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disease Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15 16.4 19.6 19.9 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences4832 13 2 1 0 0
Number of authors28 19 6 2 1

Occurrences of disease in Corpus

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Central

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
r man Erchie hiz 'Alzheimer's Disease'; he daes naethin ither than on page 80

2 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
tin blade The swordsman's ain disease. on page 7

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
e tae. Due tae some merciless disease that hus taken possession ae on page 30

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
it's no a disease, eh cum an go as eh on page 103

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
there were different types o disease that got cried the plague, ba on page 96
ng eftir the aw clear fae the disease had been declared, that finge on page 97

3 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
tape in Home Ec aboot mad cow disease an it's pit me aff meat fur l on page 85
vers an how they can get this disease thing called the bends that m on page 91

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Racism, Fascism, Cancer, disease, on page 36

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
the disease spreids tae pets on page 25
sloosht disease on page 33

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
owthor canna richtly say whit disease it wis. She pents a pictur o on page 110

1 matches

Perrie, Walter Lallans 73 - The Tod an the Stoat, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
er has couped him like a fell disease. on page 52
Mankind's become His ain disease. on page 54

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
wpin ti be haeled o hir bluid disease, an hinnerlie, the raisin o J on page 135

1 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
But the remedies failed the disease.
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Distemper (fell disease), or mange,
1 matches

Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
fae time tae time. But as her disease progressed her memory began t
d been cured o this incurable disease. Ah went tae the doctor strai
Her disease has caused awmaist complete i
m the one who has some sort o disease and everyone else is normal.
4 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth The killin fields!, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
protectin the rid grouse fae disease; ticks an the like cairit by
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Than an nou — poverty, makkin dae, an leukin oot for ilk ither, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
eebors hunger, drunkenness an disease, war juist a fact o life. Ma
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth For the fat romantics, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
the problem, a symptom o the disease. Mibbie ye cannae blame Gregg
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
gger risk o lung cancer, hert disease an a sindry variety o bairns'
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
t thaim becomin a reservoir o disease
“We dinna wint nae maukit, disease-ridden fushlochs. Yer hale lo
nity to ... oh, some epidemic disease. So that probably evolved in
3 matches

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
™d discovered a had Crohn’s Disease. When Laidlaw first said it a
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
. Ah fuckin hate this bastard disease! ?? #MSsucks(2020) search twitter

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
heidlines again This mad coo disease his made abody fleyt An naebo on page 15

2 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
lin pent that swaalt an burst disease like on her door. The stink i on page 10

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
f, ..it wis efter yon Mad Cow disease." on page 32
, jist say ye've hid furnitir disease." on page 69

5 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
akkin hale farivver there wis disease or fowk were nae weel. They g on page 10
ty tae cass oot deils an cure disease. An he sent them oot tae prea on page 95
rthquaakes, an stairvation an disease aawye; there'll be fearfu sic on page 115

3 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
at soondit a bit like Mad Coo Disease. Plooks. Thunnerstorms. Locus
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
ation still tae contract this disease and ah ye hear is fowk whinin (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Disease an genius, Gospel, brick. on page 20

1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
eling! Lots of possibilities; disease, parasitization, pollution, i(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
me hit wis ower late, dat da disease had spread tae idder organs,
1 matches

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