A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

weaver Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.2 4 0 0 0 10.3 19.4
Number of occurrences148 0 0 0 1 4
Number of authors9 5 1 2

Occurrences of weaver in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
Scourinburn, an John Smith, a weaver that bided in the Overgate. T on page 107
wis George Mealmaker, a local weaver wha wrote a weel-kennt pamphl on page 122

2 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
vit her as "The daughter of a weaver in a village of weavers, [she on page 69

2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
the decision o authority, the weaver squadron moved oot tae tak up
1 matches

Ewen, Allan The Blin Man an the Man Wha Couldna See, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
rew is an airtist, map-makar, weaver o dreams an aw-roond soond la
1 matches

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
n Moniave in Dumfriesshire, a weaver’s son, he wis clever enoch

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
law latched ontae an innocent weaver by the name o William Harvie,

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
@TheStovies Aye a wabster's a weaver, mair, but Ah'd never thocht (2020) search twitter

Ulster

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
Wee Weaver Birdie on page 13
angs at Campbell's grave, The weaver Bard, the honest knave; Yet s on page 30

3 matches

Lyttle, A. G. Yarns 3 - Lastin Memorial, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Bangor, prose
mak a gran weaver yin day, if tha mills they’
1 matches

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