB - Mid Northern B | 111.9 | 1 | 1 |
| SNO - South Northern | |||
| ABN - Aberdeen | 21 | 2 | 1 |
| DOR - General Northern | 31 | 7 | 6 |
| NEC - North East Central | |||
| SEC - (South) East Central | 36.6 | 15 | 5 |
| WCE - West Central | 13.3 | 3 | 2 |
| DUN - Dundee | |||
| EDN - Edinburgh | |||
| GLA - Glasgow | 56.4 | 11 | 4 |
| AYR - Ayrshire | 10.7 | 1 | 1 |
| LAL - General Central | 14.4 | 11 | 9 |
| SEA - South East (Borders) | |||
| SWE - South West (Galloway) | 83.7 | 6 | 3 |
| DUL - Donegal (East Donegal) | |||
| WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) | |||
| CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) | 94.2 | 3 | 1 |
| BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) | |||
| SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) | |||
| BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast) | |||
| PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) | |||
| EUL - East Antrim (Larne) | |||
| GUL - General Ulster | |||
| SYN - Synthetic (no region) |
Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
s back, lukkan wyld an peelie-wally. He's maed tea. on page 158
1 matches
Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
the coonter it Betty's peelie-wally legs. "You can on page 80
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
an Brian wisnae. He wis peely-wally an pykit, like an ootlinned h
s ludger hid luikit gey peely-wally on arrival…he wadnae hae le
2 matches
Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
cht instead o the yella peely-wally licht that they were used wi.
1 matches
Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
4. The Tale o Peely Wally
ae cheenge her name tae Peely Wally. We’ll hae tae makk her bet
uld wummin wis handin the twa wally dugs that the pair o them hid
daddylanglegs, an fite, peely wally airms the colour o biled cabb
4 matches
@DoricPhrases tweeted
to the contributor for Peely Wally which translates to white fac(2014)
Peely wally mappie, peely wally mappie, peely wally mappie!(2020)
Diansangu, Mae Tales Fae The Doric Side - My Faither's Fowk, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
peely wally, dweeblie an wobbly on page 38
1 matches
Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
Blair turnt awa fae the peely-wally face o the ginger automaton a on page 73
1 matches
Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Roasts yon peely wally body o mine.
1 matches
@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
@TerryMacMusic gie peely wally pins min! Ye canna beat a wee(2016)
The peely wally Brasilia in Blue #Scotland(2019)
@cligeey tweeted
@Val_Bold @FolkloreThurs Wally dugs(2020)
Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
back ae it. New hooses. Peely-wally lookin. Bulgin. Like a plook. on page 1
1 matches
Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
her man wis oot. A gey peely-wally excuise, espaecially whan I
1 matches
Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
an ma twa wally dugs.
Wally Dugs
whit better than twa wally dugs?
A pair o wally dugs, ye'll find,
They're cleanly beasts, are wally dugs.
11 matches
@kennethbryce184 tweeted
aye laddies a guid yin - ex wally bluebell - b oan daniel (2020) twitter link
Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
dancers faces went aw peelie-wally and their een turned reid. Th
1 matches
McCrory, Pat Lallans 57 - Jimsie’s Maw’s Soup, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central - Cowcaddens, poetry
id "Oh golly, he's that peely-wally, on page 29
1 matches
Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
s naething there bit ice an Wally’s shop…
Thi harbour then or Wally’s shop?
Wally’s lang gone bit the shoppie
3 matches
Atkins, Elise Billy Barr ’n’ Jonny Jimison’s Day Oot!, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central, prose
tram!” Billy went aw peely wally. “That conductress knows ma
1 matches
Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
uld see, in the patch o peely-wally skin atween his tattered troo on page 25
laus said, turnin awfie peely-wally. on page 140
ument, and her face wis peely-wally, and her left haund wis tremm on page 144
3 matches
Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 58 - twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Peelie-wally wi nae sun nor moon i the lif on page 95
1 matches
Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - The Tartanic, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
wally dugs; souvenir cuddies fae Mi
1 matches
Thoumire, Elizabeth Makkin a muckle o a mickle, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
t a spuinfu whan we war peely wally an needit strenthenin!
1 matches
Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
peely wally,
1 matches
Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
ll drab figure, skin aw peely-wally. My daddy would have hated ta
1 matches
@Chazzbat tweeted
thit Ah want tae pit Cue Card Wally oot o a job, but why no yaise(2020)
@fairpechtoot tweeted
ere's a concealer ca'd 'Peely Wally'.(2016)
Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Salvador Dali, whit a wally. on page 103
1 matches
Paterson, Stuart A. Here’s the Weather, (Scottish Poetry Library 2017) Central, poetry
and creams tae be less peely-wally.
1 matches
@StuartPoet tweeted
e of course. Feel lik a richt wally masel noo! (2020) twitter link
@dgplacenames Wally is porcelain. As in wally dug (2020) twitter link