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childhood Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.2 10.6 17.6 9.9 11.6 32.8 17.7
Number of occurrences4120 11 1 2 3 4
Number of authors32 16 8 1 2 2 3

Occurrences of childhood in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
Lay it where Childhood's dreams are twin't In Mem'ry on page 6
e simple an lovin hert ae her childhood; an how she wid gether aboot on page 123

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Love, Rowena M. Lallans 82 - Hame tae Dunbar Harbour, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
is the raw flesh o childhood. on page 41

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
e a share ae the money: "Aye, childhood pal, and remember it wis me w on page 17

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Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
cutting the ties o' childhood on page 101

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Ah knew ma gran an granda wur childhood sweethearts but ah'd never he on page 169

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ah pretended ah'd hud a great childhood, reminiscin aboot the stuff a on page 43

1 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
ries o my chums who shared my childhood years. on page 120

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
Two Worlds, A Scottish Jewish Childhood - sae it was also the leid o on page 8

1 matches

Niven, Liz Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
st, come tae grips wi his ain childhood as weel as his present preocc on page 87

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
o childhood the only tale on page 68

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 76 - The Sycamore at Calton, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
Tae view the remnant o a childhood frien;
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McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Frae oor childhood games,
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Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
in this conversation cus his childhood wis mair Giles as Oor Wullie,
then here he wis, waving oor childhood in front o’ us, showin’ u
ve on frae the shock o’ hus childhood dreams bein’ shatterd.
3 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ly buskin, the scaur that her childhood sweethert Devdas lea’s on h
1 matches

@_Erinboyle_ tweeted
m was inspired by my auld Das childhood stories. Nowadays, street fit (2021) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
etween nonstandard speech and childhood…’ https://t.co/NagS3o0hPw h (2019) twitter link

Doric

Wood, Evelyn Tales Fae The Doric Side - Carlo, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
wn up an Carlo wis a memory o childhood. Ma freen Liz an I were plann on page 28

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Bit childhood disna laist firivver, an care on page 21
Fit follaes is a tale o childhood innocence an foo bairns jist on page 63
t hid served as hen-hooses an childhood on page 93

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
mixed wi yer sweet childhood sweat on page 31

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
Lay id where Childhood's dreams are twined In Memory on page 6
o her childhood; an how she wid gather aboot on page 121

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Gauld, Ilene Ilene Gauld - Piper and Poet, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Keith, weans
in at the time as a PSA and a childhood cancer.
1 matches

Mitchell, Kiera Fit why nae?, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
I mean, this is hame, ma childhood, ma family, ma life!
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
corners, that minds ma on ma childhood, on Facetiming ma pals late a
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@sovereigndaisy tweeted
SNP I spy my auld hoosie o ma childhood ????(2021) search twitter

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
rich mix o personal anecdote, childhood memory, family tribute, femin on page 1

1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
abstract entities): bairndom 'childhood' (bairn +-dom) on page 42

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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
ond_K I took a walk aroond my childhood homerange the other night and(2020) search twitter

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Lie eet where Childhood's dwams are jined on page 6
h simple an lovin hairt o hur childhood; an how she would gaither abo on page 124

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@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
h ma biological family aal ma childhood even intae manhood. As ye see(2020) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
fameeliar - a continuation o childhood play wi an abidin sense o inc on page 1

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Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
e simple an lovin hairt o hir childhood; an hoo shae wud gither aboot on page 125

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@Angelinekking tweeted
" is up there in my favourite childhood phrases along with "Honest Go(2019) search twitter

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