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Use in varieties of Scots

blankets Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.3 11.8 1.5 39.7 11.6 31 0
Number of occurrences3323 1 4 2 3 0
Number of authors24 17 1 3 2 1

Occurrences of blankets in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
and unner the blankets. He wis jist aboot asleep whe on page 18

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
o the cauld, weel happt up in blankets ablow the fleeces, while he'd on page 43
k thaim plaids an stockins an blankets. Lady Margaret cuidnae been m on page 71
haun an inch or twa abune the blankets. Jennet tuik it an sat doun a on page 76
het eneuch themsels ablow the blankets; an bien eneuch wi meal frae on page 81

4 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
hoose the weiy tae shake yer blankets oot the windie tae air them, on page 36

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
n there except auld pillas an blankets an bedsheets. Ah said, It mig on page 62

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
And the airmy blankets that yer da hauf-inched on page 27

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
is sittin under a pile o auld blankets, suppin at her first breezer on page 87

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
t asked if she could take the blankets up tae her sister, tae make h on page 114

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
fetchin blankets, servin wine on page 50

1 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Totally Princessy Princess, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central - Glasgow, weans
ter that she pit twenty heavy blankets on tap ae the mattresses and on page 12

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
blankets, ti waarm him. Eftir a whyle,
1 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
, bring thaim Luther the warm blankets an get dressed in bed. The al
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
van sittin on a pile of auld blankets wi Hammy and Ally, cross-legg
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ar alang wi a couple o tartan blankets for sitting on and the essent
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
- Beatrice cud see there wis blankets an claes intil’t. The wumma
tae bring thaim some blankets as weill, bit that wis juist
the larry an cover yersels wi blankets, aa richt?”
the larry an cover yersels wi blankets, aa richt?”
4 matches

MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
th' wave o' warmth under his blankets. Ah gawked in interest. In th
1 matches

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 3, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
acuees. Da gote a haud a some blankets an hud laid thum doon fur Maw
1 matches

@rattlecans tweeted
ks.... 24 tae a room wi jaggy blankets (2022) twitter link

Doric

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
ly be how much feckin pigs in blankets he'll get next week.(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
He craaled beneath the blankets and his breatheen nearly stop on page 52
n the morneen, sheu lifted me blankets - "Hid's Sunday School. Rise on page 61

2 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
I turn onto me side, pull the blankets up aboot me and relax. No ear on page 85

1 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Atween the Blankets on page 136

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
Shü got oot Toby's basket an blankets, bit whin it cam ta night he on page 28

1 matches

Cumming, John Da Whillie, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, prose
uld. I rowwed him in twartree blankets fae me bunk, an we set a stae
1 matches

Southern

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
lay doon aside her, rowed the blankets ower us baith, an happed ma a
p wairm. I happed masel in ma blankets – thaim that hudna gone wi
lays doon aside me, rowes the blankets ower us baith, an haps hersel
3 matches

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