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bonfire Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.4 5.3 16 19.9 29.1 10.9 4.4
Number of occurrences2910 10 2 5 1 1
Number of authors14 7 2 2 1 1 1

Occurrences of bonfire in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
, Furget the fourth of July ~ Bonfire Night up here is fuckin Vietn on page 14

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
her bits an pieces, created a bonfire an had a bit o a pairty, toas on page 122
lly enough, haein some kind o bonfire. An tho Parliament had voted on page 125
aen ootside an chuckit on the bonfire. The burnin boat itsel wis po on page 127

3 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
fur the new vintage. The bonfire on page 112

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
cairdboard boxes We'll burn a bonfire wi thir hoaxes. Private beds, on page 4

1 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo's Wean, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303425) Central - Glasgow, weans
eyes are the size ae a giant bonfire, on page 7

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
middle o the square, whaur a bonfire wis bleezin an the Auld Peopl
she jynt the Auld People at a bonfire, they were spickin aboot wha
2 matches

@bigandymccoll tweeted
tolen oil. Ah cannae wait fer Bonfire night noo ?? https://t.co/n63 (2022) twitter link

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
ts oxters in kinnlin, a cuddy bonfire. 'Ay, weel, the tinks eesed t on page 51

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Bonfire bonfire burn aa
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ae Braeside fairm lichtit his bonfire an brunt the guy. Aa
cheers an dauds o wid fur the bonfire. It wis biggit heich’s an e
ers war oot gaitherin fur the bonfire, Kenny jyned in. He likit tae
rug the guy tae the tap o the bonfire-bit
Sae Kenny did-an he saw the bonfire as clear as if he’s stude n
6 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
their rubbish fer the Fittie bonfire. Excuse tae get the bottle oo(2017) search twitter

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
like the guy afore bonfire night? on page 30

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
ibby folk hiv been celebratan Bonfire night early – it’s no til
1 matches

Shetland

Watt, Valerie Birsie’s Brunt Bed, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ibernatin in da hert-holl o a bonfire! We wir playin aside een. Yon
riggit oot an headin for dis bonfire.
“Dey’re dowsing da bonfire wi petrol,” I whispered.
his prey. I cruggit ahint da bonfire an den crept trowe da wid an
4 matches

Watt, Valerie Trowie time flees an aa, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
hibernatin in da hertholl o a bonfire. We ended up axin him intae w
1 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
cots Or @RobertBurnsNTS tae a bonfire(2020) search twitter

Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
We hae a #bonfire forenenst oor gable waa. Hooa (2015) twitter link