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Use in varieties of Scots

banshees Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.2 1.5 3 0 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences73 2 0 1 0 1
Number of authors7 3 2 1 1

Occurrences of banshees in Corpus

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Central

Robson, Frances Lallans 85 - What Kind Of Scots?, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
It gied us flytin makars; banshees an bogles; on page 9

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
hoopin an hollerin as lood as banshees. A. squeal erupted fae ahint on page 1

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
he auld Apollo wi Siouxsie's 'Banshees', on page 61

1 matches

Doric

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
es. Or zombies, werewolves an banshees fur that matter. But he also on page 72

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
t tae ken mair aboot fairies, banshees, an kelpies. The giant's ruim on page 7

1 matches

Shetland

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
o screechin aboot da hoos lik banshees!! (2020) twitter link

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
For bogles, an banshees, and deevils, on page 9

1 matches

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